Toxins and Fertility: 5 Easy Ways to Reduce your Toxin Exposure
Toxins and fertility are not a good mix. There are so many toxins in our everyday lives, at home and at work. It is impossible to completely rid ourselves of these nasty substances however you can try and reduce your toxin loading as much as...
5 Tips to help get you through egg retrieval
The prospect of egg retrieval throws up a mixture of emotions – fear of the procedure itself, excitement that you are at this stage in the process, worry that you might not get enough good quality eggs, anxiety about what to expect etc, etc If...
10 Questions to ask when choosing a Fertility Clinic
Choosing a fertility clinic is one of those big decisions you make in your life. Like buying a house, choosing your life partner or deciding on a particular career path. Feeling happy and confident in your choice of a clinic is hugely important...
Egg Freezing – everything you need to know on preserving your fertility
Once used mainly for women with particular medical conditions or undergoing treatment such as chemotherapy, egg freezing or fertility preservation is being used more and more for women who for varying reasons are not ready to have children yet...
How can I help you on Your Fertility Journey?
I've worked in the field of Fertility for a very long time now, over 20 years in fact! Typing that makes me feel a little old. I've been working in women's health for the majority of that time and in particular in fertility. I've always had an...
Fertility and Vitamin D – The Facts
Vitamin D is a vital vitamin for health, and unfortunately it's a vitamin that in the UK, we tend to be a little short of. Today is the first day of Spring and the bobbing heads of daffodils adorn fields, hills and gardens as far as the eye can...
A new way to monitor your PCOS | The PCOS Journal
Guest blog introducing the PCOS Journal by Melissa Christie, Founder of PCOS Pathways. As a woman with PCOS, I find I am usually treating my multitude of symptoms with a barrel full of treatment methods. There are the vitamins, the elixirs, the...
Surviving the two week wait | Top tips on how to cope with the TWW.
I hear a lot from women who are trying to cope with the agonies of surviving the two week wait and have spent a lot of time focusing on survival techniques during this period with my fertility coaching clients. The two week wait after assisted...
Your Menstrual Cycle Quiz
The menstrual cycle and your period are the most important aspect of your fertility. These very important functions of a woman's body regulate ovulation and your hormones and have major influences on your fertility health. Test...