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Big Fat Negative: TTC, fertility, infertility and IVF

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    Cathy Adams is the travel news features editor for The Times and Sunday Times -- and also a person who has spent years trying to conceive her second child. Now, she's at a crossroads: give up IVF and reconcile herself to having one child…

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  • Martha de Lacey: 'You give yourself this story of why things happened'

    May 19, 2026 · 49 min

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  • Sheyi Martins-Allen on the pain of secondary infertility

    May 12, 2026 · 55 min

    She's a performer, musician and wickedly funny creator: Sheyi Martins-Allen joins us to talk about her experience of secondary infertility, and how her faith played into it. We also hear her gorgeous song, Stronger, which you can find on…

  • The Fertility Disconnect: A Wild Nutrition special

    May 11, 2026 · 54 min

    SPECIAL EPISODE SPONSORED BY WILD NUTRITION. Gabby and Emma swanned off to London last week to attend the launch of a new report by Wild Nutrition called The Fertility Disconnect, which shows that 79% of people want more children than they…

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    May 6, 2026 · 45 min

    Dr Helen O'Neill is many things: a mirror twin, an associate professor in reproductive and molecular genetics at UCL, and also the co-founder and chief executive of Hertility, the at-home hormone testing company which is changing what we…

  • Kate-Lois Elliott: TTC, but still laughing

    April 28, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    The comedian Kate-Lois Elliott joins us today to talk about how she's balancing the demands of a comedy career with TTC and infertility - and what the books don't tell you about how it affects your ambition. Meanwhile, The Evewell's Emma…

  • Improving male fertility: 'I even went commando'

    April 21, 2026 · 57 min

    Jacky Maughan had been an international DJ before he and his wife, Eleanor, started trying for a baby. "His lifestyle was party, party, drinking, poor food choices... everything you shouldn't be doing when you're trying to conceive," says…

  • Solo, queer and trying for a baby

    April 14, 2026 · 59 min

    The actor and writer Natalie Walmsley tells us their story of IUI, ectopics and queer conception - and how they are turning their story into a sitcom. Swears throughout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Dr Shanna Swan from The Plastic Detox

    March 16, 2026 · 48 min

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About the show

Big Fat Negative is the podcast about IVF, infertility and the trials of TTC - aka trying for a baby. Co-hosted by journalists and friends Emma Forsyth Haslett and Gabriella Griffith, the show follows their stories on the not-so-simple journey to motherhood, while also interviewing a range of experts on all things infertility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.