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Pregnancy and giving birth during the pandemic

3 months ago 0
Pregnancy and giving birth can be a very lonely journey at the best of times. But what is happening during the pandemic? I asked midwives, health visitors, doula’s and women to tell me how women...

Nuffield report on egg freezing in the UK

4 months ago 0
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a document on Egg freezing in the UK this week, for which I was acknowledged (I sent the Nuffield my book chapter on egg freezing). The document highlights...

What is it like to be a childless man?

7 months ago 0
It takes two to make a baby, but often men are overlooked. I have seen a study which showed that men going through fertility treatment are often ignored and discussions are mainly directed at the...

UK study on fertility treatment delay and coronovirus

8 months ago 0
The Coronavirus epidemic has resulted in many global fertility clinics having to pause their treatments for their patients. In the UK, all IVF clinics closed during this time.  This pause or delay in...

Survey on women’s attitudes to having children

8 months ago 0
Fertility education is a global issue and this week we have launched a survey to ask women aged 25-45 about their attitudes to having children. Globally women are having children later and later, but...

Global Fertility Education Campaign

1 year ago 0
Six countries have started to work on fertility education: UK, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal. A group of experts from these countries have got together to develop a global fertility...

IVF add-ons are commonplace but have little evidence of increasing live birth rates

1 year ago 0
For over a decade I have becoming increasingly upset by the growing number of new treatments being marketed towards patients going through IVF, that have little or no evidence of increasing the...

Launch of a global fertility education poster campaign

1 year ago 0
We are having children later than ever in every country.  In many countries the age women have their first child is over 30. There are many reasons women are delaying having children, including...

Should the health service pay for IVF treatment?

1 year ago 0
Globally the funding of infertility treatment varies greatly between different countries. So who should fund IVF treatment? The health service or the couple themselves? The World Health Organisation...

Why don’t we talk about miscarriage?

1 year ago 0
October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month and specifically tomorrow (15th October) is pregnancy and infant loss awareness day. I have never understood is why we have this tradition of not...

It takes two to make a baby but have we forgotten to talk to men?

1 year ago 0
I work in the Institute for Women’s Health. But have we got our name wrong? For too long men have been ignored with regards to fertility, infertility and reproductive health. Once their sperm have...

Rethinking our menstrual cycle

1 year ago 0
So when do you ovulate? Our whole reproductive lives women are either trying not get pregnant or trying to get pregnant. In schools we are taught that most women have a 28 day cycle, and that they...

Experts welcome guidance for teaching children about their fertility

2 years ago 0
You probably know that I am a co-founder of the Fertility Education Initiative and we have been working to ensure everyone understands about their fertility and reproductive health. The Fertility...

Is there a test to determine how fertile you are?

2 years ago 0
For many years, some companies and IVF clinics have been marketing a test for women that they say can determine how fertile a woman is, even though there has been no evidence that the test is...

It’s European Fertility Week – call to action

2 years ago 0
Infertility will be affecting someone you know. It affects 1 in 6 couples globally and in the European Union alone, 25 million citizens face infertility. 8 million children worldwide have been born...

Should young women freeze their eggs?

2 years ago 0
I am seeing an increasing number of adverts aimed at young women, encouraging them to freeze their eggs. But is this really the answer for female fertility? As we have discussed previously, a...

RCOG suggests caution over social egg freezing

2 years ago 0
This week the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) issued a report suggesting caution over social egg freezing. As we have discussed previously, a woman’s fertility decreases...

Taking paracetamol during pregnancy may reduce fertility of children

3 years ago 0
Three studies done in rats and mice indicate that taking paracetamol during pregnancy may affect the fertility of the female offspring and this week a report at the Fertility 2018 conference in the UK...

New study – financial incentives for breastfeeding

3 years ago 0
A scientific paper out today in the journal JAMA Paediatrics has suggested mothers breast feed for longer if given financial incentives for breastfeeding. The world health organisation recommends...

New study: insufficient evidence to guide recommendations on vitamin D in pregnancy

3 years ago 0
Today a group from Canada have published a paper in the British Medical Journal which concludes that there is insufficient evidence to guide recommendations on vitamin D in pregnancy.  The group...
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Menopause and your menstrual cycle

2 years ago 0
From puberty to the menopause, most of our lives will be governed by our monthly cycles of periods, ovulation and often premenstrual tension. After the menopause we are free of our menstrual...

Urinary incontinence in women – do not suffer in...

2 years ago 0
Urinary incontinence is the accidental leakage of urine. It affects up to 1 in 3 women at some point in their lives, although it is more common after the menopause due to lack of oestrogen,...
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