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Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Jan 28, 2023

Episode 1 : A Single Pink Line

I won’t go into the years before IVF in too much detail here. My aim in this blog is to outline the…

Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Jan 29, 2023

Episode 2 : Poked and Prodded

Trigger warning — this episode describes medical procedures in some detail and may not be for the…

Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Feb 17, 2023

It Takes A Village

Do you tell your friends and family you are trying for a baby? That you are struggling with infertility? Having IVF? This is…

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Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Feb 17, 2023

Episode 4 : Are We Nearly There Yet?

After melting down and very nearly calling an end to the whole thing, I managed, with much…

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Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Jan 29, 2023

Staring into the Void

Time. Expansive, relative, the healer of all wounds. For people experiencing infertility and fertility treatment, it…

Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Feb 18, 2023

IVF vs ICSI

There are so many terms bandied around when you’re going through fertility treatment, most of which I had never heard of until we were…

Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Jun 9, 2023

Episode 5: Diving into the Unknown

Finally, after two years and eight months, the moment arrived. Our first in person-appointment to…

Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Feb 17, 2023

Episode 3 : Ended Before We’ve Begun

January 2021 rolled round and, as advised by the private consultant, having not conceived in…

Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Feb 17, 2023

Testing Sperm DNA Fragmentation

The SpermComet test was our first indication that there may be some physiological issue causing our…

Abby Jones in (Un)Fruitful

Jan 29, 2023

Some Science

Like everyone experiencing infertility, I have done so much googling over the last few years. Throughout this series, I’ll aim to…

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My experience of infertility, fertility testing and IVF, warts and all.

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