Rachel's Interviews and Features

Interview with IVF Babble: 336 Hours, pineapples, and life after infertility
*As published on IVF Babble. Last month at the Fertility Show, we bumped into a brilliant woman, who has written a book based on her own fertility journey. Rachel Cathan kindly gave us some signed copies of her book that we gave out to our readers. The response was...

Nobody Told Me (how infertility impacts a couple’s relationship)
*As featured in Fertility Road Magazine Looking back, I think the most difficult side-effect of infertility is the impact it has on a couple’s relationship. It’s a time when many clichés will be thrown in your direction, normally including: ‘At least it makes...

The Art of Reproduction
*As featured in Fertility Road (September/October 2017) We grow up expecting that having a baby will be the most natural process in the world. But for some of us, the natural approach doesn’t work out, and we find ourselves entering the strange world of fertility...

Windbreakers and Wellies: Finding the Bright Side of a Rainy British Holiday
*As featured on the Huffington Post With just days to go before we embark upon our much-anticipated escape to the British coast, and a weather forecast that's looking somewhat less than tropical, I'm trying hard to embrace the uncertainty that accompanies a UK summer...

How Infertility Changes Everything
*As featured on Fertility Planit I was asked recently if you approach parenthood differently when it’s taken many years and medical interventions to finally get that baby into your arms. I guess the answer I will never know; after all, the long road is the only one I...

My Real Life Fertility Story
*As featured on BabyCentre Mum who struggled with infertility says BabyCentre’s support helped her conceive…and has now written a book about it! When Rachel Cathan struggled to conceive, she turned to the BabyCentre community forums for support. Desperate and...

Ten Things to Test Your Sanity in the Two-Weet Wait
*As featured in Fertility Road (May/June2017) Ten Things to Test Your Sanity in the Two-Week Wait Infertility throws so many challenges our way, and none more sanity-threatening than the dreaded two-week wait. From my own experiences across years of fertility...

An Open Letter to our Last Embryo
* As featured on The Muse Dear Speck of Dust (for that was the size of you when we met five years ago), You might never know how we used to talk about you, and even wave to you on occasion as we drove past the turnoff for the fertility clinic...

Interview with Inheritance Books
Today on the Inheritance Books sofa we have Rachel Cathan. Hi Rachel, grab a seat. While I get teas and cake, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi Rhoda, thanks for the invite; it’s a real treat to be here. [It’s a treat to have you here.] I am a writer...

Valentine’s Day and IVF (Not Tonight Honey – I’m Watching My Ovaries)
* As featured on the Huffington Post Valentine’s Day. A day to revel in the passion of a recently discovered love. Or perhaps, as one half of a more weathered partnership, a time to dig deep and remember those days of nervous anticipation and butterflies. Romance is...