Experience: I had a baby using a donated uterus
hen I was 17, my periods still hadn’t started. Blood tests and ultrasound scans confirmed the devastating news: I had Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome – I had been born without a uterus. One in 5,000 women have the condition. I had functioning ovaries, which could help me make a baby, but without a womb, I couldn’t carry one.
‘Miscarriage Still Feels Taboo’: MP Teams Up With Myleene Klass For Documentary
An MP who spoke publicly about her miscarriage will star in a documentary with celebrity Myleene Klass to help break the stigma during baby loss awareness week. Labour MP Olivia Blake will feature in the documentary, which airs on Thursday evening, as part of her campaign to boost support for women who suffer miscarriages.
Miscarriage is common, one in four pregnancies end this way. Nevertheless the impact a pregnancy loss can have on women and those around them can be huge.
A short luteal phase has long been attributed as a cause of infertility and miscarriage. We dig deep into the research and look at how a luteal phase defect can influence reproduction.
Women diagnosed with PCOS told they can only access medication if they’re ‘trying for a baby’
Women living with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are being told by doctors they can only access medication if they are trying for a baby and some are waiting more than a decade for a diagnosis, can reveal.
When ovaries do not release an egg.
No sperm in the ejaculate. Caused by either a blockage or a production type problem. Should be investigated by examination,
Sperm testing is not just as simple as putting the sample into a machine and reading out the results. What is normal and how should you interpret the results?
An extension to egg freezing storage limits and why we shouldn’t fear a sudden rise in women pursuing motherhood much later on in life
During the Covid-19 pandemic we have all spent less time in the company of others than perhaps ever before and for single women approaching the end of their fertility, the pandemic has come at a costly time when they would otherwise have hoped to be meeting a life partner and starting a family.
Asherman’s syndrome is when the lining of the womb becomes scarred. This scar tissue is often called intra-uterine adhesions or synechiae. Read how it affects the chance of pregnancy.