ivf DAD
By ivfdad
Fertility treatment can be a numbers game, like a cruel game of Roulette, which can, if you’re lucky, let you hit the ultimate jackpot. This is not meant to be a podcast about the miracle that is Rosie, it’s about the road Chris travelled with his partner Patricia and recognises that for many, dreams just don’t come true, but for some, they really do. It’s a very personal story, with some difficult and uncomfortable truths, expert comments, different male perspectives and facts that hopefully help anyone going through the highs and lows that Chris went through. Throughout the podcast we’ll go behind the curtain at the clinic and meet the consultants, embryologists and those who helped us through the whole process.
Latest episode
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13) Is everything Rosie?
As fertility treatment ends, pregnancy begins... After another set back we finally get the news we have been waiting for and we are let out into the big wide world! It came as a shock leaving The Lister Clinic to go and deal with the normal pregnancy… -
12) The last throw of the dice.
What do you do when you think that you are at the end of the Fertility Road and you have one last throw of the dice? In this episode Trish and I took the hard decision to put our fertility treatment on hold and recharge our batteries. We had one "go… -
11) Superstitions, diets and belief in anything
We tried everything. Wacky diets, rituals, natural remedies, strange looking herbs. Some things for 2 days, some things for 5 years, will we ever know what made the difference? I delve deep into the hit, misses and maybe we found throughout the proc… -
10) What's the alternative ?
This episode discusses alternatives during fertility treatment. Adoption, sperm and egg donation - anything that may give us the family we so desire. The reality of this can be difficult, and there are a huge amount of emotions. At this point it’s e… -
9) Loss - A male perspective on miscarriage
You have to have something in the first place to lose it, and that in a way is crueller. This episode discusses a difficult topic - loss. Nothing can prepare you for the pain of a miscarriage, but it is important to remain as a team at this time. W… -
8) Needles and bruises, endless IVF cycles (sustaining hope and routines)
Onto another attempt after a negative pregnancy, we fast forward through 3 years and countless rounds and embryos, it feels like an endless cycle. How do you sustain hope when your results and biological clock are heading in the wrong direction? In… -
7) Embryo Transfer and Hope
As first timers, we couldn’t be anything but hopeful on our first Embryo Transfer day. I talk about the process of our blastocyst being transferred and how it can all seem overwhelming and confusing - especially when you’re looking at the screen and … -
6) Egg Collection and fertilisation - hopefully
So we’re at the point in our IVF journey on Egg Collection day, there is a nervous wait as the female goes under anaesthetic, the man normally gets the call to do his bit and you anxiously wait. This is our story. How many eggs if any will they … -
5) Needles and bruises. Our first fertility treatment
So we commence with the IVF/ICSI treatment cycle number 1 and I’m trying to work out what my role is, as well as grappling with handing over £400+ for a round of fertility drugs. I also outline the five mistakes that you can make when injecting your… -
4) Fertility Bingo and Roulette with our life savings.
Relationship advice on how to manage that “Cost of IVF treatment” conversation. Balancing the probabilities and uncertainty of fertility treatment with the cost. A look at what are the different types of fertility treatments. Some practical money s…
