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I love beetroot, I love ginger and I love tahini so this looks delicious. Beetroot is a brilliant food; it contains things that help to increase blood flow by opening blood vessels, it helps to lower blood pressure and is one of the best sources of iron in a vegan diet. Ginger is highly anti inflammatory and sesame seeds that make the tahini are rich in minerals like calcium. Roasting beetroot is a lovely way of having them, with turmeric and honey or maple syrup 😋. And watercress leaves to top it just makes a perfect dish! #beetroot #beetrootrecipes #wintervegetables #wintersalad #wintersalads #tahini #tahinidressing #gingerrecipes #ginger #watercress #watercressrecipes #mediterraneandiet #fertilitydiet #infertilitydiet #ivf #ivficsi #infertility #infertilityawareness

I love beetroot, I love ginger and I love tahini so this looks delicious. Beetroot is a brilliant food; it contains things that help to increase blood flow by opening blood vessels, it helps to lower blood pressure and is one of the best sources of iron in a vegan diet. Ginger is highly anti inflammatory and sesame seeds that make the tahini are rich in minerals like calcium. Roasting beetroot is a lovely way of having them, with turmeric and honey or maple syrup 😋. And watercress leaves to top it just makes a perfect dish! #beetroot #beetrootrecipes #wintervegetables #wintersalad #wintersalads #tahini #tahinidressing #gingerrecipes #ginger #watercress #watercressrecipes #mediterraneandiet #fertilitydiet #infertilitydiet #ivf #ivficsi #infertility #infertilityawareness

Now 10am Monday Woman’s Hour all about IVF, with Izzy Judd, talking about the 2WW, the importance of sharing, talking to someone about what you’re going through and if not someone you know then the TTC community online. I’m listening now, its very very good #ivf#ivficsi##2ww #pcos#izzyjudd #fertility #infertility #infertilitystress #twoweekwait #ivfdrugs #fertilitytreatment #ivftwoweekwait #ivf2weekwait

Now 10am Monday Woman’s Hour all about IVF, with Izzy Judd, talking about the 2WW, the importance of sharing, talking to someone about what you’re going through and if not someone you know then the TTC community online. I’m listening now, its very very good #ivf#ivficsi##2ww #pcos#izzyjudd #fertility #infertility #infertilitystress #twoweekwait #ivfdrugs #fertilitytreatment #ivftwoweekwait #ivf2weekwait

This is the only time I’ll indulge in a Christmas ‘tip’ I promise but it worked so well I thought I’d share it. I bought tree lights which were horribly bright cold white so I painted them - Farrow & Ball Dead Salmon (yes it does exist!) And they look fab! Like little warm apricot coloured roses and they are battery run so they don’t get hot. Then I took to my wreath into which I had put some dried old hydrangeas I nicked from someone’s garden (pavement side so doesn’t count!) and I just touched them up with Farrow and Ball Radiccio. £4 emulsion sample pots. Haven’t thought about what happens to the wreath in the rain though! #christmastips #christmastreelights #christmadwreath #christmasdecorations

This is the only time I’ll indulge in a Christmas ‘tip’ I promise but it worked so well I thought I’d share it. I bought tree lights which were horribly bright cold white so I painted them - Farrow & Ball Dead Salmon (yes it does exist!) And they look fab! Like little warm apricot coloured roses and they are battery run so they don’t get hot. Then I took to my wreath into which I had put some dried old hydrangeas I nicked from someone’s garden (pavement side so doesn’t count!) and I just touched them up with Farrow and Ball Radiccio. £4 emulsion sample pots. Haven’t thought about what happens to the wreath in the rain though! #christmastips #christmastreelights #christmadwreath #christmasdecorations

This did bring tears to my eyes, from Saturdays Guardian. I always read the ‘A letter to’ bit where people can say the what they really think. I imagine it’s very therapeutic and mostly they are interesting, sad or funny but here you can really feel that pain. Sometimes it doesn’t all work out the way we think it will. Sorry, not very cheerful for a Tuesday! #grief #loss#drugaddiction #mother #mothersandsons

This did bring tears to my eyes, from Saturdays Guardian. I always read the ‘A letter to’ bit where people can say the what they really think. I imagine it’s very therapeutic and mostly they are interesting, sad or funny but here you can really feel that pain. Sometimes it doesn’t all work out the way we think it will. Sorry, not very cheerful for a Tuesday! #grief #loss#drugaddiction #mother #mothersandsons

