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“I’m sorry, there’s no heartbeat”

Hi, my name is Sarina and this is our fertility journey. The story of our ...
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21 March 2023 / Press Office / chronic illness, fertility, infertlity, mental health, miscarriage, News & Media, reproductive health, womens health

So you had surgery and it worked.

So you had surgery and it worked. SO you had surgery and? it? Worked?? Hidden ...
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2 March 2023 / Press Office / acceptance, adjustments, anxiety, chronic illness, chronically ill, cysts, endometriosis, fitness, laparoscopy, mental health, News & Media, ovarian cysts, surgery, triathalon, uncertainty

Jennifer Aniston Isn’t the Only One Without a Baby After IVF

My Infertility Story My fertility journey began almost 12 years ago now, long before the ...
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12 January 2023 / Press Office / News & Media

String of new enterprises inspired by the worst loss of all

Sharon Luca-Chatha will boast to anyone who asks that she is a proud mum of ...
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25 October 2022 / Press Office / baby loss, chronic illness, chronic pain, mental health, miscarriage, News & Media, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Call for children to learn about common women’s health condition in school

A termination and six miscarriages in five years; Leila Martyn calls for change London, England, ...
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25 October 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, mental health, News & Media, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

When will pregnancy trackers recognise that my biggest worry is losing my baby again – not just stretch marks and piles?

There’s a picture in an app on my phone of a tiny embryo. Apparently, my ...
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27 September 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, infertiity, miscarriage, News & Media, pcos, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

‘The Future of Perimenopause’ landmark future gazing report is a ‘first in a generation’ opportunity to change the way our daughters experience perimenopause

Today marks the launch of a first of its kind future gazing report, ‘The Future ...
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27 September 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, menopause, mental health, News & Media, pcos, perimenopause, representation matters black women menopause people of colour women of colour, women periods, womens health

Feeling Myself – How I Shed My Shame to find Sexual Freedom and You Can Too

Natalie Lee A modern manifesto and memoir on sex and shamefrom one of the original ...
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10 September 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, mental health, News & Media, periods, porn, reproductive health, sex, trauma, womens health

At home early medical abortions made permanent in England and Wales

Provisions for at home early medical abortions to be made permanent from 30 August.National safeguarding ...
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24 August 2022 / Press Office / abortion, abortions, chronic illness, chronic pain, mental health, News & Media, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Inclusive internship launches in Wolverhampton to help disabled people enter Event Management

A first-of-its kind internship has been launched in Wolverhampton to help disabled people enter the ...
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19 August 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, disability awareness, job, News & Media, opportunities, representation, support

Black women’s reproductive health – Report Launch

The project started in June 2020 whilst working on a campaign to remove period poverty ...
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15 August 2022 / Press Office / bame, black women, black womens health, chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Storage changes for sperm and eggs

From 1 July 2022, the law changed to allow all patients to store their eggs, ...
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1 August 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, egg storage, endometrosis, ivf, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, sperm donation, women periods, womens health

Oral Statement by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Updating the House on the Women’s Health Strategy

Oral statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, updating ...
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20 July 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, News & Media, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

First Women’s Health Strategy For England to Tackle Gender Health Gap

Major new research on women’s health issues to increase understanding of female specific health conditions ...
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20 July 2022 / Press Office / chronic pain, mental health, News & Media, pcos, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Opening up the conversation: why it’s important for South Asian women to talk about menopause

Going through menopause can feel lonely and challenging, especially within the South Asian community and ...
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13 July 2022 / Press Office / brain fog, chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, menopause, mental health, News & Media, period, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Dame Lesley Regan appointed Women’s Health Ambassador

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to drive system level changes to close the gender health ...
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17 June 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Nina Wadia Opens UK’s First Period Charity Shop Tackling The Rise Of Period Products During The Cost Of Living Crisis

7th June 2022, Walton on Thames Surrey UK The UK’s first period charity Binti International, ...
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14 June 2022 / Press Office / binti period, chronic illness, community, mental health, News & Media, period, periods, reproductive health, south asian, women periods, womens health

Self-less woman offering free keep-sake parcels to families struggling with baby loss

Woman, 24, gifting free memory boxes to parents grieving baby loss A self-less woman is ...
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14 June 2022 / Kirsty Card / baby loss, loss, mental health, miscarriage, misscarriage baby loss, News & Media, period, reproductive health, support, women periods, womens health

Maternity disparities taskforce explores women’s health before and during pregnancy

MATERNITY DISPARITIES TASKFORCE EXPLORES WOMEN’S HEALTH BEFORE AND DURING PREGNANCY * Women’s Health Minister Maria ...
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30 May 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, maternity, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, womens health

Fast Covid-19 recovery for fertility services but variation remains, reveals new report

Latest HFEA report shows impact of Covid-19 on fertility treatment: * UK NHS-funded IVF treatments ...
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30 May 2022 / Neelam / endometrosis, fertility, infertility, mental health, News & Media, pcos, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Grant fund launched to support reproductive wellbeing in the workplace.

* Applications open for funding grants of between £200,000 and £600,000 for the voluntary, community ...
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30 May 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, News & Media, pcos, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Further Action taken to improve the supply of HRT.

Further Action taken to improve the supply of HRT. * Action taken as suppliers increase ...
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30 May 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, HRT, medical, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, womens health

Can a CUSHION reinvent your sex life?

