The Fertility Framework

If you are navigating infertility and feel like your mind never switches off — this is the episode you need. Because this isn’t just a conversation about fertility treatment. This is a conversation about what it actually feels like to carry it every single day. In this episode, we bring together lived experience and psychotherapy insight to unpack the invisible mental load of infertility — the con...

I was actually going to release a completely different episode this week… But I had a change of plan. After attending a donor conception event over the weekend, I haven’t stopped thinking about what was shared — not because it was shocking, but because it was honest. In this episode, I unpack the key themes that came out of that day — not from a clinical perspective, but from a real, emotional, hu...

In this solo episode, Fiona shares the moment IVF stopped feeling hopeful… and started to feel heavy. From the early sense of optimism and having a plan, to the emotional fatigue that builds over time, Fiona explores the part of fertility treatment that isn’t often spoken about — the head game. She breaks down the pressure to “stay positive,” the guilt that can come with losing hope, and why minds...

In this solo episode, Fiona shares the moment she realised her path to parenthood wasn’t going to be straightforward — and what happened when she kept pushing forward without stopping to process what she was going through. From the shock of zero fertilisation in her first IVF cycle to years of complex treatment, Fiona reflects on the emotional toll of fertility struggles and the hidden reality so...

If you feel exhausted but wired during IVF… If you’re snapping at people for no reason… If you cry in the shower one minute and feel completely numb the next… You’re not broken. You’re not weak. You’re in survival mode. IVF isn’t just medical. It’s neurological. Emotional. Relentless. Round after round of appointments, injections, waiting, hope, fear, hormones and uncertainty can leave your nervou...

There comes a point in long-term fertility treatment where the question is no longer “What else can we try?” but “What is this costing me?” In this episode, Fiona shares the final chapter of her IVF journey — fifteen years of trying, ten rounds of IVF, repeated pregnancy loss, and the cumulative toll of medical trauma, grief, and exhaustion. This is the point where persistence stops being hopeful...

This episode marks a turning point. After years of loss, exhaustion, and uncertainty, Fiona and Rachel sit with the moment when the story began to change shape — and with everything that followed. This is the most emotionally charged episode of the series so far. Together, they explore what it means to accept a form of hope that looks different to the one you imagined, and to step into a path to p...

After Episode 1, Fiona realised there was a chapter missing — one that changed everything. Before certain options were even on the table, there was South Africa. In this episode, she returns to that turning point, and to what came after years of IVF had already taken their toll. It’s a chapter shaped by travel, loss, hope that refused to disappear, and moments that quietly shifted the course of wh...

Not everyone gets the Disney ending — and if you’ve found yourself here, you probably already know that. In this first episode of The Fertility Framework , Fiona shares the story behind the work: the years of IVF, the medical appointments that changed everything, the quiet grief, the rage, the resilience — and the way fertility experiences can reshape your identity, relationships, career, and sens...