by Larisa Corda | Mar 17, 2020 | Fertility & Pregnancy, Media
What can be done to change the negative, gendered language used by medical professionals that continues to imply female failure and inadequacy? It takes two sexes to make a baby, so why when we talk about infertility is the conversation always focused on the female?...
by Larisa Corda | Mar 17, 2020 | Fertility & Pregnancy, Media
Dr Larisa Corda is a leading gynaecologist and fertility expert shares her advice and answers to some of the most common fertility questions you may be too embarrassed to ask. Does my vagina look normal? A lot of women think that their vagina is abnormal compared to...
by Larisa Corda | Mar 17, 2020 | Fertility & Pregnancy, Media
As you may have seen, last year we launched an online petition with the Fertility Network UK, to fight back against the current NHS IVF postcode lottery. The response was overwhelming, with tens of thousands of you signing the petition and backing the campaign. We...
by Larisa Corda | Mar 6, 2020 | Fertility & Pregnancy, Guest Authors
I took a particular interest in this conversation as, in the summer of 2018 at the age of 29, abnormal cells were found in my cervix, which were later removed. I attended my first recommended cervical screening when I was 25 and received a clear result. Although I was...
by Larisa Corda | Feb 25, 2020 | Fertility & Pregnancy, Media
Leading doctors are backing calls for extending the time women can freeze their eggs. Egg freezing – where a woman’s eggs are extracted and frozen immediately for fertilisation at a later date – is growing in popularity, with some celebrities opening up about...