Ep 11; What's best? Fresh Eggs or Frozen Eggs and what does the science say? Ft Debbie Evans and David Ugutu from Herts & Essex Fertility Centre
10/30/23 • 42 min
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation.
Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy.
Michael and Wes are your host today and they chat to Debbie Evans, Director of Clinical Services and Mr David Ogutu, Consultant Gynaecologist both from Herts & Essex Fertility Centre
Today’s teaser episode is all about Fresh vs. Frozen Eggs. What do you need to know before you make any decision on the route you take. This episode is especially useful if you intend to split the cohort of eggs and fertilise them with two sperm sources and how many Blastocysts can you expect to have from 10 eggs? All this and more in this weeks episode.
Guest bios:
David Ogutu MRCOG
Medical Director/ Consultant Gynaecologist/ Person Responsible to the HFEA/ Nominated Individual to CQC
David joined us as Consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist in 2011. He graduated from medical school in 1999 and received specialist training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Royal Free Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital, followed by advanced training in Assisted Conception, Reproductive Endocrinology and Laparoscopic Surgery at King’s College Hospital, London.
David is a member of the British Fertility Society, the European Society for Human Reproduction & Embryology, the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, and the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. David regularly teaches and addresses fertility conferences and he is the Person Responsible (PR) for the HFEA, our governing body.
Debbie Evans RGN
Director of Clinical Services/ Registered Manager to CQC/ Centre Manager
Debbie qualified as an RGN in 1985. She specialised for 20+ years in fertility management and has been with the Herts & Essex Fertility Centre since 2007. As Director of Clinical Services, Debbie takes ownership of the day-to-day clinical management of the Centre, with direct responsibility for 40+ members of staff. Her senior role has not changed her approach or work ethos: she is as passionate about patient care as when she first joined the nursing profession.
Debbie was the previous Chair of SING (Senior Infertility Nurse Group) for four years, an organisation that strives to support nurses in the fertility industry by providing peer support, guidance, and encouragement to its members. SING promotes education and training for all fertility nurses and is proactively involved in shaping the future of fertility treatment through stakeholders' input with relevant authorities and organisations.
More recently, Debbie joined My Surrogacy Journey on a part time basis as their clinical lead.
My Surrogacy Journey is a Talulah and The Duke Production and is recorded in London at Outset Studios
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation.
Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy.
Michael and Wes are your host today and they chat to Debbie Evans, Director of Clinical Services and Mr David Ogutu, Consultant Gynaecologist both from Herts & Essex Fertility Centre
Today’s teaser episode is all about Fresh vs. Frozen Eggs. What do you need to know before you make any decision on the route you take. This episode is especially useful if you intend to split the cohort of eggs and fertilise them with two sperm sources and how many Blastocysts can you expect to have from 10 eggs? All this and more in this weeks episode.
Guest bios:
David Ogutu MRCOG
Medical Director/ Consultant Gynaecologist/ Person Responsible to the HFEA/ Nominated Individual to CQC
David joined us as Consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist in 2011. He graduated from medical school in 1999 and received specialist training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Royal Free Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital, followed by advanced training in Assisted Conception, Reproductive Endocrinology and Laparoscopic Surgery at King’s College Hospital, London.
David is a member of the British Fertility Society, the European Society for Human Reproduction & Embryology, the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, and the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. David regularly teaches and addresses fertility conferences and he is the Person Responsible (PR) for the HFEA, our governing body.
Debbie Evans RGN
Director of Clinical Services/ Registered Manager to CQC/ Centre Manager
Debbie qualified as an RGN in 1985. She specialised for 20+ years in fertility management and has been with the Herts & Essex Fertility Centre since 2007. As Director of Clinical Services, Debbie takes ownership of the day-to-day clinical management of the Centre, with direct responsibility for 40+ members of staff. Her senior role has not changed her approach or work ethos: she is as passionate about patient care as when she first joined the nursing profession.
