Inna DuckworthYour timeline
What you want, what remains uncertain and which future decisions may require more preparation than you realised.
Fertility 30+
You do not need to be ready for a baby to start understanding your fertility.
You may want children one day without knowing exactly when, with whom or how motherhood will happen.
Planning now does not commit you to trying, treatment or egg preservation. It gives you the information to make later decisions before they become urgent.
30-minute Introductory Fertility Review
30 minutes | £200
You are allowed to plan before you are ready
Most fertility conversations begin when someone is already trying to conceive.
But fertility decisions often begin much earlier:
- when you know you want children, but not yet;
- when you and your partner have not agreed on a realistic timeline;
- when you are single and do not want your future options decided by circumstance;
- when you may start trying within the next few years;
- or when you have a regular cycle and feel well, but realise that this does not tell you the whole fertility picture.
The purpose is not to manufacture urgency.
It is to replace a vague “someday” with a clearer understanding of what deserves attention now—and what can safely wait.
Start with your real timeline
Ask yourself:
- 1.Do I definitely want children—or would losing the possibility matter deeply to me?
- 2.When might I realistically begin trying: within one year, three years or later?
- 3.If I have a partner, have we discussed whether we want children and when?
- 4.If I am single, how long am I comfortable leaving my timeline open-ended?
- 5.Would I want to explore egg preservation if it could help keep an option open?
- 6.Is there anything in my cycle, health or family history that I have been postponing discussing?
You do not need perfect answers.
If the questions themselves make you uncomfortable, that may be a sign that information—not another year of avoiding the subject—is the next step.
What fertility planning can look at now
This is not a generic supplement consultation and it does not begin with ordering every available test.
I begin with your individual picture:
Your menstrual and health history
Cycle changes, significant pain or bleeding, previous infections, operations, existing conditions, medications and relevant family history.
What you already know
Any previous hormone, thyroid, metabolic, ovarian-reserve or reproductive investigations—and what those results can and cannot tell us.
Your partner, where relevant
If you are likely to try with your current partner, fertility planning should not be built around your body alone. His health, history and preparation timeline are part of the same future pregnancy.
Whether it is time to consider egg preservation
Gathering information about egg preservation is not the same as deciding to proceed. The question is whether it deserves proper consideration now rather than becoming a rushed decision later.
Planning is not the same as trying
You can understand your fertility before you are ready to become pregnant.
You can discuss egg preservation without committing to a clinic.
You can review your health without assuming that something is wrong.
And you can make a plan that changes as your life changes.
The value of starting earlier is not that you must do more. It is that you have more time to decide what is genuinely relevant.
Your first step
30-minute Introductory Fertility Review
The Introductory Fertility Review is a focused 30-minute appointment.
Before we meet, you share your relevant history, any existing results and your likely timeline.
During the Review, we look at:
- what is already known;
- what your current results do and do not tell us;
- which questions deserve attention now;
- what can reasonably wait;
- whether egg preservation belongs in your current conversation;
- and whether any further investigation would be proportionate.
I will give you my professional view on where I would begin.
The Review does not commit you to testing or longer-term work. If advanced fertility testing may be appropriate, I will explain why. If it is not necessary now, I will tell you that too.
Short FAQ
Questions before you begin
I am not trying to conceive. Is this too early?
No. This page is specifically for people who want to understand their options before trying becomes urgent. A Review may lead to action now, later monitoring or simply a clearer timeline.
Does a regular cycle mean I do not need to think about fertility yet?
A regular cycle is useful information, but it does not describe every aspect of reproductive health or future treatment planning. Whether anything further deserves attention depends on your history and timeline.
Do I need a partner to book?
No. The Review can begin with your own position and future plans. If you have a partner with whom you may try to conceive, his history becomes relevant to the shared plan.
Will I be told to freeze my eggs?
No. Egg preservation is a personal and clinical decision. My role is to help you understand whether it is time to investigate the option and what preparation may be relevant—not to make the decision for you.
You do not need to know your whole fertility plan before you begin.
You only need to understand your next decision.
Book an Introductory Fertility Review