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Five decades at Bourn Hall – friendship and family
Bourn Hall is now in its fifth decade and one of our nurses, Julie Robinson, who started working at Bourn Hall Cambridge in 1989, wanted to share her story of fertility nursing at Bourn Hall across five decades.
‘IVF frostie’ and trainee midwife Ellie makes her mother’s day
Mother’s Day can be tough for women struggling with infertility, as Janellan remembers so well – she is delighted her own IVF baby, is now training to be a midwife.
Egg freezing should be considered before endometriosis surgery
Charlotte Rawlinson only found out half an hour before major surgery that she might lose an ovary and her chance of having a baby. Bourn Hall is concerned too few health professionals are aware of the benefits of egg freezing ahead of surgery.
Big thank you to egg donors – celebrating International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate those amazing women who share or donate their eggs to enable others to have a baby.
I thought my heavy, painful periods were normal
“I thought crippling pain once a month with periods was normal,” says Susie from Norfolk, who didn’t know that heavy painful periods are a symptom of endometriosis, a progressive disease which can damage the reproductive and other vital organs
Everyone pulls together to get NHS vaccine programme out to care homes
How do you get a precious vaccine to thousands of elderly and vulnerable people across Cambridgeshire as quickly as possible? This is the challenge faced by the GP-led Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and the response by everyone across the healthcare family has been heart-warming.
Advances in male infertility treatment helped couple trying for 12 years
Anastasia and Thomas waited twelve difficult years for Hugo to arrive and very nearly gave…
Struggling to balance work and fertility treatment? You are not alone
Work affected the fertility treatment of 58% of people that took part in a study for Fertility Network UK by Middlesex University, with respondents saying it was difficult to take time for appointments. The stress of infertility also made it hard to concentrate at work, with 35% saying it had affected their careers.
Early IVF baby now campaigner for fertility education
Fertility education campaigner, Rebecca Featherstone was twelve when her parents told her she was a ‘miracle baby’, one of the first Australian IVF babies
Essex mums’ Christmas sofa-selfie is socially distanced this year!
Three colleagues from Essex became life-long friends after sharing the heartache of infertility.
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Patient reviews you can trust
Genuine experiences from real patients. See why so many trust us with their fertility care.
“We went to an open evening at Bourn Hall Wickford and came away feeling really positive about the place. The staff were really friendly and the presentation was clear about the statistics regarding success rates and live birth rates; their data was very transparent. We came away feeling like we would really be looked after.”
Katy and Leigh are parents to Charlie after IVF
Patient 2023
“We chose to make an appointment at Bourn Hall Wickford because of the favourable reviews. When we got there and met the staff they were just so lovely, making us feel welcome and explaining to us what tests would need to be done and what our options were; we just thought ‘yes, let’s get the ball rolling!”
Jess and Fran are mums to Nathan after IVF with donor sperm
Patient 2023