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Episode 75: The BFN Christmas Party 2020

December 22, 2020

Crack open a bottle and dig out your novelty Santa hats.

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In Series 3 Tags Christmas, Our jourrrneys

Episode 74: The Foxes are back

November 3, 2020

It's an hour and a half of Liz and Nick, updating us on everything that's happened since we last spoke.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Our jourrrneys, Egg donation

Episode 73: Our worst guests ever

August 4, 2020

Yep. We’re interviewing our husbands.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Our jourrrneys, Male factor infertility, Men's experiences

Episode 72: Martha Goddard, the writer of All Our Eggs

July 28, 2020

Martha Goddard is the co-writer and director of All Our Eggs, a series of micro-shorts chronicling one couple's five-year infertility journey.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Arts, Mental health

Episode 71: Self Advocacy with Broken Brown Egg

July 21, 2020

Regina Townsend is the founder of Broken Brown Egg, an advocacy group for women of colour who are going through infertility.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Advocacy, TTC community

Episode 70: The art of infertility

July 14, 2020

Anna German on how she drew creative inspiration from her five-year struggle.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Art, Mental health

Episode 69: Fertility in Colour

July 7, 2020

After repeated pregnancy losses, Will and Sherisa Rivera were inspired to start Fertility in Colour, an advocate group to help black and brown families going through infertility.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Faith and religion, TTC community, PGD

Episode 68: Queer TTC

June 30, 2020

Beth Leonard identifies as queer and non-binary, and has been trying for a baby since they were 31.

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In Series 3 Tags Queer TTC, LGBTQ+

Episode 67: Sophie Payne on high BMI TTC

June 23, 2020

The plus-size YouTube star had planned her social media pregnancy announcement down to the tiniest detail. There was only one problem.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags PCOS, High BMI

Episode 66: Infertility in the South Asian community

June 16, 2020

Seetal Savla on going through infertility as part of the South Asian community.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags TTC community

Episode 65: Sophia Money-Coutts on egg freezing

June 9, 2020

The journalist and novelist was in the middle of her first egg freezing cycle when lockdown hit.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Egg freezing, Covid-19

Episode 64: Secondary infertility, with Alison Perry

June 2, 2020

The journalist, blogger and podcaster describes what happens when your body suddenly can't do what it did before.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Secondary infertility, OHSS, Dispelling myths

Episode 63: Pregnancy after loss with Zoe Clark-Coates

May 26, 2020

The author of Saying Goodbye, The Baby Loss Guide and Beyond Goodbye, talks about how she dealt with becoming pregnant after multiple losses.

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In Real stories, Series 3 Tags Pregnancy loss, Stillbirth, Pregnancy after infertility, Pregnancy after miscarriage, Miscarriage

Episode 62: Surrogacy in the time of Covid-19

May 19, 2020

Emilie Ransley thought she had won her infertility battle, but when Ukraine’s borders were closed, everything changed.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Surrogacy, Covid-19

Episode 61: All about egg freezing

May 12, 2020

Catherine Hendy, of Elanza Wellness, gives us the lowdown on freezing your eggs.

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In Series 3, Expert advice Tags Egg freezing

Episode 60: Cancer after infertility

May 5, 2020

Kemi Olowe thought infertility was her story. It wasn't.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Cancer, Egg donation

Episode 59: Finally! An endometriosis episode!

April 28, 2020

Professor Andrew Horne explains why endo affects fertility, and what hope those who suffer from it have.

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In Series 3, Expert advice Tags Endometriosis

Episode 58: When will IVF treatment restart after Covid-19? We ask the HFEA

April 27, 2020

The HFEA helps us understand.

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In Series 3, Interviews Tags Covid-19

Episode 57: The Rainbow Running Club

April 21, 2020

How running helped Lucy Slimmon cope with infertility.

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In Series 3, Real stories Tags Exercise, Mental health

Episode 56: Navigating fertility treatment at work

April 14, 2020

What are your rights at work when you’re doing IVF? Becky Kearns and Claire Ingle explain.

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In Series 3, Expert advice Tags Work, Careers
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