Debbie was the previous Chair of SING (Senior Infertility Nurse Group) for four years, an organisation that strives to support nurses in the fertility industry by providing peer support, guidance, and encouragement to its members. SING promotes education and training for all fertility nurses and is proactively involved in shaping the future of fertility treatment through stakeholders' input with relevant authorities and organisations.
More recently, Debbie joined My Surrogacy Journey on a part time basis as their clinical lead.
My Surrogacy Journey is a Talulah and The Duke Production and is recorded in London at Outset Studios
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 11; Coming up. Fresh vs. Frozen Eggs ft. Debbie Evans and Mr David Ogutu from Herts & Essex Fertility Centre
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation.
Michael and Wes are your hosts, and as parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy.
Michael and Wes are your host today and they chat to Debbie Evans, Director of Clinical Services and Mr David Ogutu, Consultant Gynaecologist both from Herts & Essex Fertility Centre
Today’s teaser episode is all about Fresh vs. Frozen Eggs. What do you need to know before you make any decision on the route you take. This episode is especially useful if you intend to split the cohort of eggs and fertilise them with two sperm sources and how many Blastocysts can you expect to have from 10 eggs? All this and more in this weeks episode.
Guest bios:
David Ogutu MRCOG
Medical Director/ Consultant Gynaecologist/ Person Responsible to the HFEA/ Nominated Individual to CQC
David joined us as Consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist in 2011. He graduated from medical school in 1999 and received specialist training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Royal Free Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital, followed by advanced training in Assisted Conception, Reproductive Endocrinology and Laparoscopic Surgery at King’s College Hospital, London.
David is a member of the British Fertility Society, the European Society for Human Reproduction & Embryology, the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, and the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. David regularly teaches and addresses fertility conferences and he is the Person Responsible (PR) for the HFEA, our governing body.
Debbie Evans RGN
Director of Clinical Services/ Registered Manager to CQC/ Centre Manager
Debbie qualified as an RGN in 1985. She specialised for 20+ years in fertility management and has been with the Herts & Essex Fertility Centre since 2007. As Director of Clinical Services, Debbie takes ownership of the day-to-day clinical management of the Centre, with direct responsibility for 40+ members of staff. Her senior role has not changed her approach or work ethos: she is as passionate about patient care as when she first joined the nursing profession.
Debbie was the previous Chair of SING (Senior Infertility Nurse Group) for four years, an organisation that strives to support nurses in the fertility industry by providing peer support, guidance, and encouragement to its members. SING promotes education and training for all fertility nurses and is proactively involved in shaping the future of fertility treatment through stakeholders' input with relevant authorities and organisations.
More recently, Debbie joined My Surrogacy Journey on a part time basis as their clinical lead.
My Surrogacy Journey is a Talulah and The Duke Production and is recorded in London at Outset Studios
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Trigger warning; Pregnant loss
My Surrogacy Journey - The Podcast is the UK's leading multi award winning podcast from a non profit UK surrogacy organisation.
Michael and Wes are usually your hosts, but today you have just Wes. As parents themselves through surrogacy to two children (Talulah is 7 and Duke is 4) they continue to advocate, campaign and strive to improve the landscape of surrogacy in the UK and globally. Addressing safety, exploitation and educating those about the real truths about safer surrogacy.
For all the Intended parents, parents and those that are considering or perhaps those interested in surrogacy. Make sure you treat your ears and hearts to this wonderful eye opening, fuzzy feeling and all round beautiful episode which provides an honest account of what it’s like working with My Surrogacy Journey but also the truths being surrogacy too.
Today’s episode is hosted by Wes, and happens to be a favourite of ours of Season 2 so far. This is a special extended episode to honour National Fertility Awareness Week. Wes casually chats to our wonderful Intended Parents, our members, and we have two couples with very different journeys tell their story with honesty - the highs and the lows of surrogacy in the UK.
Will and Jen (currently matched) and Joe and Dan (awaiting a match) both talk honestly about the impact that surrogacy has, regardless of sexual orientation or how you ended or started your surrogacy journey.
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My Surrogacy Journey is a Talulah and The Duke Production and is recorded in London at Outset Studios
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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