#IVF40, stories
An uneventful day at school changed my life. Looking back at its significance, I wish I would remember more of the details of the day, but quite frankly, it was ordinary. The day was finishing with a lesson in RE and the topic was on fertility treatments. Always being...
#IVF40, news
As guest editor of a special issue of Reproduction celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first successful human IVF baby, Professor Robert Winston highlights concerns that advances in the field of reproductive medicine may be being hampered by a lack of fundamental...
#IVF40, stories
As we know month July marks the 40th anniversary of the birth of Louise Brown, the first IVF baby. Since then an estimated five million babies have been born via IVF, and this should rightly be celebrated, along with the achievements of the medical industry and its...
#IVF40, stories
In early 2015, my wife Emma and I decided that the time was right to start trying for a baby. My name is Edward Bergen, married to the most wonderful ‘mum’ I’ve ever known, Emma Bergen. This is our fertility story. Let’s be clear, when we began trying for a baby we...
#IVF40, stories
Fertility doctors don’t like it when you refer to a cycle of IVF as an experiment. I know this, because I’ve accidently called it that in front of them. However, if it’s not an experiment, then I don’t know what is. And in case you’re wondering, I definitely know what...
#IVF40, stories
Many people keep the fact that they are experiencing fertility problems secret. I didn’t. I’m not very good at secrets, and besides, I wasn’t ashamed. We had been married for 2 years when we found out that we could never have children naturally. Almost everyone we met...
