Unspoken: The Fertility Network Podcast
Episodes
Life After Fertility Treatment
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Debbie Newson, Nurse and Author. In this conversation, Debbie shares her personal journey with infertility, describing her painful journey of t...
How Stress Impacts Fertility
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Dr. Alice Domar Ph.D.In this conversation, Anita Guru speaks with Dr. Alice Domar who discusses the profound effects of stress on reproduction,...
Navigating the Complex World of Fertility Treatment
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Clare Ettinghausen, Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).In this conversation,...
Breaking the Silence – Fertility Journeys in the South Asian Community: 3. Navigating Life Without Children
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking the Silence – Fertility Journeys in the South Asian CommunityWhat happens when life doesn’t follow the path to parenthood? This heartfelt...
Breaking the Silence – Fertility Journeys in the South Asian Community: 2. Experiencing Baby Loss, Miscarriage & Failed IVF
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking the Silence – Fertility Journeys in the South Asian CommunityA heartfelt conversation about grief, miscarriage, and IVF loss in the South A...
Breaking the Silence – Fertility Journeys in the South Asian Community: 1. Trying to Conceive and Navigating Fertility Treatment
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking the Silence – Fertility Journeys in the South Asian CommunityFive inspiring voices open up about fertility struggles, IVF, and breaking cul...
What you need to know before starting fertility treatment
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryDoctor Abraham Zavala joins from Clinica Tambre in Alicante and in this episode shares his advice and tips for people starting out on a fertili...
Future Fertility: The Biology Behind Egg Freezing & IVF
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Sharleen Hapuarachi from Bourn Hall Clinic, delves into the process of egg collection and freezing, genetic testing and recurrent ...
Breaking the Silence: Fertility Journeys in the South Asian Community
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anita Guru is joined by Seetal Savla to discuss the nuances within the South Asian community in relation to fertility, the unhelpful ...
Breaking the Silence: Supporting Black Women Through Fertility Struggles
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Anita is joined by Ogechi Ekwegh, an award-winning volunteer with Fertility Network UK, where she facilitates the Black Women's ...
Exploring Male Infertility
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Justin Chu, Medical Director at TFP Oxford Fertility, joins Anita Guru in today's episode, which focuses on male fertility. They explore some o...
If you don’t have hope, what have you got?
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Anita is joined by Geordie Shore and TOWIE star Sophie Kasaei, who has been on a fertility journey for the last 2.5 years with h...
Men have feelings too
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Anita is joined by Jeremy Edwards who talks about his experience with infertility, IVF treatment and the experience from a male ...
The pain of infertility made me who I am today
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Hepburn joins host Anita Guru to talk about her experiences with infertility, living a life childless not by choice and how adventure has form...
Fertility in the workplace at HSBC
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Kim Stubbs from HSBC to talk about fertility in the workplace. Kim shares her own personal experiences of navigating...
A mother’s heart with empty arms
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by the amazing, eloquent and brave Ruth Corden, who talks about the experience of being childless not by choice after a...
The journey of the world’s second IVF Mum
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryGrace MacDonald is the second woman in the world to give birth through IVF and her story is significant in the history of reproductive medicine...
The journey with the creators of ‘Joy’
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Thorne and Rachel Mason join host Anita Guru to talk about the release on the 22nd November 2024 of the new Netflix film, Joy, which tells the st...
Navigating fertility treatment from a clinical and mental health perspective
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Thanos Papathanasiou from Bourn Hall Clinic joins Anita Guru and talks about the history of Bourn Hall, the first ever IVF clinic, which is part of...
Andrea Byrne: Desperate Rants and Magic Pants through a fertility journey.
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in our first ever episode of the new podcast with Andrea Byrne who discusses her new book ‘Desperate Rants and Magic Pants,’ and opens up ...
Welcome to Unspoken
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Unspoken; the Fertility Network podcast!Fertility Network UK is the nation's leading patient-focused fertility charity and have been around...