Alison and Graham

Alison & Graham both live in Kent, UK. Alison is an Immigration Officer and Graham is a bricklayer; they have been trying for a baby for just over 2 years. After 9 months of trying to conceive, Alison and Graham requested a referral to a NHS fertility expert.

They were very upset to be told straight off that they were already too old to receive NHS funded IVF. After both undergoing a range of fertility tests, they were told there was no known reason for their failure to conceive. Alison was advised to lose weight and keep trying. Alison researched as much as they could to ensure they were having intercourse when she was ovulating.

They used ovulation^? predictor kits and saliva tests, which did not prove to be very accurate. After searching on the internet for a basal temperature thermometer, Alison came across the DuoFertility monitor. As Alison puts it, “It was the answer to my prayers. The machine made sense. It was clever. It does the hard work for you. No waking up early every morning to take your temperature. No graphing it on paper. No training course needed to decipher the graphs.

The offer of a group of fertility experts’ advice seemed too good to be true. But when I became brave enough to ask a question the reply was so comprehensive I could have cried. All the questions you never get a chance to ask consultants were answered. I no longer felt I was alone and no longer that I was a pain for asking questions. This, my first reply, was worth the cost of the unit alone.”

After using DuoFertility for four cycles, Alison received her free Fertility Expert report which raised the possibility of hormonal imbalances in her follicular phase^?. Alison used the advice in the report to get a referral to a consultant who quickly diagnosed her with PCOS and prescribed her with metformin. As Alison puts it, “All of a sudden I had something tangible to take to my GP ... DuoFertility was pivotal to getting me diagnosed with a fertility problem at all.”