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The end of IVF: "I was left with the question, now what?"

The end of IVF: "I was left with the question, now what?"

Update: 2025-09-03
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When is the right time to end a fertility journey? What can you say to friends to help? How do you begin to navigate the question: now what?


This episode explores the emotional rollercoaster of infertility, involuntary childlessness, and reaching the end of IVF.


It's raw, honest, practical, sometimes heartbreaking, and always hopeful.


🎙️ Too Much Information is the women’s health podcast that doesn't sugar coat the facts. Find us on Instagram at ⁠@too.much.info.podcast⁠.


About our guests:

Kelly Da Silva is the Head of Patient Support at The Fertility Alliance and founder of The IVF Gap and The Dovecote. Her ten-year journey through infertility has inspired her career and PhD research into the lived experience of ending fertility treatment.


Angela Pericleous-Smith is Chair of the British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA) and a specialist fertility counsellor with over 20 years’ experience. She has has supported countless people through treatment and beyond.


Charities and support organisations:

thefertilityalliance.org.uk

bica.net

fertilitynetworkuk.org


Social media channels:


Instagram: @fertilitycounselloruk | @thedovecote.org_official_ | @theivfgap | @kellydasilvafertilitysupport


Facebook: The Dovecote Childless Support Organisation | The Dovecote Community

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The end of IVF: "I was left with the question, now what?"

The end of IVF: "I was left with the question, now what?"

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