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In this blog, Lottie and Jake, members of our Patient Engagement Forum, discuss how they’ve experienced the same journey from two different perspectives.

If your child or children were conceived as a result of assisted conception, telling them about their origins can feel like a challenging topic to discuss. However, if done honestly and at the right time, the subject need not be a difficult one to broach.

Multiple births are the single greatest risk of fertility treatment. But they can be avoided without affecting the birth rate.

Michael from TwoDads talks about their experience with using surrogacy to have their family.

If you’re thinking about donating sperm, eggs or embryos through a UK licensed clinic, or you have already done so, it’s good to involve your family and be as open and honest about it as possible. This may help them understand your decision and help you to discuss it together.

Report from the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) shows: Female same-sex couples had the highest birth rate among all family types; Opposite-sex couples were twice as likely to receive NHS funding than single patients and female same-sex couples as single patients and female same-sex couples to receive NHS funding; One in five of all IVF and DI treatments were had by female same-sex couples or single patients.

This page outlines what to expect, and the things to consider, if an adult conceived from your sperm, egg, or embryo donation applies to us to access the identifying information we hold about you.

Before embryo transfer, various decisions need to be made about your embryos. This page explains the decisions you and your clinic will need to make.