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Most people are aware that drinking alcohol while pregnant can be harmful to an unborn child.

When a baby girl is born, she has all of the eggs that she will ever have. Once she reaches puberty and her menstrual periods begin, her egg supply will gradually start to diminish each month, until she reaches the menopause.

While it’s unlikely that stress alone can cause infertility, there are many studies to suggest that it can have a negative impact. Yet trying to tell someone who is struggling with infertility to ‘just relax,’ or that stress will decrease their chances of getting pregnant, is actually more likely to increase their anxiety and stress levels!

Many couples and individuals turn to IVF if infertility issues, or personal circumstances, have prevented them from falling pregnant through natural conception. For lots of people, they only discover their fertility problems when they first start trying for a baby and it can be devastating news. It then brings up lots more questions about options, which often have financial implications too.Here at the IVF Network, we are keen to provide you with the information that you’ll need, in order to make more informed choices, for your finances and well-being and to avoid additional stress or anxiety.

Every individual is different and you should also seek advice from your GP or fertility specialist, to see when it is safest to try again from a medical perspective, with your own particular circumstances. Read more…

There has been an increase in the number of single people choosing IVF or other ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) options, in order to start their family.

We explore the support for people deciding to parent without a partner and a number of ways in which this can be achieved with assisted reproductive techniques (ART).

Explore the realities of starting a family after 40. Understand the challenges and options for conception, from declining egg and sperm quality to IVF success rates.

It’s true that age plays a massive factor in fertility and with women in particular, their chances of conceiving start to drop rapidly after the age of 35.

It’s very common for the pressures of infertility to take its toll on relationships, however, there are many ways to minimise the impact.

If you have had the same employer for many years, then requesting maternity leave should be relatively straightforward. If you are new to your job, you work for more than one employer, you do agency work, or you are self-employed, then it can be a little more complex.

The TMRW Life Sciences solution brings digital tracking, automation and 24/7 remote monitoring to ensure your frozen eggs and embryos are always safe.  This technology replaces existing manual, analog tanks (also referred to as dewars), an infrastructure which hasn’t been updates in decades.