News & Blog

3rd Apr 2024
'We are so proud of our journey' an emotional insight by a BCRM family.

We have had a long road and it has been a complicated one.

2nd Apr 2024
IVF dad says the reason he was born was to be his baby's father

Although they were united by their desire to have a baby, the mixed Thai/British heritage of would-be parents Jarmmy and John Greenwood gave the couple a broader-than-average perspective when they were researching how to approach their IVF treatment.

6th Feb 2024
Colleagues Make Abbie's Baby Dream Come True

Working as a member of the team who helped bring her IVF baby into being means that Abbie Walker’s feelings about her employer are not those of a typical employee.

18th Dec 2023
Blocked fallopian tubes: causes & treatments

The fallopian tubes are an essential part of a woman's reproductive system – so when the fallopian tubes become blocked, it can create difficulties in trying to conceive. In this guide, we take a detailed look at why your fallopian tubes are so important, how they can become blocked and which treatment options are available to improve your chances of starting – or extending – your family.

5th Dec 2023
Supporting patients with tips to manage the emotions of Christmas

For most people, Christmas is a lovely time of celebration and family get-togethers and is especially focussed on children and the excitement and pleasure that parents and grandparents associate with it. But if you’ve been trying unsuccessfully for a long time and are not yet lucky enough to have the baby you long for, then this time of year can trigger a range of painful feelings. It can be a heart breaking reminder of your lack of a baby, or a second child that you’ve always wanted.

5th Dec 2023
New mum advises women struggling to have a baby how to save themselves heartache

Michelle Hutchings’ baby Ava Rose, born on 11 April 2023, is the result of a double donation – donor egg and donor sperm – a possibility she is convinced not enough people are aware of.

26th Jan 2020
Infertility

Infertility effect millions of people every year across the world. In our latest Vlog we dive into what infertility is and how your lifestyle can be key factors in struggling to conceive.

23rd Dec 2019
IVF success stories

BCRM are devoted to ensuring that people looking for ivf treatment have factual and medically accurate information available to them.

17th Nov 2019
Embryologist | A Day In The Life

Driving into work and negotiating the Bristol traffic is normally when I start mentally running through my day, I am hoping that eggs have fertilised or that embryos have made it to the blastocyst stage and I worry about what I might say to the patients if it hasn’t gone well.