Fertility Exeter

13/11/2025

We are currently experiencing difficulties with our phone system - this is being addressed but we may be unable to answer your call today. Please email any queries or urgent messages to rduh.fertilityexeter@nhs.net

16/10/2025

🎙️ Exciting news from Fertility Exeter!

Our Senior Embryologist, Jo, was recently interviewed on the Nutrition Uncovered podcast discussing our ongoing research into male fertility and plant-based diets. 🌍💡

🎧 you can listen to the episode here https://spotify.link/NL0sH1POvXb

This important study is now in its final stages, and we’re looking for the last few participants:
👨‍🔬 3 spots left for control subjects — that’s someone who doesn’t change their diet but takes part in all the testing.
🥗 5 spaces left in January for full participants who will take part in the full dietary programme (you can, of course, join before January — but starting then means you can enjoy a flexible Christmas and kick off the new year with a health boost, with added support from national and international movements such as Veganuary 🌱).

After these are filled, recruitment will close, so if you’re interested in helping us advance fertility research, now’s the time!

📩 Get in touch at rduh.fertilityresearch@nhs.net to find out more or sign up.

06/10/2025

We still have some spaces available on our upcoming open evening (Next Tuesday!) 🫶 Book your place on our website today: https://fertilityexeter.co.uk/news/events/

Here at Fertility Exeter, we prefer to hold intimate open evenings, so you receive a personal approach with a private tour of the clinic and opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

We will have a range of staff available for you to meet: Nurses, Admin, Doctors and Embryologists. Please book on our website < news < events: https://fertilityexeter.co.uk/news/events/



[Image description: A teal and white graphic with bold text invites people to an open evening event. The heading says “MEET Our Team!” in large font. Below, it says: “Book your place at our upcoming open evening: TUESDAY 14th OCTOBER 2025 17:30 – 18:30” At the bottom, it notes: “Booking availability can be found on our website, under News < Events.”]

29/09/2025

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As part of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9 - 15 October 2025), to show our support to all of those affected and as an opportunity for families and colleagues to remember those gone too soon, we are holding four remembrance events at both of our acute hospital sites. Details are in the image.

Please come along and tie a ribbon on a tree as a show of love, support and remembrance.

24/09/2025

Putting patients first means staying at the forefront of reproductive science 💙. Last week our embryologists Jo and Jess did just that — Jo helped run a national event in Birmingham focussing on further education in embryology and then presented preliminary findings from the S.P.E.R.M study at the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS) annual conference, with Jess joining her at both. We’re proud of their dedication to advancing science and patient care 👩‍🔬✨.

02/09/2025

We still have some spaces available on our upcoming open evening 🫶

Here at Fertility Exeter, we prefer to hold intimate open evenings, so you receive a personal approach with a private tour of the clinic and opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

We will have a range of staff available for you to meet: Nurses, Admin, Doctors and Embryologists. Please book on our website < news < events: https://fertilityexeter.co.uk/news/events/



[Image description: A teal and white graphic with bold text invites people to an open evening event. The heading says “MEET Our Team!” in large font. Below, it says: “Book your place at our upcoming open evening: TUESDAY 14th OCTOBER 2025 17:30 – 18:30” At the bottom, it notes: “Booking availability can be found on our website, under News < Events.”]

27/08/2025

🎄 Thinking ahead to the holidays?

📢 We have just 5 baseline testing slots available in September for the S.P.E.R.M Study!

🍽️Joining in September means you’ll complete your 12-week commitment in time to enjoy full dietary freedom over Christmas!

📋Recruitment will continue into early January, so you can join the study at any time — but these pre-Christmas places and the limited January slots are likely to go fast

📩 To find out more, email: rduh.fertilityresearch@nhs.net

08/08/2025

🎉 Congratulations to our families welcoming babies born following treatment in 2024!
Thank you for letting us be a part of your journey 💚



[Alt Text: Graphic celebrating babies born following treatment at Fertility Exeter in 2024: 91 babies born so far (including 5 sets of twins) and 15 due soon. Breakdown: Fresh IVF/ICSI—28 boys, 14 girls; Frozen ET—23 boys, 16 girls; Donor IUI—5 boys, 4 girls. Logos of Fertility Exeter and NHS Royal Devon University Healthcare are in the top corners with a black and white background image of a baby's hand grasping an adult finger.]

01/08/2025

✈️ Travelling this summer with IVF medications? We've got you covered! 🌞💊

Whether you're jetting off on holiday or heading out for a well-earned break, it's essential to be prepared when taking your fertility medications with you.

✅ Carry meds in hand luggage
✅ Note time zone changes
✅ Bring a ‘carrying needles’ letter
✅ Use cool packs for refrigerated meds
✅ Take time to rest and relax

For more tips, check out our handy checklist 👇
📩 If in doubt, give our nursing team an email – we're here to help!
rduh.fertilityexeter@nhs.net

25/07/2025

Celebrating Embryologist Day! 🧫💙

Today, on July 25th, we honour the incredible milestone of Louise Brown’s birth — the world’s first baby born through IVF — now 47 years ago. Her arrival marked the beginning of a new era in reproductive medicine.

At Fertility Exeter, our dedicated embryology team is made up of 8 skilled professionals, bringing together over 100 years of combined experience in the field. We’re proud to play a vital role in creating new beginnings and are deeply passionate about helping families grow.

Together, we’re proud to support every step on the journey to parenthood 👶✨


[Image description: photos of our 8 embryologists making up the embryology team. Each photo has the name of corresponding scientist underneath their image. The top left corner has the Fertility Exeter logo, top right as NHS Royal Devon and bottom right has our signature bee].