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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.

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Rebecca Matthews Senior Clinical Embryologist celebrating scrap microscope

17th Sept 2026

BCRM puts sustainability under the microscope for recycle week

BCRM is putting sustainability under the microscope this Recycle Week (14 – 20 September 2026), highlighting how materials used behind the scenes in fertility treatment can be given a second life

A young family consisting of a hispanic father and mother and their newborn baby boy in the hospital with grandparents, a nurse, and a pediatrician.

20th Aug 2026

What are your options if NHS-funded IVF isn’t available?

BCRM partners with Access Fertility to offer flexible IVF and ICSI funding, including refund and multi-cycle plans. Learn how these options can make treatment costs more manageable.

29th Jul 2026

What are IVF success rates in the UK and how do they compare?

In this guide, we'll explain how IVF success rates in the UK are measured, what influences them, and how to interpret clinic success rates when choosing where to have treatment.

20th Jul 2026

What really are the secrets to fertility success?

The rituals sweeping TikTok revealed as women spend on IVF supersitions

William and Olivia Whetton with baby Rory and not so mini goldendoodle Norman 1

24th Jun 2026

MUM SAYS IVF TAKES IT OUT OF YOU BUT WAS SO WORTH IT

A couple who met while studying at Bristol University have just become proud parents to a baby boy with the assistance of Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) after facing ‘unexplained’ infertility.

Hayley and Thomas Rawson with IVF sons Spencer left and baby Myles

24th Jun 2026

HAPPY ENDING FOR HAYLEY

A Somerton woman who had both fallopian tubes removed in separate operations due to ectopic pregnancies, has said how grateful she is for the miracle of assisted fertility treatment and the skill of the team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM).

12th Jun 2026

From PCOS to PMOS: What the Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome name change means for our patients

The medical community is currently experiencing a major shift in how we talk about reproductive and metabolic health.

20th May 2026

COUPLE HAS BABY AFTER VASECTOMY

A Royal Wotton Bassett couple who met at work have just become parents to a baby daughter despite a vasectomy carried out during the husband’s first marriage, thanks to a gift from the wife’s father.

29th Apr 2026

CHELTENHAM COUPLE THANK THEIR LUCKY STARS

A Cheltenham couple whose very first round of IVF produced just one embryo suitable for implantation are thanking their lucky stars they have the baby they hoped for anyway. Lucy and Tim Beresford’s ‘Fertility MOT’ at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) had revealed the couple were affected by infertility challenges on both sides.