Introducing my “Empower your IVF” course

Designed to give you the emotional support and coping mechanisms you need as you move through your IVF journey, “Empower your IVF” is your lifeline to regain control, find unwavering support and enter each new step of your treatment with confidence and clarity.

In it, I’ll guide you through your entire IVF journey - from understanding the process to managing the emotional ups and downs.

Because every journey is unique, your course will be tailored to what YOU need - identifying your own specific emotional challenges and offering practical strategies for managing them.

Alongside 1-2-1 guidance from me (an award-winning, expert fertility coach and IVF mum), you’ll access invaluable resources, coping tools and strategies you can use whenever you need them.

As a result, you’ll go through treatment feeling fully informed, empowered and in control - yes, even in the two week wait!

Take a peek inside the course now...

And that’s not all…

Support and understanding are key as you go through treatment - and no-one gets your IVF experience like those in the same boat.

Through the course, you'll become part of a compassionate community of women who understand your fertility journey intimately, offering a safe space for you to share, connect and feel supported at every step.

So, if your imminent treatment has got you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, lonely and/or just plain in need of some guidance from someone who’s been there - I made this course for you.

Where it all began - in praise of the IVF Positivity Planner

This book is a complete life saver! I am about to start my second round of IVF and I really wish I had had this book with me on my first cycle. It is so informative, supportive, beautifully written and lets you feel you have a friend with you along your journey. If you or someone you know is about to start a cycle you need to tell them about this book!

This course is just what you need if…

🌟 You’re feeling overwhelmed and/or anxious about starting IVF, and you want to feel informed and empowered instead.

🌟 You want to take control of your life and feel happier and more resilient.

🌟 You’re normally a positive person, but feel like infertility and IVF are sucking the hope and positivity out of you.

🌟 You’d love guidance and support through your IVF from someone who’s been there.

🌟 You like having a plan and taking practical action to help yourself move forward and feel better - but right now? You don’t even know where to start.

🌟 You’re used to working hard to get the things you want but, no matter how hard you’ve tried, you’ve not been able to get pregnant.

🌟 You know you need support, but you want support to make a practical plan that makes a positive difference - not just talk about it.

🌟You’re stuck in a rut and you’re sick of it.

🌟 You feel like the whole infertility and IVF experience is pushing you and your partner apart.

🌟 You’re worrying about how you will juggle IVF and work.

🌟 You’re distancing yourself from family and friends.

🌟 You want to add someone to your support network that really gets it, doesn’t judge and will be there as a friend to help you.

What the course includes...

The Empower Your IVF framework has 4 pillars of support, supported by bi-weekly check ins and an online group so you and other course members can support each other.

What's included in Empower Your IVF?

🌟 16 recorded sessions guiding you through your IVF journey, that you can access immediately and any time you need them  

🌟 9 detailed workbooks to help you create a plan and keep track of your treatment

🌟 A treatment booklet to write in all your treatment information and create a plan to support you through IVF.

🌟 Weekly check-ins to provide support when you need it most  

🌟 A supportive community of incredible women, all on a similar journey  

🌟 2 years of access to vital information and ongoing support  

🌟 Informative and helpful blogs and video interviews to keep you informed and inspired

Begin your IVF journey with a decision to empower yourself x

Pillar 1 - Guiding you through treatment

• Before Treatment - helping with the overwhelm and common worries, and some of the practical things you may not have thought of.
• During treatment - tips and support for going through all the procedures (egg collections, embryo transfer, etc), advocating for yourself and dealing with the unknown.
• Two Week Wait - helping create a plan to cope through the dreaded TWW.
• After a positive test - helping understand the next steps and managing the ongoing anxiety.
• After a negative test - coping tips and helping you think about the next steps that are right for you.
  

Pillar 2 - Focussing on you

• Taking Control - looking at the ways you can take back that all important control through treatment and why its important to focus on yourself.
• Creating a happy life - Looking at other areas of your life to make sure you are living a life you like outside of trying for a baby.
• Juggling work and IVF - tips and supporting in creating a plan to make sure work doesn't impact your IVF and vice versa.
  

Pillar 3 - Coping as a couple

• Getting through it together - looking at how couples deal differently with the emotions of IVF, tips on how you can support each other and how to recapture the love and romance.
• How infertility makes men feel - how they cope and tips to support your partner.
• Workbooks to support you as a couple, and one for your partner if they would like some more support.
  

Pillar 4 - Support resources

• The importance of support - showing you that you are not on your own and how you can find your tribe.
• Support resources - list of different resources that will suit the type of support you need and want.
  

Why am I the right person to support you through IVF?

