Fertility

Impartial fertility advice and expert-led video resources, supporting the work of the Genesis Research Trust.

Ask Robert Winston is a free question-answering service for people seeking impartial fertility advice. The service, run through Robert’s charity Genesis Research Trust, sees questions anonymised and published, along with his personal blog. The advice is offered free of charge, but it is hoped that those receiving advice will make a donation to the charity.

Genesis Research Trust has made huge contributions in this area. Scientists have led research which reduces the risk of premature labour, found new ways of preventing miscarriage, improved many treatments for infertility, and pioneered many advances in IVF. Many life-saving innovations were initiated here including the first ultrasound machine, cancer smear tests and the diagnosis of genetic defects in embryos. Robert Winston chairs the Trust on the Hammersmith Campus of Imperial College London.

Professor Robert Winston has partnered with the Essential Parent Company to offer expert-led video collections on Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth, and Baby Care. They are supported by and used by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to help train junior doctors.

The collections cover Fertility (by Professor Robert Winston), Pregnancy & Birth, Breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding, Weaning, Baby Care, Baby Health, Crying, Colic and Massage, Development, Baby Sleeping, Baby First Aid and Baby Safety. They were made by a team formerly from the BBC Science Department, following expert advice from Professor Winston, UNICEF UK Baby Friendly, St John Ambulance, the Meningitis Research Foundation and many more.