Dr Ciara Wright was recently speaking at an international medical conference on safe and sensible weight loss for IVF.
When losing weight is the last thing you want to do
Hearing that you need to have IVF can be very difficult. It is an emotionally and often physically draining process, with the highs of your hopes and expectations and the lows of test results, bad news and failed cycles. When your dream of having a family is proving hard to realise, it can be just another blow to hear that you need to lose weight. We all know that losing weight is difficult at the best of times, but in the midst of the rollercoaster of IVF, it can be even more difficult.
