Episode 6 - IVF: The Essential Guide for Men - featuring Dr Tim Child

The Male Fertility Podcast

On this episode of The Male Fertility Podcast, Shaun and Ciaran are joined by leading expert in fertility, Dr Tim Child.

Having previously focused heavily on male infertility, what that means, the treatments available, and how to process it - the conversation around what happens next is a crucially important one for the podcast.

Ciaran and Shaun talk to Dr Child about the process of IVF, from the initial tests your doctor will do beforehand, right through to embryo transfer. We discuss what 'long' and 'short' protocols are, and whether one is better than the other, as well as key do's and don'ts for the egg collection and embryo transfer days.

Shaun and Ciaran talk about how they felt when going through IVF, from the partner's perspective, and Dr Child shares the important ways in which men can support their partners through this stage.

Tim and the lads also talk about PGT-A and PGT-M, what they mean and what the potential benefits are of going through the procedures.

More on Dr Child:

Dr Tim Child is a leading expert in fertility, an Associate Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the University of Oxford and Executive Consultant to Apricity Fertility. He has published over 100 research papers and has introduced new fertility treatments in the UK. He co-wrote the current NICE Fertility Guidelines and was appointed to the HFEA board in 2021, chairing its Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee, responsible for the Add-Ons traffic light system. He founded Oxford Fertility and The Fertility Partnership, the largest assisted conception provider in Central and Northern Europe, until 2023.

Dr Child is author of the UK's best-selling Obstetrics and Gynaecology textbook. He studied Medicine at Cambridge and London Universities, specialising in Reproductive Medicine in Montreal and Oxford, and earned a research Doctorate from the University of London. Dr Child is a Trustee of The Fertility Alliance charity and regularly speaks at international conferences. He was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Fertility Society in 2021.

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