Case Studies
Your journey at Bourn Hall Clinic will be unique. Even so, we hope it’s reassuring to know that we can deal with a wide range of personal circumstances and offer a host of different treatments. To help you find the stories of most interest to you we have organised our case studies by treatment type.
IVF
Triplets Born Three Years Apart
Years of cricket nearly stopped Clive becoming proud father of three! "Clive plays a lot of cricket, so when our consultant said a testicular trauma may...
Harlow Couple Celebrate ‘Miracle Year’ With Baby Dexter
Kelly Groves and her husband Scott can hardly believe their luck as they approach 2013 with miracle son Dexter nearly one-year-old and a miracle baby...
Special Delivery for Postwoman
Postwoman Tracey Day made the special delivery of a lifetime when she gave birth to baby Megan in July. Tracey and her husband David Galpin...
First Baby Boy for Two Generations
Kate says that the arrival of a boy was extra-special because she herself is one of four sisters, and Oscar was the first grandson for...
Baby Olivia is a Testament to Mother Who Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer
When Tracy Griffin from Peterborough holds baby daughter Olivia in her arms she is only too aware that she might not have become pregnant at...
Couple Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Babies They Planned on Wedding Day
When twins Mason and Maya Smith arrived in the world in March 2010 it was the end of a ten year wait for parents Joanne...
New Mum Proves That Life Begins at Forty
If you have been trying for a baby for two years and are having difficulty conceiving, don"t put off asking for help, particularly if you...
Water Baby Ellis Arrives With a Splash
When Ellis Wilson entered the world via a hospital birthing pool in February 2010 it was the end of a long wait for his parents...
First Time Lucky and Twice as Special
Steven Deans is the proud father of 18-month-old twins, born as the result of IVF. He and his wife Sushila, from Clacton-on-Sea were successful on...
Baby Hope (and Amelie) Came True
Parents at last, after six years of heartbreak, Louise Singleton and her husband Jason are joining patients and staff in celebrating the 'unwrapping' of the...
Best Results Offer More Baby Hope
"I wouldn't have missed this for anything," says David Myers, at the 'unwrapping' of the new Bourn Hall Colchester fertility clinic which is expanding its...
NHS Funding Made Baby Dream Come True
"I still can't believe that he is here," says Alison looking down at her seven week old son sleeping peacefully in his father's arms. The...
ICSI
Miracle Baby Born Against All The Odds
“I called the clinic after another week, we booked in for a scan, and there in front of our eyes was a tiny flickering heartbeat…it...
Baby Oliver a Dream-Come-True for Teenage Sweethearts
‘It’s fantastic! Complete mayhem, there are toys everywhere,” says Carey Barber when asked what life is like as Mum to nine-month-old baby Oliver. “I love it....
IVF Treatment With ICSI Was Our Only Hope of a Family of Our Own
Jane Roberts vividly remembers the day a doctor told her partner he might never be a father. "It was a complete and utter shock," she said. "We...
Mutual Support Eases IVF Pathway
As a 16 year old Sandra Beckwith worked for Harry Wallace, one of the lesser-known figures from the pioneering days of IVF. She wasn't to...
The best Christmas present ever for Fiona and Reeves Watson was when they found out last year that Fiona was pregnant. The couple have been together...
Miracle Babies Inspired Katie to Help Others
Katie has not one but two miracle babies and both are now lively school children. She is using her experiences to help other couples going...
Baby Joy for Mum Who Conquered Her Fear of Injections
Lisa Cane and Gary Stephens had known since they first met that they wanted to have children together, but after 3 years of trying, they...
Essex Couple Defy the Odds With ‘Miracle Baby’
When baby Mia was born to Essex couple Lisa and Matthew Lawry in July they called her their "little miracle," because she was born against...
Baby Joy From NHS Agreement With Bourn Hall
"It is absolutely fantastic," says Tracey, 29, proud and tired mother of six-week old twins. The birth of the boys, ends years of heart-break for...
Blastocyst Culture
Bishop Stortford Couple Celebrate Their Own ‘Little Miracle’
Following the heartache of an ectopic pregnancy, Bishop Stortford couple Tyha and Michael Currie were devastated when they were told they had a less than...
When Laura Roberts was diagnosed with severe endometriosis in 2008, she knew that for her and her husband Damion, conceiving a baby was going to...
Bourn Hall Baby Makes Mother’s Day
Clare Borrett from Snape has got an extra special reason to celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday – baby Edward, who was born after six years...
Ally Still Can’t Quite Believe She is Finally a Mum
Holding baby Alexander in her arms, 35 year old Ally still can't quite believe that she is finally a mum. "Having a baby has been a...
Determination Made Our Dreams Come True
Nothing was going to stand in the way of Claire Hanscomb and the family she dreamt of. Even after having most of her reproductive organs...
