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Infertility and how I used alternative therapies to conceive

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Infertility can dominate your every waking thought: will it ever happen? How can I increase my chances? The editor Annie Ridout writes about how using alternative therapies – acupuncture, hypnotherapy, CBT – helped her to conceive…

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Annie Ridout 12th November 2017
Family

The truth about conception: part III

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We’ve been speaking to couples who didn’t conceive immediately – asking how they felt, whether they had treatment and what helped them to become pregnant. Today, we hear from Ruth and Ollie about their conception journey…

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The Early Hour 4th February 2017
Family

The truth about conception: part II

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For part II in the truth about conception, Rob and Leni discuss their experience of IVF – from being told it was a no-go by the NHS, opting for private treatment, losing eggs due to the hospital’s negligence and then conceiving their son…

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The Early Hour 28th January 2017
Family

The truth about conception: part I

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Some couples get pregnant immediately. Others take longer. In ‘he says/she says’ interviews, we ask four couples who didn’t get pregnant the first time to share their conception stories with us… 

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The Early Hour 21st January 2017
Wellbeing

What it’s like to be infertile for nine years

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The founder of Supercharged Club, Mary Meadows, tells us about being infertile for nine years, eventually conceiving via IVF, blood pressure issues in pregnancy that required longterm bed rest and developing postnatal depression… 

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Contributing Writer 15th December 2016
Mornings

What it’s like to have anxiety while trying to conceive

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“When you’re trying to get pregnant every small failure becomes a catastrophe. The arrival of your period is like an emotional apocalypse.” Jacki Badger on suffering acute anxiety and depression while trying to conceive her first baby…

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Contributing Writer 20th October 2016
Wellbeing

Early signs of pregnancy: common, odd and surprising

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If you’re hoping to conceive, you’ll be eagerly awaiting signs that something is happening towards the end of each cycle. It’s different for everyone, but here are some early signs of pregnancy, as experienced by The Early Hour’s readers…

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Annie Ridout 30th August 2016
Wellbeing

IVF: a woman’s journey from infertile to mother

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After a year spent trying to conceive naturally, Sunita and her husband sought treatment. They were told to start IVF and given a 10% chance of conceiving. They were in that 10%. Here’s their story…

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Contributing Writer 9th June 2016
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