fertility

SELF

‘The most magical thing is that it took input from the both of us in the end’: One same-sex couple’s journey to becoming parents

This Cork couple may have faced a longer journey than expected to welcome their twin girls, with failed…

By Megan Burns

SELF

‘Coming out to the car park and breaking the news, ‘there’s no heartbeat’’: How the pandemic has impacted fertility

Meg Walker examines the effects the pandemic has had on those experiencing fertility issues.On the evening of October…

By Meg Walker

SELF

‘I had always thought I’d need IVF’: Caroline Bennett on the simple fertility treatment that gave her a baby boy

Caroline Bennett was trying to have a baby for two years before she tried ovulation induction treatment. Now,…

By Shayna Healy

SELF

The reality of being a single mother by choice: ‘I conceived my son with a sperm donor’

Fertility is finite, which is why Aurora decided to have a baby by herself via a sperm donor.…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

‘Covid restrictions prevented us from sharing the birth of our first child’

Justine King shares her experience of giving birth to her first child during Covid, without the support or…

By Justine King

SELF

Chrissy Teigen reveals how her body is ‘frozen in time’ since her pregnancy loss last year

After she and husband John Legend lost their child last year, the former model and cookbook author has…

By Megan Burns

AGENDA

‘My uterus is out’: Amy Schumer just underwent major endometriosis surgery

Amy Schumer has revealed that she’s had both her appendix and her uterus removed as a result of…

By Sarah Finnan

SELF

Rosemary MacCabe: ‘Are you kidding?’ he asked, eyebrows raised. ‘No,’ I said, firmly. ‘It says I’m pregnant’

In her first pregnancy column with IMAGE.ie, Rosemary MacCabe writes about finding out she was pregnant when she…

By Rosemary MacCabe

AGENDA

Filomena Kaguako: New Zealand is not the first country to introduce paid miscarriage leave, so why the huge reaction?

India grants 6 weeks of fully paid leave for people who experience miscarriage, in the Philippines you are…

By Filomena Kaguako

SELF

Finally, science tells us age 35 isn’t a fertility cliff

By Jennifer McShane

AGENDA, SELF

Lynn Enright: When will Ireland introduce paid miscarriage leave?

People experiencing miscarriage should not find themselves relying on sick leave or the goodwill of employers, but will…

By Lynn Enright

SELF, EDITORIAL

I had to weigh up the possibility of losing my mind against losing my future children

Holograms of the children she may never have dance across Dearbhla Crosses mind as an MS diagnosis and…

By Dearbhla Crosse