Category: Fertility

6 Posts

  • Everything You Need to Know about Ovulation

    November 3, 2023Senior Scientific Research Associate

    Understand how to know when you’re ovulating – and how having sex during the fertile window can improve your chance of getting pregnant. What is Ovulation? Ovulation refers to the phase around halfway through your menstrual cycle when your body releases an egg (ovum). It travels through the fallopian tube where sperm can fertilise it and you can become pregnant. Pinpointing the day you ovulate can improve your chance of…

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  • What makes Hertility different to other at-home fertility tests?

    December 12, 2022Hertility

    Around the world, people are becoming more aware of their fertility. While fertility struggles used to be kept private, the conversation is opening up around the potential for fertility problems and so fertility testing is much more common than it used to be. But with more at-home fertility tests available, how do you know which one is best? This is an important time to put your eggs in the right…

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  • 11 Top Fertility Nutrition and Lifestyle Tips

    July 27, 2022Bsc Msc ANutr RN

    As the saying goes, we really are what we eat. Our diets and nutrition impact almost all of our bodies processes—all the way from our metabolism to our mental health. But one often overlooked area is how food can impact our fertility.  Nutrition plays a big role in keeping our hormones harmonious, with bad diets being linked to hormone imbalances and even reproductive health problems. Our diet is often linked…

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  • COVID-19 Vaccine and Fertility – Take Part in Research

    December 14, 2021Hertility

    As we approach two years of living in a pandemic, the focus is turning to COVID-19 boosters to ensure the nation stays protected. Whilst there are no known risks to women’s reproductive health of the COVID-19 vaccine, little is known about the effects on menstrual cycles and hormone levels.  Throughout the pandemic, we have received countless questions from our community asking for information on the COVID vaccine and fertility, and…

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  • Structural Infertility: What Are the Causes?

    September 17, 2021BSc (Hons) MSc

    Getting pregnant and carrying a baby to term involves multiple, often arduous, stages, which can make your fertility journey feel a bit like a marathon. Structural issues within the female reproductive tract can cause a physical barrier to your fertility, much like coming across a 10-foot wall not long after you cross the starting line. Structural infertility can be caused by lots of different things and the management of it…

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  • Understanding the Causes of Infertility

    August 3, 2021Research and Development Scientist

    Despite what we may have been led to believe by our teachers and society, getting pregnant is often not as easy as we may think. For many, the journey to parenthood can be a  challenging process, both physically and emotionally. As many as 1 in 7 heterosexual couples experience infertility in the UK, yet the causes are sometimes preventative, or treatable. We’re here to help you understand the different causes…

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