• I'm warm, friendly, trustworthy, practical, solution focussed and I had my own 6 year infertility and IVF journey.
• I have 4 years of experience working closely with fertility clinics and professionals.
• I am a fully qualified coach, holding 2 coaching diplomas with the Coaching Academy, receiving a 'Distinction' grade in both.
• I am a trusted and recognised expert in the field of patient care through IVF and infertility, regularly being asked to consult on patient care projects by clinics and fertility professionals.
• I am a judge on the IVF awards (and have been for the last 4 years) in the patient care and experience categories.
• I co-wrote the Patient Care guidance for clinics internationally as a member of the European Fertility Society.
• I am a member of a patient stakeholder focus group for a fertility governing body.
• I have supported over 7000 people through my IVF Positivity Planner.
• I regularly support nearly 10,000 women in my support communities.
• I have worked with clinics and pharmaceutical organisations to deliver training to staff and develop patient support initiatives.
• My work is endorsed by Fertility experts, including the Chair of the British Infertility Counselling Association and the Chair of the Fertility Nurses Forum.
  

What my clients say about working with me...

Michelle...

"The course with Sarah was fabulous. I really feel that the daily tasks were not only a great distraction, away from the solid and never-ending focus on IVF, they were really great at making me feel positive and good about myself.

I think Sarah’s approach really helped me look at my thoughts and make sense of some of the more negative ones, and turn them into positives - and the course happened to fall during my 2nd round of IVF, which I’d been extremely apprehensive about. Not only did that cycle not go to plan at all, it has now been paused, having found more issues that need exploring and resolving before we carry on – and I can’t tell you how much more positive I feel than I thought I would have done at this stage, before I started the course with Sarah.

The support, suggestions and ideas from the others in the group are also really great too – helped me feel not so alone on my journey, whilst still keeping a level of anonymity (ie I’m not ready to sit in a group meeting and chat through stuff in person).

Lastly – the 1-2-1 with Sarah was the best ever. I was really anxious about how it would all go – what it would involve. As it happens, it couldn’t have been timed better, for when my round started to go awry. Sarah really put me at ease, and we ended up chatting like old friends, really relaxed, and I came out feeling 100% times more positive than I’d arrived. I think it’s a safe bet to say, that I plan to book more 1-2-1 sessions with Sarah nearer the time of my cycle resuming.

It really made me feel like I really was doing everything in my power to be positive, doing everything in my power to make IVF work. I do think it played a part in me ending up with double the embryos I had in my first round."

Suzanne

"I found your course really helpful, making me take the time to really think about me. The tip of having a happy song for when I start to wobble is such a brilliant idea and I will definitely be using it.
The group has been great and knowing that you're not the only person on this journey is a great comfort. It's been good to offer advice and to receive some.
I will definitely keep in touch and let you know how we are getting on."

Parm

"Thanks for all the support during the course I feel better.
I focus on good things in our life and we spend time together and plan things to do together and no fertility talk. I check my notes when I feel down and it really helps. I'm aiming to do all the exercises again. Thanks for showing me positive stuff rather than thinking about negative feelings all the time. It has been really good six weeks."

Any Questions You Might Have...

Q: How can coaching help me?

A: It can be hard to make changes when you are feeling overwhelmed, having a coach on your side will help you take control, make action plans and stay accountable. I've also been through it myself so I'll be kind and empathic when supporting you.

Q: What additional support will I get?

A:You will have access to a support community of other people on the same journey, with weekly check ins so that all course members can support each other.

Q: What format is the course?

A: All the content is available online for you straight away, and you can access each section as and when you need it. The support community will be a closed facebook group. There is a live version of the course that I launch twice a year, which gives you 10 weeks of live support from me as you work through the course.

Q: Where would the support community be based?

A: It will be on Facebook, its a private and closed group just for course members.

Q: Do I have to be just about to start treatment to do the course?

A: No :) The ideal would be to sign up before you start treatment, but you will get access to everything as soon as you sign up, so you can skip to the bits you need, as and when you need them.

Q: How long is the course?

A: You have 2 years of access to the information and the support group access is for as long as you need and want it.

Q: Is this only suitable if I live in the UK?

A: Nope, everyone is welcome :) Time difference may make some of the group calls in the live version a bit trickier, but everything is recorded and if you can't make a call you can send me any questions you have and I will cover them in the session.

Q: I'm going through treatment on my own - is it suitable for me?

A: Yes you can still do the course. One of the pillars covers relationships, but you can still complete the workbooks thinking about other important relationships in your life, and all the other information and support is relevant. There is also a video interview with someone who chose to go through IVF as a solo parent, to give you support and advice.

Q: I am in a same sex couple starting a family, is the course suitable for me?

A: Definitely! The course is completely inclusive and we'd love to support you on your journey. There is a workbook specifically for supporting partners whilst going through treatment, and a video interview with someone talking about his experience of same sex conception and surrogacy.