I have to say it, I just love a pie! Like a casserole but with a topping you can infuse so many delicious flavours. This one looks absolutely delicious from Tart London in ES magazine (those girls don’t look like they ever eat pies!). Organic chicken, with orange, ginger, turmeric, coriander, garlic, parsley, apricots and almonds. I’m not a cinnamon fan so I’ll give that a miss but with a big side of greens I’ll be in heaven! I just noticed I’ve missed off the last line of the recipe - it says ‘sprinkle with pistachios, heat oven to 180 and bake for about 30 mins til golden’. 😋 #chickenrecipes #organic #organicchicken #pie #pierecipes #chickenpie #chickenpotpie #fertilitydiet #infertilitydiet

I have to say it, I just love a pie! Like a casserole but with a topping you can infuse so many delicious flavours. This one looks absolutely delicious from Tart London in ES magazine (those girls don’t look like they ever eat pies!). Organic chicken, with orange, ginger, turmeric, coriander, garlic, parsley, apricots and almonds. I’m not a cinnamon fan so I’ll give that a miss but with a big side of greens I’ll be in heaven! I just noticed I’ve missed off the last line of the recipe - it says ‘sprinkle with pistachios, heat oven to 180 and bake for about 30 mins til golden’. 😋 #chickenrecipes #organic #organicchicken #pie #pierecipes #chickenpie #chickenpotpie #fertilitydiet #infertilitydiet

I’m just watching Dynasties on BBC1 about wild dogs. Everything is done in the pack and they are rare in that they pick up and look after their wounded. And the ‘granny’ (against all odds!) has just had 2 pups. So hope lives - even in the animal kingdom they are seeing that age doesn’t mean no babies. But also the programme shows that the stress they are under is a threat to all generations fertility now. Oh stress that big bugbear. And that mother and daughter relationship is quite interesting 😳. But also the females lead the pack all the way. Same with the lions. What on Earth went wrong with humans! And most of all it just shows we are always going to be better together, there is no survival on our own. Let’s follow the wild dogs; in a team must always be better. #wilddogs #davidattenborough bbcdynasties #fertility #infertility #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #brexit #bettertogether

I’m just watching Dynasties on BBC1 about wild dogs. Everything is done in the pack and they are rare in that they pick up and look after their wounded. And the ‘granny’ (against all odds!) has just had 2 pups. So hope lives - even in the animal kingdom they are seeing that age doesn’t mean no babies. But also the programme shows that the stress they are under is a threat to all generations fertility now. Oh stress that big bugbear. And that mother and daughter relationship is quite interesting 😳. But also the females lead the pack all the way. Same with the lions. What on Earth went wrong with humans! And most of all it just shows we are always going to be better together, there is no survival on our own. Let’s follow the wild dogs; in a team must always be better. #wilddogs #davidattenborough bbcdynasties #fertility #infertility #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #brexit #bettertogether

Christmas shopping on a Saturday? Ha, no way! I spent yesterday at the SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) masterclass held by the fabulous @tanyaborowski and @tracey.randell who know more about the gut microbiome than anyone else on the planet! I want to learn more about how the microbiome affects male fertility and the auto immune problems of raised cytokines and NK Cells in infertility. Tanya and I shared many rooms on our healthy retreat trips and we just laughed and laughed - she is pure therapy as well as just being a brilliant nutritionist.#sibo #sibodiet #microbiome #microbiomehealth #healthymicrobiome #guthealth #gutbacteria #ivf #ivficsi #infertility #immunesystem #nkcells #cytokines #cytokinestorm #fertilitytreatment

Christmas shopping on a Saturday? Ha, no way! I spent yesterday at the SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) masterclass held by the fabulous @tanyaborowski and @tracey.randell who know more about the gut microbiome than anyone else on the planet! I want to learn more about how the microbiome affects male fertility and the auto immune problems of raised cytokines and NK Cells in infertility. Tanya and I shared many rooms on our healthy retreat trips and we just laughed and laughed - she is pure therapy as well as just being a brilliant nutritionist.#sibo #sibodiet #microbiome #microbiomehealth #healthymicrobiome #guthealth #gutbacteria #ivf #ivficsi #infertility #immunesystem #nkcells #cytokines #cytokinestorm #fertilitytreatment

