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This podcast hears about the drama, indignity, tragedy and comedy of infertility.

So you thought having a baby was easy? This podcast hears about the drama, indignity, tragedy and comedy of infertility.

Amanda White and Natalie Glanvill talk through their struggles tying to conceive and hear from others talking honestly and openly about their fertility challenges in a podcast with both hope and despair in equal measure. Each week we will chew the fat over everything. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio Humberside.

***Contains strong language and adult conversation.*** 

You can contact Natalie and Amanda fertility@bbc.co.uk or Twitter @sexdrugslullaby.

Sex, Drugs & Lullabies: 9. Facing cancer and freezing your eggs

9. Facing cancer and freezing your eggs

BBC Radio Humberside - Sex, Drugs & Lullabies, 9. Facing cancer and freezing your eggs

"It was a smash and grab, it was like, two weeks, IVF, hormones everyday."

"Some people are like I don't want to lose my hair, mine was I haven't got married and had kids" Lauren was put into an early induced menopause and her eggs frozen.

Lauren is an award winning podcaster (the BBC's You, Me & the Big C). She talks to Natalie and Amanda about being faced with the decision to freeze her eggs ahead of her treatment for breast cancer.

"People who go through IVF really want children...and I was like this is part of a process...I was trying to secure my future."

You can contact Natalie and Amanda fertility@bbc.co.uk or Twitter @sexdrugslullaby.

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