Natalie’s stomach used to bloat so badly on some days that she looked six months pregnant – which was cruelly ironic as she and her husband Alex had been unable to conceive.
Choosing IVF with donor sperm created eight frozen embryos, each a ‘chance of a baby’. IUI offers only one for each vial.
“We both wanted to have treatment so that we could have the shared experience of carrying a baby and had no reason to suspect that one of us would have fertility issues.”
IUI with donor sperm gave a son to Charlie and wife Lauren, ten years after she was told she had PCOS and would never have a baby
After three failed attempts at ‘DIY’ insemination with sperm from the internet, regulated IUI treatment at Bourn Hall worked first time.
Rachel always imagined being a mum but could never picture what her perfect partner might look like. Rachel admits that cupid’s arrow struck in a way she hadn’t seen coming.
When Kerry and Stacy decided to start a family, they visited Bourn Hall to investigate fertility treatment using donor sperm – they are now mums to twins.