Today at 3pm on BBC R4 it was all about the cost of IVF, a business worth £320 million pounds a year. With a panel and a public phone in. A man, yes a real MAN (there was some surprise at this within the panel) called in to talk about how even though it was entirely male factor his wife was the focus so surprise, it didn’t work until he self referred to a male fertility specialist, had treatment and hugely better embryo quality. He was great, thank you! One of the panel discussed his meetings with ‘the woman’ and talking to ‘the woman’ about the IVF until he corrected himself to say ‘couple’ (I think someone else must have quietly mouthed ‘COUPLE’ to him!) They expressed surprise at some of the costs - disbelief when one woman said she had paid £20,000, how can this be they exclaimed?! I wondered why they didn’t know? And they talked about add-ons, (an IVF clinic is being sued by a couple about add-ons) and are they worth it, private treatment in NHS hospitals versus straight private, how to get the cheapest drugs (very useful) and how to evaluate a clinics success claims, look at live pregnancy per embryo transfer. But surely the more embryos transferred the greater the odds of one staying? So if you routinely transfer 2-3 would that increase your odds, my maths is bad! Worth listening to but I suspect everyone who reads this post knows a lot more than they all do. #fertility #infertility #ivf #ivficsi #ivfdrugs #ivfcosts #ivfaddons #ivfsucessrates #sperm #malefactor #ivfage #maleinfertility #malefertility #embryoquality

Today at 3pm on BBC R4 it was all about the cost of IVF, a business worth £320 million pounds a year. With a panel and a public phone in. A man, yes a real MAN (there was some surprise at this within the panel) called in to talk about how even though it was entirely male factor his wife was the focus so surprise, it didn’t work until he self referred to a male fertility specialist, had treatment and hugely better embryo quality. He was great, thank you! One of the panel discussed his meetings with ‘the woman’ and talking to ‘the woman’ about the IVF until he corrected himself to say ‘couple’ (I think someone else must have quietly mouthed ‘COUPLE’ to him!) They expressed surprise at some of the costs - disbelief when one woman said she had paid £20,000, how can this be they exclaimed?! I wondered why they didn’t know? And they talked about add-ons, (an IVF clinic is being sued by a couple about add-ons) and are they worth it, private treatment in NHS hospitals versus straight private, how to get the cheapest drugs (very useful) and how to evaluate a clinics success claims, look at live pregnancy per embryo transfer. But surely the more embryos transferred the greater the odds of one staying? So if you routinely transfer 2-3 would that increase your odds, my maths is bad! Worth listening to but I suspect everyone who reads this post knows a lot more than they all do. #fertility #infertility #ivf #ivficsi #ivfdrugs #ivfcosts #ivfaddons #ivfsucessrates #sperm #malefactor #ivfage #maleinfertility #malefertility #embryoquality

I love beetroot, I love ginger and I love tahini so this looks delicious. Beetroot is a brilliant food; it contains things that help to increase blood flow by opening blood vessels, it helps to lower blood pressure and is one of the best sources of iron in a vegan diet. Ginger is highly anti inflammatory and sesame seeds that make the tahini are rich in minerals like calcium. Roasting beetroot is a lovely way of having them, with turmeric and honey or maple syrup 😋. And watercress leaves to top it just makes a perfect dish! #beetroot #beetrootrecipes #wintervegetables #wintersalad #wintersalads #tahini #tahinidressing #gingerrecipes #ginger #watercress #watercressrecipes #mediterraneandiet #fertilitydiet #infertilitydiet #ivf #ivficsi #infertility #infertilityawareness

Now 10am Monday Woman’s Hour all about IVF, with Izzy Judd, talking about the 2WW, the importance of sharing, talking to someone about what you’re going through and if not someone you know then the TTC community online. I’m listening now, its very very good #ivf#ivficsi##2ww #pcos#izzyjudd #fertility #infertility #infertilitystress #twoweekwait #ivfdrugs #fertilitytreatment #ivftwoweekwait #ivf2weekwait

