It’s the one time of the year when you can’t walk into a supermarket without being faced with rows of ‘Happy Mother’s Day!’ cards, buckets full of bouquets, chocolates ‘for a special mum’, when Mother’s Day offers flood your inbox and it hurts when you feel like everybody else gets to experience that day of […]
The news that Fertility Network UK has launched a Fertility in the Workplace initiative to support both you and your employees will come as welcome news to many. We all know that you as an employer have a duty of care to your employees, especially when it comes to health issues. But fertility issues aren’t […]
For any of us who have had to manage our emotions following a fertility issue diagnosis alongside everything that comes with assisted conception treatment as well as a job, the news that Fertility Network UK has launched a Fertility in the Workplace initiative to support employers and employees will come as welcome news. Speaking at […]
The first thing to say is that this is more than reflexology; more than pressing a few points on your feet, giving you a nice foot massage (although I can’t deny that it still feels lovely to have – as that’s still important!) and, hey presto – aim achieved! It’s not always a magic wand […]
Baby loss. Still a subject that people often avoid talking about, often because they don’t know what to say, don’t want to upset you or it’s seen as just too sensitive a topic to talk about. But NOT talking about it and having your loss ignored can be even more hurtful. An early miscarriage, late […]
Being on your fertility journey and desperately hoping to get pregnant, and then feeling that crushing disappointment every time your period arrives and another month goes past can be an incredibly frustrating time. You might begin to think or to tell yourself “I’m never going to get pregnant”, “I’m obviously broken”, “my body isn’t working […]
Every journey starts with a single step. And that’s how you start to move closer towards what you want most of all. This is something we totally believe in and something we encourage our clients to focus on as well. Every positive change, however small, is progress. After the initial consultation we do with all […]
Pineapples and fertility – you wouldn’t automatically put the two together, would you? But the pineapple has a long association with fertility and is frequently used as the symbol of trying to conceive, which is why we love our own gorgeous handpainted pineapples from the lovely Baby Prints Cheltenham as well as the #ivfstrongertogether pineapple […]
Lots of us know when our periods are due because we may feel a little tetchy, tearful or bloated. But did you know you’re actually at the end of autumn and coming into winter when that happens? Whereas our main focus used to be on those 3-7 days where we had our period, there is […]
It is now 40 years since the birth of IVF and the first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Brown. For those facing fertility and conception challenges, IVF and assisted conception has allowed countless couples to achieve their dream of parenthood. Although not a ‘cure all’ it is a hugely important medical treatment. This is not an […]
As if beginning the journey into assisted conception isn’t overwhelming enough, you’re having terms thrown at you or reams of paper with what can sometimes be never-before-seen terms on. What on earth do they all mean? And how are you supposed to make sense of them? To help you understand everything you’re reading, here we […]
You would like to have a baby. Sounds simple doesn’t it! But sometimes, almost before you know it, you’ve entered into a world of blood hormone tests, GP appointments, possibly hospital consultations with medical professionals talking about things you’ve never had to think about before – and if you’ve started looking on forums then there […]
Have you ever wished you had a couple of really close, wise friends who had already been through the IVF process and could tell you EVERYTHING you needed to know and with warmth, honesty and a little humour? AND had a top-notch consultant give his words of wisdom at the end of every stage too? […]
When the chance came to write a blog for the wonderful Cheltenham Maman, I immediately knew I wanted to both support and give a ‘shout out’ to all the other women who haven’t had children (either through choice or circumstance) and to also let all those amazing mums know that there is a lot of […]
Coping with fertility issues can be a complex, painful and difficult time in a person’s life, a time when they need the most support from the people that love them. And research has proven that the stress levels of women with fertility issues are the same as women who have been diagnosed with a serious […]
Reflexology is often thought as a practice for boosting energy or inducing relaxation. What many people don’t realise, however, is that reflexology can also work on deeper levels to reduce fertility issues and that it can be very effective in supporting conception for both female and male clients. Infertility, sub-fertility and delayed conception are increasingly […]
You know you are ready to start trying to get pregnant and so you start full of hope. But then nothing happens! So you keep trying but don’t really know what the first step is if nothing happens every month. Which can be frustrating, anxiety-inducing and isolating. You might start to wonder if there is […]
Fertility Massage is a treatment that some people have heard of but most of us don’t really know what it entails. So, one of our lovely clients has written some of her fertility massage experiences. Which was a first for her too! Although we can explain what happens during a treatment, it’s always lovely to […]
Fertility Massage works on a physical, emotional and spiritual level and although its name suggests that it is all about getting pregnant, fertility encompasses more than that. Treatments to aid conception play a massive role but if you’re experiencing reproductive issues and not trying to get pregnant, it can still be enormously beneficial. It can […]
At Nurture 4 Life we work with many couples who are trying to conceive and for whom it doesn’t seem to be happening. Or certainly not as easily as they had hoped. So it’s always special when one of our reflexology couples receives the outcome they have been waiting for! Here we share the results […]