by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | Jan 5, 2026 | Miscarriage, Unexplained Infertility
A story of loss, timing, and the path that revealed itselfWe had prepared for 18 months, checking, aligning, rechecking, fine tuning and we were ready. Ready for the biggest project I had ever worked on and the most critical to date – Mission Critical was how it was...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | Dec 4, 2025 | Miscarriage, Reflections
The Weight of the Three Miscarriage RuleMost women don’t discover the three-miscarriage rule until they are already grieving. It sits quietly in the background of fertility care in Ireland and the UK, rarely spoken about openly, rarely explained, rarely acknowledged...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | Nov 28, 2025 | Guides, HSE Fertility Hub, Implantation, IVF, Male Factor Infertility, Miscarriage, Sperm Quality, Unexplained Infertility
Semen analysis is the first-line test for male fertility, but it has a major blind spot: it doesn’t measure sperm DNA fragmentation — a crucial marker that influences fertilisation, embryo development and miscarriage risk. For many couples, everything on paper appears...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | Nov 25, 2025 | Egg Quality, Guides, Hormones, HSE Fertility Hub, Implantation, IVF, Low AMH, Male Factor Infertility, Miscarriage, Nutrition, PCOS, Secondary Infertility, Sperm Quality, Unexplained Infertility
Optimizing IVF success begins long before egg collection. While clinics focus on stimulation, retrieval and transfer, the biology behind egg quality, sperm health, embryo development and implantation starts much earlier. Understanding the normal IVF attrition funnel —...
by Claire Burrows NLC MIRIL | Nov 11, 2025 | Guides, Hormones, Implantation, IVF, Male Factor Infertility, Microbiome, Miscarriage, Unexplained Infertility
Is Your Fertility Being Impacted by Everyday Toxins? When people think about fertility challenges, it’s easy to focus on the “big things”: irregular cycles, PCOS, low AMH, endometriosis, or age-related fertility decline. But everyday habits and products can also...
