This week we're running a Q&A with Sense About Science about fertility. Sense about Science has teamed up with Progress Educational Trust and the British Fertility Society to help people Ask for Evidence behind fertility claims. If you’ve seen claims for products, diets or policies about fertility then send us your questions and we will put them to the scientists.
Superfoods to promote your chances of conceiving, home-made energy bars to ward off infertility, and even fertility astrologers. Fertility is a global industry and there are hundreds of claims out there. But which ones are based on evidence that they work? Sense About Science tackles claims that aren’t backed by evidence and regularly hear from people about the emotional cost of chasing false hope.
The experts answering the Q&A will be:
Dr Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology and chairman of the British Fertility Society - His research interests cover the biology of human spermatozoa and aspects of semen quality and fertility in males including occupational and environmental influences on semen quality.
Dr Gillian Lockwood, medical director of Midland Fertility - She has a special interest in age-related infertility, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and nutrition.
Dr Sue Avery, director of assisted conception at Birmingham Women's Hospital - She has been working in the field of infertility for 30 years, as a clinical embryologist.
Post your questions to the thread before 10am on Monday 16th June and we'll post up the experts' answers the following Monday 23rd June.