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Big Fat Negative: TTC, fertility, infertility and IVF

Izzy Judd

Season 6, Ep. 9

It's the last episode of the series, so we've got a special guest for you: Izzy Judd, one of the first celebrities to speak out about her infertility. We talk about what it was like to go through IVF in the public eye, and how she discovered what had stopped her periods. Meanwhile, Prof Tim is talking about endometriosis - can it prevent implantation?


Swears - including one big one - throughout.

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