Beginning counselling can be a transformative experience that you will want to make the best of.
Here you will find fertility counselling resources that provide a foundation of support and additional strategies for self-care as your journey progresses.
Richard Mackney & Rosie Bray
ISBN 978-1-4091-5502-7
Get a Life – His & Hers Survival Guide to IVF
Kate Brian
ISBN 978-0-7499-5249-5
The Complete Guide to IVF
Rebecca Fett
ISBN 978-0-9911269-0-3
It Starts with the Egg
Tracey Sainsbury & Sarah Rayner
ISBN 9780995794856
Making Friends with your Fertility
Jeff Kasky
ISBN 978-1-63425-017-7
The ABA Consumer Guide to Assisted Reproduction: Techniques, Legal Issues, and Pathways to Success
Ruth Cabeza, Victoria Flowers, Eirwen Pierrot
ISBN 978-1-7847-3345-5
Surrogacy Law, Practice and Policy in England and Wales
Jessica Hepburn
ISBN 978-1783061877
The Pursuit of Motherhood
Black,R & Scull,L
ISBN 1-4050-7761-1
Beyond Childlessness
Mason M-C
ISBN 0-415-07290-5
Male Infertility – Men Talking
Schover L R & Thomas A J
ISBN 0-4712244716
Overcoming Male Infertility: Understanding its Causes and Treatment
Quagliata, E
ISBN-13: 978-1-78220-018-5
Becoming Parents and Overcoming Obstacles
Mindfulness app
headspace.com
Mindfulness and meditation app
meditofoundation.org
Campaign against living miserably
https://www.thecalmzone.net/
Mental fitness for men
https://bemettle.com/
Finding peace in a modern world
https://www.themindfulnessapp.com/
The leading national charity providing information and support for those considering adoption and for adoptive families
https://www.adoptionuk.org/
Insights into fertility and the causes of Infertility
https://all-about-fertility.com
The Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS), a professional body run by Reproductive Scientists supporting the needs and research and development interests of those involved in reproductive sciences in the UK and worldwide.
https://www.arcscientists.org
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s aims include promoting counselling and psychotherapy as a profession so that its role is better understood by the general public. Website includes a Find a Therapist search facility as well as practitioner membership services.
https://www.bacp.co.uk/
Brilliant Beginnings is a not-for-profit professional UK surrogacy agency. It has a prominent reputation for championing the interests of non-traditional families and helping change law and policy.
http://www.brilliantbeginnings.co.uk/
Membership is open to a range of disciplines with an interest in infertility, reproductive medicine and biology. Contributes to national policy formation, education and raising of practice standards in the provision of fertility treatment
https://britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/
Chana supports couples in the Jewish community who may feel isolated and need medical information and support to help them deal with the challenge of infertility.
https://www.chana.org.uk/
An independent membership organisation, it is a successor to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).
https://corambaaf.org.uk/
Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy is a not-for-profit surrogacy agency offering information and support to intended parents and surrogates.
https://www.surrogacy.org.uk/
The Daisy Network Premature Menopause Support Group is a charity for women who have experienced early menopause. Provides information about premature menopause and the issues around it.
http://daisynetwork.org.uk/
A new peer-led charitable organisation to represent donor conceived people, donors and others affected by donor conception practices in the UK.
https://donorconceiveduk.org.uk
National charity, providing information and support for people trying to conceive through donor treatment, and for families created in this way.
https://www.dcnetwork.org/
National charity, providing information and support to those living with this condition.
https://endometriosis-uk.org/
Leading UK national charity providing information, support and advice for anyone who has or has had fertility problems.
http://fertilitynetworkuk.org/
Fertility Friends is the leading online infertility community in the UK, with members at every stage of infertility, adoption, parenting and moving on after fertility treatment.
http://www.fertilityfriends.co.uk/
National information service for people interested in adopting a child in England
http://www.first4adoption.org.uk/
A global friendship and support network for childless women. Resources available include an online community and regular workshop events.
http://gateway-women.com/
UK’s independent regulator overseeing all fertility clinics in the UK and has essential information about fertility treatment and clinics
http://www.hfea.gov.uk/fertility.html
The Irish Fertility Counsellors Association promotes the highest fertility counselling practice standards and provides contact details of specialist counsellors on its website.
http://www.fertilitycounsellors.ie/
National charity offering information and support for those who have had a miscarriage
http://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/
Multiple Births Foundation is a charity which supports multiple birth families, educates and advises professionals about their special needs.
http://multiplebirths.org.uk
My Surrogacy Journey® is a UK non-for-profit surrogacy organisation designed to offer unique and tailored support and benefits for those on a journey to parenthood via surrogacy.
mysurrogacyjourney.com
The baby loss counselling charity.
petalscharity.org
The Project Group on Assisted Reproduction has a specific remit to consider issues relating to infertility and assisted human conception from a distinct social work perspective.
https://www.basw.co.uk/progar/
The Progress Educational Trust (PET) advances public understanding of science, law and ethics in the fields of human genetics, assisted reproduction, embryology and stem cell research through education and debate.
https://www.progress.org.uk
The Fertility Nursing Forum supports and guides fertility nurses by means of publications and education, acting as a resource for them via the website and the Royal College of Nursing.
https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/forums/fertility-nursing-forum
National stillbirth and neonatal death charity, supports people affected by the death of a baby.
https://www.sands.org.uk/
Not-for-profit organisation supporting those considering and going through surrogacy
https://www.surrogacyuk.org/
The twins and multiple births association is a charity providing support services to meet the unique challenges that multiple birth families face.
http://tamba.org.uk
A hub of clear and practical information about donating and receiving eggs, sperm and embryos in the UK.
https://www.seedtrust.org.uk
The Stork and I supporting those considering and going through Solo Motherhood
https://www.thestorkandi.com
Verity is the UK charity for women whose lives are affected by polycystic ovary disease.
http://verity-pcos.org.uk
