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June 3rd, 2024 CELEBRATORY EVENT VIDEO : FORTY YEARS OF ‘MADE IN BRISTOL’ IVF BABIES

Take a look at this fantastic video of our celebratory event.

15th Aug 2025
Fertility treatment financing: how to plan and budget for IVF and beyond

Thinking about the cost of fertility treatment can feel overwhelming at first. Whether you’re considering in vitro fertilisation (IVF), exploring egg freezing or preparing for multiple treatment cycles, thinking ahead financially can help you feel more in control.

11th Aug 2025
23-YEAR-OLD CANCER PATIENT ‘SO GRATEFUL’ TO FREEZE HER EGGS AHEAD OF CHEMO

A 23-year-old cancer survivor has shared the shock she felt when told the chemotherapy treatment needed for a recently diagnosed cancer might affect whether she could have a baby afterwards, and the precautionary egg freezing she had as a result. Nail technician Georgia Hall said: “I was never in any doubt about having my eggs frozen to preserve my fertility once I knew about the risk of chemo causing infertility. I am so grateful the procedure was available to me, and thankful to the team at BCRM who made it happen.

11th Aug 2025
WIDER FERTILITY CHOICE FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE RESIDENTS

The Gloucestershire NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) has confirmed that patients in need of fertility treatment can now attend Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) for their care. The addition of the Aztec West-based clinic means that patients from Gloucestershire who are struggling to have a baby and who meet the access based criteria for assisted reproduction treatment, are able to attend BCRM for fertility treatment including IUI and IVF, following assessment in their NHS fertility assessment clinic.

11th Aug 2025
MUMS WELCOME BABY SON

A same-sex couple who have made their home in Devon have become mums to a baby boy thanks to an inheritance from grandparents, the advice of friends and the skills of the team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

3rd Jun 2025
PRIDE OPEN EVENING: HAVING A BABY WITH DONOR SPERM

Following on from Pride Month celebrations in Bristol , would-be same-sex who will require donor sperm to conceive a baby can learn more about the process pathways to parenthood at a free open evening on Wednesday, 16th July, at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) at Aztec West. Leading fertility consultants will specifically address becoming pregnant via sperm donation which is likely to be of special interest to female same-sex couples and would-be solo mums. 

29th May 2025
KIRSTY AND KIM PRAISE INCLUSIVITY AT FERTILITY CLINIC

When Kimberley and Kirsty became a couple in spring 2022, Kim already had two daughters, now aged nine and five, from a previous relationship. But Kirsty knew from the start that she also wanted to have a baby and it would have been a deal-breaker for her if Kim hadn’t felt the same way. Fortunately that wasn’t a problem: Kim was just as keen for the pair to have a baby of their own, and three years on they now have that baby, thanks to the miracle of IVF and the efforts of the team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM). Kirsty, a nurse associate at Musgrove Park, and Kim, who works in a tea-room in Taunton - the town where both women were born and raised - started investigating fertility clinics after they’d been together for about a year. Kim said they picked BCRM because they were impressed with their track record, found them very informative and easy to deal with on the phone, and were happy with the way they put them at ease when they visited.

19th May 2025
Zero percent 'Buy now ; Pay later' option for BCRM fertility patients

For many couples who have the unwelcome surprise of finding that if they want to have a baby they will need to pay for fertility treatment, the funding of that treatment can present an additional pressure at an already difficult time.

22nd Apr 2025
Fertility preservation: options for cancer patients

While receiving cancer treatment can be life-saving, it can also have adverse side effects on your health. Some cancer treatments may affect your fertility, for example, which can make it difficult to have children afterwards without support from fertility treatments. However, there are many fertility preservation methods available for men and women to use during this challenging chapter of their lives. In this blog post, we explain how cancer treatments affect your fertility and explore the various options you can use to preserve it for use in the future.

14th Apr 2025
Holistic fertility treatments: complementary therapies, do they work?

This blog post explains complementary holistic fertility treatments, highlighting how the science stacks up and whether they actually work. Learn all you need and more with the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine.