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Baby Steps - GP Podcast

Contribute to your Educational Activities CPD requirement with 2 hours of learning.

Genea's BabySteps podcast series offers relevant, credible and accurate advice to GPs on how to support patients who are trying to conceive.

Contribute to your Educational Activities CPD requirement with 2 hours of learning.

The podcast gives you access to topics such as infertility management, dealing with the emotional impact of infertility, managing miscarriage and complex patients and also takes you for a walk through a patient IVF journey. All with the aim of helping you to answer patient queries and advise the next best steps with confidence.

Episode 1: [In]fertility management in isolation | Baby Steps by Genea
Struggling to get pregnant can be extremely stressful. And now COVID-19 is adding additional uncertainty. Join host Dr Sam Hay and Genea fertility specialist Dr Mark Livingstone as they discuss how to support patients both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out the latest referral guidelines and how Genea can help patients make up for lost time with solid science to help couples achieve a pregnancy faster.

Episode 2: Managing miscarriage | Baby Steps by Genea
As many as one in four pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Genea fertility specialist Dr Anthony Marren and Samantha Payne from The Pink Elephants Support Network share their insights and experience of how to support patients through miscarriage, pregnancy loss and beyond. Find out when to refer for further investigation and how innovative Genea technology such as GeneSureâ„¢ can help patients who are experiencing early pregnancy loss.

Episode 3: Dealing with the emotional impact of infertility | Baby Steps by Genea
Problems conceiving can unleash a rollercoaster of emotions that place enormous stress on patients and their relationships. From counselling sessions to coping strategies, Genea counsellor Orlaith Sheill and fertility nurse Amy Scott share their advice on supporting patients through infertility and throughout treatment. Discover new resources to help patients, including comprehensive emotional support programs offered by Genea.

Episode 4: Diverse patients, one goal | Baby Steps by Genea
For many couples who are considering fertility treatments, it's not just about falling pregnant. It's about having a family. In this episode, Dr Sam Hay takes a sneak peek at the science behind creating a family. He talks with fertility specialist Dr Kate McIlwaine and embryologist Dr Dan Morgan about Genea's ‘One Cycle, One Family’ approach which aims to maximise a patient's chance of a family in the least number of cycles possible through innovative technology.

Episode 5: Take a walk through a Genea clinic | Baby Steps by Genea
What happens when patients start their fertility journey at Genea? Join host Dr Sam Hay and get a behind-the-scenes view on what it’s like to be a Genea patient. Dr Sonal Karia and the Genea team explain how personalised, patient-focused care can make a difference from a dedicated fertility care team including a fertility specialist, nurse, embryologist and a patient relationship coordinator.

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