This is the only time I’ll indulge in a Christmas ‘tip’ I promise but it worked so well I thought I’d share it. I bought tree lights which were horribly bright cold white so I painted them - Farrow & Ball Dead Salmon (yes it does exist!) And they look fab! Like little warm apricot coloured roses and they are battery run so they don’t get hot. Then I took to my wreath into which I had put some dried old hydrangeas I nicked from someone’s garden (pavement side so doesn’t count!) and I just touched them up with Farrow and Ball Radiccio. £4 emulsion sample pots. Haven’t thought about what happens to the wreath in the rain though! #christmastips #christmastreelights #christmadwreath #christmasdecorations

This did bring tears to my eyes, from Saturdays Guardian. I always read the ‘A letter to’ bit where people can say the what they really think. I imagine it’s very therapeutic and mostly they are interesting, sad or funny but here you can really feel that pain. Sometimes it doesn’t all work out the way we think it will. Sorry, not very cheerful for a Tuesday! #grief #loss#drugaddiction #mother #mothersandsons

I have to say it, I just love a pie! Like a casserole but with a topping you can infuse so many delicious flavours. This one looks absolutely delicious from Tart London in ES magazine (those girls don’t look like they ever eat pies!). Organic chicken, with orange, ginger, turmeric, coriander, garlic, parsley, apricots and almonds. I’m not a cinnamon fan so I’ll give that a miss but with a big side of greens I’ll be in heaven! I just noticed I’ve missed off the last line of the recipe - it says ‘sprinkle with pistachios, heat oven to 180 and bake for about 30 mins til golden’. 😋 #chickenrecipes #organic #organicchicken #pie #pierecipes #chickenpie #chickenpotpie #fertilitydiet #infertilitydiet

I’m just watching Dynasties on BBC1 about wild dogs. Everything is done in the pack and they are rare in that they pick up and look after their wounded. And the ‘granny’ (against all odds!) has just had 2 pups. So hope lives - even in the animal kingdom they are seeing that age doesn’t mean no babies. But also the programme shows that the stress they are under is a threat to all generations fertility now. Oh stress that big bugbear. And that mother and daughter relationship is quite interesting 😳. But also the females lead the pack all the way. Same with the lions. What on Earth went wrong with humans! And most of all it just shows we are always going to be better together, there is no survival on our own. Let’s follow the wild dogs; in a team must always be better. #wilddogs #davidattenborough bbcdynasties #fertility #infertility #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #brexit #bettertogether

Christmas shopping on a Saturday? Ha, no way! I spent yesterday at the SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) masterclass held by the fabulous @tanyaborowski and @tracey.randell who know more about the gut microbiome than anyone else on the planet! I want to learn more about how the microbiome affects male fertility and the auto immune problems of raised cytokines and NK Cells in infertility. Tanya and I shared many rooms on our healthy retreat trips and we just laughed and laughed - she is pure therapy as well as just being a brilliant nutritionist.#sibo #sibodiet #microbiome #microbiomehealth #healthymicrobiome #guthealth #gutbacteria #ivf #ivficsi #infertility #immunesystem #nkcells #cytokines #cytokinestorm #fertilitytreatment

Today at 3pm on BBC R4 it was all about the cost of IVF, a business worth £320 million pounds a year. With a panel and a public phone in. A man, yes a real MAN (there was some surprise at this within the panel) called in to talk about how even though it was entirely male factor his wife was the focus so surprise, it didn’t work until he self referred to a male fertility specialist, had treatment and hugely better embryo quality. He was great, thank you! One of the panel discussed his meetings with ‘the woman’ and talking to ‘the woman’ about the IVF until he corrected himself to say ‘couple’ (I think someone else must have quietly mouthed ‘COUPLE’ to him!) They expressed surprise at some of the costs - disbelief when one woman said she had paid £20,000, how can this be they exclaimed?! I wondered why they didn’t know? And they talked about add-ons, (an IVF clinic is being sued by a couple about add-ons) and are they worth it, private treatment in NHS hospitals versus straight private, how to get the cheapest drugs (very useful) and how to evaluate a clinics success claims, look at live pregnancy per embryo transfer. But surely the more embryos transferred the greater the odds of one staying? So if you routinely transfer 2-3 would that increase your odds, my maths is bad! Worth listening to but I suspect everyone who reads this post knows a lot more than they all do. #fertility #infertility #ivf #ivficsi #ivfdrugs #ivfcosts #ivfaddons #ivfsucessrates #sperm #malefactor #ivfage #maleinfertility #malefertility #embryoquality

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