a friendly exhibition to support you in creating your future family by alternative methods
So you’ve decided you’re ready to have a child but you have no idea where to start. You’ve heard how some people make arrangements with male friends to get pregnant and of course everyone mentions the turkey baster. But, this is an important decision and you think it deserves more attention. Where do you start?Read more about The first Fertility Fair in Harley Street, hosted by the London Women’s Clinic[…]
To help intended parents and potential surrogates navigate difficult journeys, Families Through Surrogacy is holding its fourth annual conference in London on 11 March 2016. About the conference The conference will bring together intended parents, surrogates and surrogacy experts from the UK, USA, Canada, Ukraine and Asia to understand how best to ensure that surrogacyRead more about The 4th annual Families Through Surrogacy Conference is taking place in London[…]
Kathryn Bryant, a fertility consultant has 5 tips for starting your journey to creating your future family for LGBT people. 1. Beware of becoming just a number All fertility clinics will be vying for your business. They invest heavily in great marketing and some have done very well at waving the rainbow flag to getRead more about 5 tips for picking an LGBT-friendly Fertility Clinic[…]
Fertility issues are all too often misrepresented and misunderstood. It’s common for media attention to be focused on stereotypes of fertility struggles: the 30 – or 40 – something career woman who’s left it too late; the against-the-odds IVF success story or the woman who’s apparently easily come to terms with childlessness – but thisRead more about National Fertility Awareness Week[…]
Before our civil partnership, we agreed that we wanted kids but did not talk it through in detail. My boyfriend is now insisting that we use a surrogate whereas I want to adopt and take a child out of the care system as well as save the large amount of money we would have to pay aRead more about Ask the expert… different choices to start our family[…]
Over recent years, fertility treatment for single women has been rising. So much so that in 2012, nearly 1,000 single women had fertility treatment with donor sperm at a UK licensed clinic – and that doesn’t include women trying at home. Headline sponsor,The London Women’s Clinic, has seen an increase too, which is why theyRead more about SUPPORTING SINGLE WOMEN[…]
If you’re having fertility treatment or trying for a baby naturally, you’ll probably want to take extra care of your diet to improve your chances of success. Here, nutrition expert, Anna Firth, explains how to keep your liver in tip-top condition to help regulate your hormones. The liver is the body’s primarily detoxifier – everythingRead more about Healthy liver: healthy hormones[…]
If there was one model to follow on how to deal with the stress of donor conception, it would make the whole process a lot easier. There’s often a misguided assumption that assisted conception will be easier for some types of families than others, but sadly, that’s not the case. For anyone trying to conceiveRead more about Donor conception – same stress different families[…]
Facing disappointment after trying to find a sperm donor on her own, Emma attended an Open Day with her partner at the London Women’s Clinic in Darlington, where she was told about the Egg Sharing Programme. “I’d spent a year and a half trying to find a known donor willing to perform home insemination. AfterRead more about Case study: Emma – an egg sharer’s story[…]
It should come as no surprise that people holiday in Las Vegas, a city like no other, to experience world-class hotels, nightlife, food and entertainment. But, did you know that people also travel to Las Vegas to be treated at one of the most highly respected fertility centers in the world, The Fertility Center ofRead more about Vegas: casino’s, gambling, nightlife, and …fertility?[…]
