Category: History of IVF
Five decades at Bourn Hall – friendship and family
Posted - March 15, 2021
Early IVF baby now campaigner for fertility education
Posted - January 13, 2021
‘Precious baby’ helped to secure the future of fertility treatment through the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
Posted - December 1, 2020
Nobel Prize Medal awarded to IVF pioneer to be auctioned at Christie’s
Posted - June 18, 2020
The ‘start-up’ story of financing the world’s first IVF clinic
Posted - March 23, 2020
On International Women’s Day we remember Lesley Brown
Posted - March 5, 2020
Home of Patrick Steptoe, ‘Father of IVF’, gets a Blue Plaque
Posted - May 4, 2019
Jamie Facer-Childs: the world’s first twin ‘frostie’
Posted - March 21, 2019
Happy 40th Birthday Alastair MacDonald, the world’s first IVF boy
Posted - January 14, 2019
When I was your age something world-changing happened that shaped my life
Posted - August 24, 2018
Louise Brown celebrates her 40th birthday at Bourn Hall
Posted - July 25, 2018
The story of IVF: 6 million babies later celebrated at Science Museum
Posted - July 22, 2018
Jean Purdy IVF pioneer celebrated with memorial service
Posted - July 21, 2018
Louise Brown celebrates the life of Jean Purdy with her living legacy
Posted - July 20, 2018
IVF is 40 in 2018 – the treatment continues to improve
Posted - July 20, 2018
IVF is 40: First blastocyst created
Posted - July 1, 2018
Dr Kay Elder – ‘A life in Glass’
Posted - June 6, 2018
Icelandic couple’s emotional journey 30 years after IVF with frozen embryos
Posted - February 16, 2018
Robert Edwards, co-father of IVF, interviewed by Liz O’Donnell, an early Bourn Hall patient
Posted - May 26, 2017
Why me? Infertility and the stubborn Yorkshireman
Posted - May 23, 2017
First frozen embryo baby home from the cold
Posted - March 7, 2017
Baby, look at you now!
Posted - December 9, 2016
Photographer of world’s first IVF egg retires
Posted - September 23, 2016
Pioneering IVF patient returns to Bourn Hall
Posted - May 11, 2016
Louise Brown: “My life as the world’s first test-tube baby” – autobiography launched at Bourn Hall
Posted - July 23, 2015
Louise Brown is 36, Bourn Hall remembers IVF pioneers
Posted - July 25, 2014
Alastair MacDonald: The world’s first IVF boy celebrates 35th birthday
Posted - January 14, 2014
The Bourn Hall Legacy – 35 years of IVF
Posted - July 25, 2013
Tributes to Professor Sir Robert Edwards
Posted - April 12, 2013
Sad Loss Of Lesley Brown – First IVF Mother
Posted - June 20, 2012
Are you struggling to get pregnant and want some advice? ![]()
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Join us at our virtual Fertility Fair on 6 November 2021 where you will have an opportunity to chat to one of our fertility nurse specialists and to see if a longer consultation would be helpful.![]()
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We know it can be really difficult to know where to start with your journey and this event should help you start making some decisions and taking some first steps. ![]()
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Struggling to get pregnant? Have a chat with a nurse at the Fertility Fair
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If you are wondering why you are struggling to get pregnant? The Fertility Fair offers a chance to get expert advice from a Fertility Nurse
Losing a much wanted pregnancy is heart-breaking and it’s natural to want to know what went wrong, or even to blame yourself. ![]()
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For those who have a recurrent miscarriage (three or more losses), there may be an underlying reason, so referral to a specialist unit and fertility treatment can be helpful.![]()
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If you’d like to share your experiences or speak to someone in a similar position, please feel free to start a conversation in the comments below. ✨
Causes of recurrent miscarriage - Bourn Hall Clinic
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Losing a much wanted pregnancy is heartbreaking. Sadly there are many possible causes of recurrent miscarriage - diagnosis and treatment
There’s still time to sign up for our Fertility Support Group on Thursday evening at 6:30pm, which will focus on treatment after loss. ![]()
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Join Bourn Hall patient Sarah, and fertility counsellor, Jackie, who will be talking from experience about coping with subsequent fertility treatment after suffering three miscarriages.![]()
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The Fertility Support Group holds regular monthly meetings. Joining the group gives you the opportunity to talk to other people experiencing infertility
One of Bourn Hall’s first frozen embryo babies has himself become a father. This is much to the delight of his parents, Siobhan and Keith, who were told over 30 years ago they would never be parents.![]()
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“To be able to sit here now more than 30 years after being told we would never be parents and cuddle our granddaughter is just the best feeling in the world,” said Siobhan. ![]()
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One of Bourn Hall’s first frozen embryo babies has himself become a father, much to the delight of his parents Siobhan and Keith
In memory of all the babies who lit up our lives for a short time, but are forever in our hearts. 💞![]()
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If you have experienced pregnancy loss, infertility - or both - you are not alone. ![]()
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For advice and links to support from Ruth Bender Atik, National Director of The Miscarriage Association click here: moredetails.uk/3v5F8f5 ![]()
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Baby Loss Awareness Week - pregnancy loss and infertility - Bourn Hall Clinic
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At the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week, Ruth Bender Atik of The Miscarriage Association offers empathy for those who've experienced grief and loss
