Big Fat Negative: TTC, fertility, infertility and IVF

Conversations on infertility, IVF and the journey to parenthood AI summary

Big Fat Negative Visit website › Health & Fitness · EN · 150 episodes · latest 2026-06-22

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Big Fat Negative is the podcast about IVF, infertility and the trials of TTC - aka trying for a baby. Co-hosted by journalists and friends Emma Forsyth Haslett and Gabriella Griffith, the show follows their stories on the not-so-simple journey to motherhood, while also interviewing a range of experts on all things infertility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Genevieve Thurley: 'I was not going to celebrate until the baby was in my arms'

2026-06-22 · 1 hr 12 min · Season 8, episode 11

Genevieve Thurley is a busy woman, what with her 1 million followers and career as a makeup artist and content creator. But today, she's making time to talk to us about her experiences of infertility and IVF.Trigger…
Cathy Adams: Deciding when enough is enough

2026-06-15 · 1 hr 7 min · Season 8, episode 10

Cathy Adams is the travel news features editor for The Times and Sunday Times -- and also a person who has spent years trying to conceive her second child. Now, she's at a crossroads: give up IVF and reconcile herself…
What sperm can tell you about your partner's health

2026-06-09 · 55 min · Season 8, episode 9

This week we're joined by Tristan Taylor, the founder of Mandrology, who is biohacking his way to sperm health. He explains why sperm quality is a biomarker of health, in the same way that heart rate and blood pressure…
How to prevent 10,000 miscarriages a year

2026-06-02 · 53 min · Season 8, episode 8

Oonagh Pickering is one of the research nurses at Tommy's whose study on graduated miscarriage care has already changed how the Scottish NHS approaches care after pregnancy losses -- and now they want England to make a…
Martha de Lacey: 'You give yourself this story of why things happened'

2026-05-19 · 49 min · Season 8, episode 7

The sourdough baker Martha de Lacey joins us this week: she has run the full gamut of infertility experiences, from going solo to recurrent miscarriage to secondary infertility. "It's so difficult when you give yourself…
Sheyi Martins-Allen on the pain of secondary infertility

2026-05-12 · 55 min · Season 8, episode 6

She's a performer, musician and wickedly funny creator: Sheyi Martins-Allen joins us to talk about her experience of secondary infertility, and how her faith played into it. We also hear her gorgeous song, Stronger,…
The Fertility Disconnect: A Wild Nutrition special

2026-05-11 · 54 min · Season 8, episode 5

SPECIAL EPISODE SPONSORED BY WILD NUTRITION.Gabby and Emma swanned off to London last week to attend the launch of a new report by Wild Nutrition called The Fertility Disconnect, which shows that 79% of people want more…
Dr Helen O'Neill: The woman who is changing what we know about hormones

2026-05-06 · 45 min · Season 8, episode 4

Dr Helen O'Neill is many things: a mirror twin, an associate professor in reproductive and molecular genetics at UCL, and also the co-founder and chief executive of Hertility, the at-home hormone testing company which…
Kate-Lois Elliott: TTC, but still laughing

2026-04-28 · 1 hr 0 min · Season 8, episode 3

The comedian Kate-Lois Elliott joins us today to talk about how she's balancing the demands of a comedy career with TTC and infertility - and what the books don't tell you about how it affects your ambition.Meanwhile,…
Improving male fertility: 'I even went commando'

2026-04-21 · 57 min · Season 8, episode 2

Jacky Maughan had been an international DJ before he and his wife, Eleanor, started trying for a baby. "His lifestyle was party, party, drinking, poor food choices... everything you shouldn't be doing when you're trying…

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Oldest episode in feed: 08/2018 · over 8 years
Typical length: 57 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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