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Miscarriage

Jennie Agg had four miscarriages before giving birth to her son, Edward. She has since miscarried again. Jennie, who is now aged 38, shares her story with Fiona MacRae and highlights how miscarriage care could be improved....

Written by Fiona MacRae

24 Sep, 2024

4 min read

Written by Sophie Goodchild

Infertility Patient case study
Jessica Hepburn was aged 34 and running a theatre when she decided to start a family. After a decade of multiple miscarriages and an unexplained infertility diagnosis, the arts producer decided to end treatment and embark on a new journey as an author and adventurer. N...

27 Aug, 2024

4 min read

Written by Sophie Goodchild

Endometriosis Patient case study
The theme for this year’s Endometriosis Action Month is ‘Could it be endometriosis?’ to encourage prompt diagnosis and access to care. The chronic condition affects an estimated 1 in 10 women including Deborah van Manen from the Netherlands. The 28-year-old shares her ...

28 Mar, 2024

4 min read

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SoHO Regulation

Stefaan van der Spiegel, sector head for Substances of Human Origin (SoHO) at the European Commission, talks to Focus on Reproduction about the new SoHO Regulation, which will regulate medically assisted reproduction treatments in the EU as of August 2027...

Interview with Stefaan van der Spiegel

5 Sep, 2024

28 min watch

Interview with Karen Sermon

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22 Mar, 2024

9 min watch

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Nursing & midwifery

Interview with Fernanda Robin

10 Sep, 2024

45 min listen

Interview with Laura Rossignoli

In this episode, we meet the very experienced ESHRE MAR-nurse and Midwife Lena Ydenius from Sweden. Lena is working at Livio, a private Fertility Clinic in Stockholm and she is the one out of two midwives in Sweden, that perform embryo transfers. Lena ta...

13 Aug, 2024

50 min listen

Interview with Poonam Kashyap

In this episode, we meet Poonam Kashyap, a 29-year-old fertility nurse working at a private fertility clinic Akanksha IVF Centre in New Delhi, India. We delve into the day-to-day operations of the clinic and explore the unique health needs of ...

11 Jun, 2024

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Interview with Lisa Hughes-Thompson

In this premiere episode we meet Lisa Hughes-Thompson, a fertility nurse in Ghana. Lisa is thesecond nurse on the African continent to obtain ESHRE certification and the first in Ghana. Here we explore the day-to-day workings of her clinic and learn what elements a...

12 May, 2024

40 min listen