News & Blog

3rd Mar 2019
BCRM 10 year anniversary tea party summer 2018
8th Jan 2019
Fertility Stories
8th Apr 2018
Ovarian reserve and fertility

When in her mother’s womb, a baby has about 5-7 million eggs by the fifth month of pregnancy. After this time, the number of eggs begin to decrease. Such that by the time of birth she only has 2 million eggs left in the ovaries.

25th Mar 2018
IVF treatment as a single woman

For me the hardest thing about having IVF as a single woman was making the decision to contact the fertility clinic - BCRM to ask about the IVF process. I should never have worried, as every member of the BCRM team was helpful, caring and completely non-judgmental.

31st Dec 2017
BCRM continuing as a private service

Dr Valentine Akande and Paul Wilson will lead the transition of North Bristol NHS Trust’s Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine – BCRM into a private Fertility Service and IVF Clinic as from 1 March 2018.

13th Nov 2017
Amanda Jefferys, Fertility Specialist Bristol

Having worked in the field of gynaecology for the past 13 years I knew from an early stage that I was destined for a career in the fertility field.

29th Nov 2016
Add on treatments for fertility and IVF

A research study published in the BMJ and also the subject of a recent BBC Panorama programme claims that some of the add-on treatments offered to Fertility patients are of no benefit, can be harmful and expensive.

31st Oct 2016
Fertility, more than just my career

I decided on a career as a doctor very early. Probably aged 5 whilst trying to intubate my sister with a snorkel on holiday! At medical school, I was interested in women’s health from the start and particularly, the amazing anatomical and physical changes that occur during pregnancy. As a postgraduate, I chose to train in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

9th May 2016
The 2 week wait following IVF treatment