Where it all began…

My passion for all things fertility began with my love of science.  I started out with a university  degree in science, in the fields of microbiology and molecular genetics, and I began my career in a scientific research laboratory.  But I soon discovered that I didn’t want to spend my days staring down a microscope.  It wasn’t until my own quest to get pregnant however, that I discovered my true passion – the science of human fertility.

I’m not one to approach a new venture half heartedly. And it was no different when it came to getting pregnant. I wanted to optimise my chances from the outset, and I read everything I possibly could on how to enhance my fertility naturally.  The more I learned from the in-depth research I did, the more fascinated I became with how we can influence our natural fertility. And how we can use the signs our bodies give us to greatly improve our chances of conception. What I learned was invaluable in helping me get pregnant and I wanted to share it with others.

So in 1999 I trained and became accredited as a natural fertility educator. I started working with couples in my clinic practice and providing fertility education to doctors and other health professionals. But through this work, I discovered a sad reality – that there wasn’t (and still isn’t) much help for trying to conceive couples between their initial doctor’s visit and being sent off to a fertility clinic for high tech treatment.

And so the Fertility Focus service began – to fill this gap and provide quality support and assistance to couples like you, who are trying to conceive naturally.