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Fertility in your 40s

Why it is more difficult for older women to get pregnant? Ella al-Shamahi asks an embryologist and a fertility advocate what women need to understand about their bodies.

Why does it become much harder for older women to become pregnant? And how does fertility treatment differ from one country to the next? Ella al-Shamahi finds out what women need to understand about their bodies.

Ella speaks to Sarah who underwent fertility treatment in India, Spain and Greece, before having her daughter. She is now a fertility advocate and writes under the name 鈥淪olo Fertility in Your 40s鈥.

She also talks to Dr Alison Campbell, a consultant embryologist and chief scientific officer of the Care Fertility Group and a fllow of the Royal College of Pathologists.

Presenter: Ella al-Shamahi
Producer: Hannah Sander

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27 minutes

On radio

Mon 31 Aug 2026 03:32GMT

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  • Mon 31 Aug 2026 03:32GMT
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