E-News from
Midland Fertility Services
Issue 23 - December 2011
Editor's Message
Season’s Greetings from Midland Fertility Services | |
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The Board of Directors and staff of Midland Fertility Services | |
 | This year, MFS has made a donation to Heart FM’s Have a Heart Appeal in lieu of mailing out individualised cards |
As we approach the end of 2011, we look forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of MFS throughout 2012 and also to the birth of the unit’s 5,000th baby. Follow MFS on Facebook and Twitter (news) or Twitter (medical) to keep up with developments as they occur.
In this issue, read the latest news on the new suite of patient literature and about the lectures and presentations MFS staff have been invited to give both at home and in Scandanavia.
In Made in Aldridge read about how Lewis was born after his parents had six cycles of ICSI treatment and suffered two miscarriages, before the MFS recurrent miscarriage protocol helped them realise their dream of having a baby. And in staff news, read who’s been certified, who’s been promoted and who’s got hitched.
The next newsletter will be out in April 2012 and if you don’t yet subscribe, complete the form to make sure it pops into your inbox on the day it’s issued. But in the meantime, ‘Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’.
We hope you enjoy the e-newsletter and welcome your feedback. And if you’ve found it a good read, why not tell a friend?
Jill Anthony-Ackery
Communications Manager
Latest News
New Patient Literature and Treatment Folders
Treatment booklets and leaflets, consent forms, drugs plans, letters and invoices! Every patient receives so many of these during any treatment cycle and so by January new and existing (depending where they are in treatment) patients will receive an A4 folder to store all the paperwork relating to their treatment at MFS, which needs to brought to every appointment.
Sperm and Egg Donors to Receive Improved Financial Compensation
Midland Fertility Services (MFS) welcomes a decision on increasing donors’ loss of earnings as it may encourage more men and women to donate their sperm and eggs.
Heidi at Surrogacy UK AGM
Director of nursing services, Heidi Birch was an invited guest speaker at the Surrogacy UK AGM in October. Her presentation covered assisted reproduction techniques and focused on IVF, ICSI, egg donation and egg freezing and also addressed the challenge of reducing multiple pregnancies.
Dr Lockwood went to... Sweden
Dr Gillian Lockwood, medical director, recalls her recent visit to Sweden: "When I was invited by IVF colleagues in Scandinavia to undertake a 'Lecture tour of Sweden' to talk about 'Social Egg Freezing' I was thrilled. Sweden has an excellent record in IVF and ICSI, having pioneered Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET) in Europe and enjoys generous state funded fertility provision".
Laptops' Impact on Sperm
"The digital age has left men's nether parts in a squeeze, if you believe the latest science on sperm, laptops and wireless connections," reports Frederik Joelving for Reuters Health.
Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic
MFS offers a dedicated service for women who have experienced recurrent miscarriages, which is available to existing patients and also to women trying to conceive naturally.
MFS has Facebook
MFS is on Facebook! Log in and search for Midland Fertility Services and become part of the MFS ‘Facebook community’ by clicking the like button!
Double-dose of Twitter from MFS
If Facebook doesn’t fulfil your social networking needs, you can now follow not just one, but two(!), MFS Twitter feeds.
Patients' Support Group
The Birmingham Support Group is a group of fertility friends receiving treatment at various clinics throughout the region, which meets every month in an informal setting for a chat and a shoulder to lean on.
Made in Aldridge
Lewis Ian C*
As a young woman, Sharon C* suspected she had endometriosis. She’d had symptoms, including very heavy, painful and irregular periods since she was 17, and at 24 these were formally diagnosed. But at the time she didn’t know that the endometriosis wouldn’t be the only factor which would prevent her conceiving.
Staff News
Dates for Your Diary
- view dates of, and information about, MFS Fertility Information Events
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