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Discover more about starting your family if you’re LGBT+, with information on donor insemination, surrogacy as well as other potential roads and support.

Gemma shared her story with IVF as part of our Real-life Stories series.

For the LGBTQ community, having a baby can involve a great deal more planning, organisation and expense, even if there are no obvious fertility issues involved.

Aromatherapy is a complementary therapy that is believed to be beneficial for fertility.

While most clinics should be able to cater for a wide variety of needs, finding one where you feel comfortable and you know the clinic are used to catering for people on a similar fertility journey to you, will help you to feel more relaxed and confident about your treatment.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) one in six people around the world experience infertility, so why is there still a stigma attached, that deters people from talking about their upcoming fertility treatment to their employers?

There’s no doubt that struggling to conceive, being diagnosed with infertility and then going through treatment, is emotionally, physically and mentally draining. Increased hope, followed by despair, cycles of medication and treatment, as well as medical appointments, can all take their toll.

Your chances of getting pregnant are increased if both partners have a healthy BMI. Having a healthy diet is beneficial for creating a healthy embryo, for your health during your pregnancy and for your child too.

If you are considering going down the IVF route to start your family, it may be that you have a previously diagnosed medical condition, you may need to use donor eggs or donor sperm or you may have unexplained infertility.

Christmas can be a great time to go out, to be sociable and to meet up with family and friends that you haven’t seen for a while. Not everyone is tactful when it comes to comments and questions about starting a family, especially after a few Christmas drinks.

As part of our real-life stories series; Alex Mathews shares her IVF journey, and talks about trying to conceive, miscarriage and the hope of happy endings.

A new study by US experts suggests a possible link between the odds of getting pregnant and oral health. The