Creative Katie Delighted With Her New Lifestyle
Katie Green is used to gift wrapping presents at her country living shop in the pretty village of Monks Eleigh but now she has her...
Couple Complete Their Family With Blastocyst Technique
Following a vasectomy reversal, Trevor was optimistic he and his wife, Stella would get pregnant and fulfil their dream of a family together. Unfortunately after...
FET
Couple Celebrate ‘Magical Time’ as New Parents
When Harpenden couple Janette and Andrew Broster had been trying to start a family for three years without success, they started to worry that time...
Hopes of Joining the ‘Parents Club’ Realised Through Bourn Hall
As Drew Harding reached 40 without children he felt excluded from a special club. He and his wife Ann had been trying for a family...
Determination Made Our Dreams Come True
Nothing was going to stand in the way of Claire Hanscomb and the family she dreamt of. Even after having most of her reproductive organs...
Baby Joy For Couple Whose Patience Paid Off
For Deborah and John Chell the birth of their beautiful daughter Eloise came at the end of a long struggle to have a family. Deborah...
IUI
Parenthood Dreams Realised for Elie and Sarah
When Elie Hughes gave birth to baby son Joshua in May 2011 with partner Sarah at her side they were overjoyed. The couple, who met at...
Double Joy For Hertsmere Hairdressers
It was Christmas 2010 when Joanna and Fran Harvey-Hobbs decided what they really wanted was to start a family together. Eighteen months on, following treatment...
Baby scans
Confidence Comes From Knowing What to Expect When You’re Expecting
For couples that have struggled to conceive or have had some concerns in early pregnancy, ultrasound scans can provide additional reassurance that all is progressing...
High-Tech Pregnancy Scans Give Parents Re-assurance
“It was amazing seeing my baby before he was born!” explains Lucy, as she speaks about her experience of 3D scanning. “It was incredible that...
Egg Donation
Egg Donation Was Our Only Chance After Premature Menopause
Sarah and Lee Harrison have two sons, Simon (four), and Thomas (two), conceived at Bourn Hall. Sarah was diagnosed with a premature menopause and had...
Miracle Babies are the Greatest Gift
Nancy was just 19 when she was told that would never be able to have children of her own. The doctor had diagnosed premature ovarian...
Special Gift Results in Double Joy
Egg donation fulfils Cambridge couple's dream of a family "Everybody adores them," says Pamela Keen, as three month old twins Tristan and Reuben babble to each...
Jennifer 33, fell pregnant with her son when she was 19 years old, but three years later was diagnosed with early menopause. When she met...
A premature menopause meant that Sarah’s only chance of a baby would be if she could have IVF with egg donation. Sarah had a menopause at...
'Sally', 39, had almost given up hope of being a mother; she had been married for 18 years, and spent 10 trying for a baby. "I...
Egg Sharing
From Despair to Joy for New Mother Told She Had No Eggs
Paula Moyes will always remember the day she was told she had no eggs: "I was absolutely devastated I cried all night in despair." When she...
Egg Sharing Offers Couples Access To IVF Treatment
Following successful IVF treatment at Bourn Hall, Emma is keen for other couples to consider taking part in the Clinic’s egg share programme which helps...
Surrogacy
Tracy had her first baby Ryan through natural conception when she was just 21 but 15 years later when she wanted to have another baby,...
Sperm Donation
Baby Archie is the Icing on the Cake for Helen and Nicky
As Helen Smith watches her partner cradle their son Archie, she can still hardly believe that her dreams of motherhood have come true. Being in a...
Sharing Schemes Help Everyone Says Sperm Donor
Mark became a sperm donor after his wife began fertility treatment at Bourn Hall Clinic. Both in their early thirties they had been trying for...
Kind Friend Stops Body Clock Dilemma
Koko Mookherjee has always loved children, and as language teacher and head of year at a secondary school, she has been surrounded by them all...
Sperm Freezing
Father of ‘Bourn Hall Baby’ Recommends Sperm Freezing
The foresight of a cancer consultant means that Phil Phillips, from Podington, Bedfordshire, is now able to laugh and play with his 15-month old son...
SSR
Thanks to the help and support of Isis Fertility Centre, Graham and Gemma from Ipswich are now proud parents of Milly, with a second baby...
The best Christmas present ever for Fiona and Reeves Watson was when they found out last year that Fiona was pregnant. The couple have been together...
Baby Breagha ‘brightens every single day’ says mum
On August 18th 2012, Breagha Fields celebrated her first birthday surrounded by family and friends in Ipswich. Her proud parents Donna and Alistair had always...
TESA/TESE
Adam Cullingham was just coming to terms with the idea that sperm donation might the only way that he could become a dad, when the...