One sex therapist believes “sex furniture” can help couples rediscover the “G-spot jackpot” that can ...
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3 April 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, News & Media, painful sex, pcos, period, periods, sex, sex education, sex positive, sex toys, sexual health, women periods, womens health

Nothing will ever cure me – I continually grieve over the person I wish I was.

It actually continues to amaze me that the same number of people in the UK ...
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28 February 2022 / Press Office / endometrosis, News & Media, pcos, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

New Taskforce To Level-Up Maternity Care And Tackle Disparities

New Maternity Disparities Taskforce to explore reasons for disparities in maternity care and address poor ...
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25 February 2022 / Press Office / care, chronic illness, chronic pain, health inequality, maternity, mental health, News & Media, pcos, reproductive health, taskforce, womens health

New national cervical screening campaign launches – as nearly 1 in 3 don’t take up screening offer

A new national campaign is calling on those eligible not to ignore their invite, as ...
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14 February 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, News & Media, pcos, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

New HFEA report shows dramatic reduction in twin births from IVF

The number of multiple births from IVF treatment has reached an all-time low of an ...
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8 February 2022 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, mental health, News & Media, reproductive health, womens health

Breaking down language barriers to increase uptake of cancer screening programmes

Screening can prevent or spot cancer early, but language barriers prevent many ethnic minority groups ...
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7 February 2022 / Press Office / bowel cancer, breast, cancer, cancer screening, cervical screening, chronic illness, chronic pain, ethnic groups, language, mental health, News & Media, sylehti, urdu

Reflections on ‘Chronically Creative’, a collaborative project between Cysters and Juice Magazine, South Asian collective and Magazine

Reflections on ‘Chronically Creative’, a collaborative project between Cysters and Juice Magazine, South Asian collective ...
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19 January 2022 / Press Office / art, chronic creative, chronic pain, CREATE, News & Media, period, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

5 Inspiring Celebrities Dealing with Chronic Illness

Credit: Michael J. Fox speaking at Lotusphere in 2012 licensed under CC BY 2.0 “Taking ...
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9 January 2022 / Press Office / celebrity, chronic illness, chronic pain, chronically ill, diabetes, endomteriosis, kidney transplant, lupus, News & Media, pain, parkinson, rheumattiod, sjorgrens syndrom, trauma

Research needs you – Anal Incontinence

Over one in five women cannot reach a toilet in time or lose control of ...
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22 November 2021 / Press Office / anal, anal incontinence, child birth, child birth injury, chronic illness, chronic pain, menopause, mental health, News & Media, reproductive health, womens health

HFEA figures show Black patients are less likely to have successful IVF treatment

Fertility regulator calls on Black patients to help shape future UK treatment HFEA figures show ...
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19 November 2021 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, fertility, infertlity, ivf, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

None of Us Are Visible Until We All Are

By Nikita Chadha Well, it’s been one hell of a week—a real rollercoaster. Last week, ...
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10 November 2021 / Nikita Chadha / chronic illness, chronic pain, decolonise, endometrosis, lgbtq, mental health, News & Media, parliament, pcos, people of colour, periods, representation matters, reproductive health, trans communties, women of colour, womens health

Would you like to take part in a study about experiences of urogynaecological conditions, to develop a new web resource for patients and healthcare professionals?

Urogynaecology is a subspecialty of gynaecology that evaluates and treats conditions of the female pelvic ...
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10 November 2021 / Press Office / News & Media, pcos, reproductive health, womens health

Mum’s Not The Word – by Aisha Balesaria

Mum's Not The Word by Aisha Balesaria (she/her) Infertility is Much More Than the Diagnosis ...
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20 October 2021 / Press Office / childless not by choice, chronic illness, coaching, endometriosis, growth, healing, infertility, IVF journey, News & Media, self awareness, woc, women periods, womens health

Navigating reproductive health issues as a lesbian couple

By Kiran Chalke and Hayle Davies As a lesbian couple with a whole list of ...
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4 October 2021 / Press Office / bias, chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, gp, hetrosexual, ivf, lesbian, lgbtq, lived experience, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, queer, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Let Cysters Discover- Changing Narrative

I am Nirali Jain, I am currently pursuing my M.A in Service Design from the ...
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4 October 2021 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Transgender Men’s Experience of Living with Endometriosis – Study

- Cheryl Eder One in ten people have endometriosis, a disease that is painful and ...
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2 October 2021 / Press Office / chronic pain, endometrosis, inclusion, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, together, transgender trans inclusive, women periods, womens health

Is the Cysterhood a safe space? by June-Ann Joseph

Is the Cysterhood a Safe Space? by June-Ann Joseph (she/her) *The Cysterhood referenced throughout this ...
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29 September 2021 / Press Office / anxiety, blackbrokeandanxiouspodcast, chronicillness, community, cultural food, cysterhood, cysters, depression, mental health, News & Media, pain, pcos, pcos support, periods, poc, podcast, reproductive health, symptoms, womens health

Ever wondered why your healthcare provider presses on your belly during your physical examination?

Dr Sneha Battin Your abdomen is home to a lot of vital organs: the stomach, ...
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6 September 2021 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, mental health, News & Media, pcos, pelvic pain, period, periods, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

My Life with Vaginismus

By Lorna Meehan My Hypnotherapist explained it to me like this: When your body says ...
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6 September 2021 / Press Office / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, fear, help, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, sex, sex education, sexual health, shame, trauma, Vaginismus, women periods, womens health

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