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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: S2 EP06 Egg Donation

S2 EP06 Egg Donation

BBC Radio Humberside - Sex, Drugs & Lullabies, S2 EP06 Egg Donation

What are the challenges with using an egg donor? Leila went abroad for her IVF treatment.

In this episode we learn why the term “genetic mother” can be quite painful for some mum’s using donor eggs.

In the podcast 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.

This week we talk to Leila about the challenges she faced using a donor egg and why the term "genetic mother" can be quite painful for some mum's using an egg donor.

“At the time I felt like an oven, I’m going to incubate yours and another woman’s child, and then I’ve got to try and convince them that i'm its mother for the rest of its life.”

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.

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