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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.

BCRM, proved a magnet for same-sex couple Emma and Laura Poulliquen, even though their home is in Jersey. When the pair had their first IVF baby in 2020, using donor sperm, they were living in Staffordshire and attended a fertility clinic in Manchester. But by the time baby number two was wanted, the family had relocated to Emma’s native Jersey, so their preferred option for treatment was BCRM.

BCRM are committed to the Fertility Network UK Patient Promise

For most people Mother’s Day is a lovely time of celebration, but if you have been trying unsuccessfully for a baby and are not yet lucky enough to be a mum, it can trigger a range of painful feelings.

Egg donation in the UK is coming under fresh scrutiny as a parliamentary inquiry examines whether young women are being targeted by advertising or financial incentives, and whether current safeguards are sufficient.

A new pathway for patients receiving fertility treatment has been launched at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM), providing an innovative single point of access to make their experience as seamless as possible. Each patient is now given a dedicated ‘fertility care co-ordinator’ to act as their designated contact, affording direct access to the consultant, nurses and other medical professionals who are treating them.

Egg donors are amazing women. Full Stop. You will feel proud of this incredible gift that you have given. You will have helped others to start the family that they have dreamt of. You will have had a fertility check up. You will be compensated with £985 for your time and expenses.

Colleen Kennedy and Chris Weaver’s first baby was born in 2014, when she was 30 and he was 29: a natural conception after a year of trying. But when they were ready for baby number two the couple were dismayed that Colleen didn’t fall pregnant and perplexed when tests arranged by their GP couldn’t explain why. “Our lovely baby boy, Ren, was born at the end of June 2025 and we’re all enjoying him so much. Belle, who is now 10, is a proper ‘little mother’ and simply adores him.

People looking for the best fertility clinic to help them have a baby often struggle to make a choice when they discover that official success-rate information is at least a year out of date by the time it is publicly available. This dilemma was addressed at a recent open evening at BCRM (Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine) which treats patients from across Wales and the South West of England.