At 38 I’d left it too late for a baby, says actress Alice Evans

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Mrs Fantastic (Alice Evans) shares her heartbreaking story of how she underwent 8 ivf cycles to conceive her 2nd child Alice Evans and her 2 girls Alice Evans and Welsh star Ioan Gruffudd were living the Hollywood dream but behind the scenes of their success they have fought through highs and lows to finally start a family. Source: At 38 I’d left it too late for a baby, says actress ALICE EVANS | Daily Mail Online

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Acronyms that you should know when you are TTC (Trying to Conceive)

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Confused by ‘shortforms’ used in fertility forums? This article offers a nice guide. For the uninitiated the whole fertility process can be a hard pill to swallow, after you have seen your Fertility Specialist, you go home and decide to do some research on the internet. Just to be bombarded by shorts and acronyms like HCG, PCOS, ENDO, and of course TTC. Below is a list of commonly used acronyms in fertility. 2WW 2 Week Wait. It’s that time between…

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Ovarian Reserve and Egg Freezing

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Ovarian Reserve and Egg Freezing Most women go through life without any knowledge about their fertility potential. Many women delay pregnancy until a more ‘convenient time’, mostly in pursuit of building a career, education, etc. By the time ‘Mr Right’ shows up, their fertility potential may be reduced, or already gone. What is Ovarian Reserve? Ovarian reserve refers to the remaining eggs a women has for the future. Age is the universally known marker for eggs quantity, ie, the older…

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Who Needs IVF?

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Who needs IVF? Case studies of 5 couples Fertility problems is more common than people realise, with an estimated 16% or 1 in 6 couples having trouble getting pregnant after trying for a year. In Asian countries, ‘fertility problem’ is still considered something shameful or embarrassing, thus, leaving couples (mostly the wives) suffering in silence despite the availability of effective treatments. Infertility is a medical condition, and has many underlying causes. It may be due to infections, congenital condition (born…

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