Big Fat Negative: TTC, fertility, infertility and IVF

Dr Helen O'Neill is many things: a mirror twin, an associate professor in reproductive and molecular genetics at UCL, and also the co-founder and chief executive of Hertility, the at-home hormone testing company which is changing what we know about infertility: the company has built up a database of 700,000 people whose responses to its health survey may shed new light on its causes. Meanwhile, O'Neill's research is giving us new information about why, for example, male embryos develop slightly faster than female embryos.

Meanwhile, Emma Whitney, director of embryology and genetics at The Evewell, explains PGT-A to us. Is it worth it?

Swears throughout (probably).
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The comedian Kate-Lois Elliott joins us today to talk about how she's balancing the demands of a comedy career with TTC and infertility - and what the books don't tell you about how it affects your ambition.

Meanwhile, The Evewell's Emma Whitney explains whether it's possible to rejuvenate older eggs.

Swears throughout.
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Jacky Maughan had been an international DJ before he and his wife, Eleanor, started trying for a baby. "His lifestyle was party, party, drinking, poor food choices... everything you shouldn't be doing when you're trying to conceive," says Eleanor. When they had trouble conceiving, they took a radical approach to finding out what was wrong, paying for add-ons and tests that weren't available on the NHS.

Now they're launching Aloomah, a support platform for people going through infertility. Check it out at https://www.aloomah.com/.

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The actor and writer Natalie Walmsley tells us their story of IUI, ectopics and queer conception - and how they are turning their story into a sitcom.

Swears throughout.

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We're back! (Sort of). Today we're interviewing Dr. Shanna Swan, the presenter of The Plastic Detox, a new Netflix documentary examining the effect of plastics on our fertility. Dr. Swan explains how plastics affect our bodies -- and the small things we can do to limit our exposure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.