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Fertility and Work: Your Experience Matters, Tell Us About It
Are you based in Europe, in employment, and going through - or have you been through - an infertility diagnosis or treatment? Fertility Europe has launched Infertility in the Workplace, the first large-scale, Europe-wide survey on fertility treatment and working life. Available in 20 languages, anonymous, and taking 10-15 minutes, your voice will help shape the upcoming EU Quality Jobs Act and ensure employers understand what it means to support employees through fertility tr
Jul 10


The Grief, the Uncharted Territory of Egg Donation, and the Joy That Grew Around It: Becky Kearns on Motherhood and Hope
Choosing an egg donor after a diagnosis of infertility, the grief of losing a genetic link, the countries where egg donation is still banned, and the silence that still surrounds fertility struggles at work: patient advocate Becky Kearns discusses all of this with journalist Eleonora Voltolina for The Why Wait Agenda podcast.
Jul 9


Trying to Conceive, When Hope and Fear Exist Together: The Quiet Work of Fertility Counseling
Eleonora Voltolina talks with fertility counsellor Angela Pericleous-Smith about the stigma around asking for support, the fear that treatment could be stopped, why some patients experience infertility as trauma and others don't, secrecy around donor conception, and why there's no harm in seeing a counsellor when hope and fear coexist – on The Why Wait Agenda podcast.
Jul 7


The scientist, the patient: Joyce Harper on infertility's lasting mark
Fertility scientist Joyce Harper on the age that matters, the trauma of infertility treatment, and why feeling healthy doesn't mean being fertile – a Why Wait Agenda conversation on egg freezing, sex education and trustworthy fertility information for women in their twenties and thirties.
Jul 3


Rethinking Reproductive Health: Why What You Do in Your Twenties Matters for Your Future Fertility
From period tracking apps to male fertility myths, scientist and Uteropedia founder Zoya Ali joins Eleonora Voltolina to break down the taboos we still carry about our bodies.
Jul 2


Test Him: the podcast that is putting men back into the fertility conversation
One in six people of reproductive age will experience infertility. Yet the public conversation remains almost entirely focused on women. Ian Stones, co-creator of Test Him, won the Fertility Care Award with a podcast that wants to change that: talking about male infertility, breaking the stigma, and putting men back into the conversation. Eleonora Voltolina interviewed him for The Why Wait Agenda. Listen to the episode.
Jul 2
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