Let's swing the focus back towards the Sperm! FACT: A semen analysis cannot tell you if the DNA inside the sperm is good enough for that...

It isn't all about Eggs and Sperm. It's also about underlying nutrition, how good is the diet, how well are you absorbing the nutrients...

In my experience, long term infertility is usually a two person problem with issues on both sides. If the eggs are amazing, the sperm can...

This is the first in a series of posts to offer some guidance about what to do if you are struggling to conceive, or what to pay...

A great chat between myself and Hannah Pearn about Low AMH.

Fertility. What does that word conjour up for you? The word ‘Fertility’ has become synonymous with IVF to the detriment of the masses of...

What is a ‘chemical’ pregnancy? Sometimes a positive pregnancy test never gets beyond that very pale, blue line. The line doesn’t darken...

I spend a fair amount of time talking to couples who have been through one or more unsuccessful IVF cycles. Almost without exception I am...

If I see enough signs to suggest it is warranted, I will recommend we look at a COMET sperm DNA fragmentation test. To be fair, it’s an...

WHAT HAS THE VAGINAL MICROBIOME GOT TO DO WITH IT? A LOT!! In my experience the health of the vaginal microbiome is rarely investigated...

Have you noticed your local IVF clinic is offering one of these: 'Fertility Assessment' 'Fertility MOT' 'Fertility Check-Up' Are those...

Unsuccessful IVF? What Happens Now?? IVF is a rollercoaster. For a long time your whole life has been focused on one point in time, a...

Have you ever considered that the ruptured appendix or nasty fall you had in your teens could be having an impact on your infertility?

There still is potential to make a difference to the outcome, and potential to make a difference to how you feel about the outcome.

Fertility is not a switch, it is more of a sliding scale; fertility acupuncture can improve your menstrual cycle to improve your fertility.

As the country slowly comes out of Lockdown, so do I. But my clinic will be run in a slightly different (and better!) way now…

I am starting to see that there is a whole perspective within fertility that I have not previously considered.

Hearing it spoken by a doctor, or seeing it written in a doctor's letter feels like the most damning diagnosis, the worst moment ever . . .

‘eggs, eggs, eggs. eggs for breakfast, eggs for dinner, fried? poached? scrambled? chocolate? how would I like my eggs?? fertilised....

AMH can be indicative of egg reserve but not egg quality, and it is not a good predictor of how readily someone will conceive.