Natasha's Story

Ok, let’s start with the basics.

Heterosexual couple
Female, 37, no fertility conditions but two recent pregnancy losses
Male, 37, no fertility conditions
TTC - 6 months

First of all, where are you today?

I am currently 6 months pregnant with a due date in February 2025. 🎉
We were successful with our 2nd Béa Treatment Kit in May, though had used the first in March so did not have two consecutive treatment cycles.

"I had previously been able to get pregnant quickly, but after two miscarriages, I felt a bit like time was against me."

Tell us about your TTC journey...

We were unfortunate to have had two previous miscarriages fairly recently, in which both were only a year apart from one another, at the same time of year. It took me a while to feel ready to try again, especially after the second one, as it was a missed miscarriage. I had previously been able to get pregnant quickly, but after two miscarriages, I felt a bit like time was against me. We started TTC again around January, so it was not a long time, but it was not as easy as before. Both I and my partner had various fertility tests done, and they came back okay. So there was nothing to point towards anything being an issue, but it just wasn’t happening.

Was there a reason why you hadn’t tried IVF before?

IVF just didn’t feel like something I was sure I wanted to do. I had already got pregnant twice and I have had a few friends who have been through it; had their eggs frozen and gone through the process. With what we had already been through, I didn’t feel like I had it in me to go through that. With Béa it felt like it gave you that extra helping hand without feeling too intrusive.

How did you find out about Béa?

I found out about Béa through my job, as I was working with a company that you were associated with. So I saw the brand and then started digging around to see what the product was. So a little more unconventional!

"Béa was really helpful because it made it possible for us to still be trying even during a difficult situation."

How did you feel about using the Béa Treatment?

When I saw the product around March, we had been trying since January. When I bought the first treatment I found it really positive in terms of using it. My partner then got ill, which made TTC and timed intercourse more difficult, so using Béa gave us the ability to do something proactive and make us feel we were still trying. And then in May, I also got sick. It was around the time that I was due to ovulate, so used Béa and that's when I actually got pregnant. It was really helpful because it made it possible for us to still be trying even during a difficult situation.

How did your partner feel about Béa?

My partner was fine. Obviously, it’s a bit weird to one day suggest “I think we should give Béa a go”, but to be honest Béa allowed us to keep trying, even when both of us were unwell. It was quite funny – I used the device on myself, but he had to go collect a semen sample. When he handed me a pot of semen it felt pretty transactional! But timed intercourse wasn’t fun for us either, because we found we were being intimate because we had to be (to get pregnant), not because we were actually enjoying it. Timed intercourse put a huge stress on our relationship, and so Béa taking that pressure off was really helpful. We were up for giving it a go, and well… it worked!

Would you recommend Béa to others that are TTC?

Yes! This is definitely something I've recommended to lots of people. As soon as I saw Béa, I felt really positive about the product. As a female-founded tech company, it just felt like it was going to be a positive experience. And of course, it was successful. You’re also not just offering the help to get pregnant but you are opening up conversation and education around the issues women face, giving people insight into the fact that they are not alone on their journey.

"I joined one of Sandy's group sessions, which I found really helpful. It felt a bit like a community"

Is there anything we could have done to help support you better?

No, I don't think so. I joined one of Sandy's group sessions, which I found really helpful, even though there wasn't anything in there that I wasn’t doing already with the treatment. It felt a bit like a community. I felt supported by the fact that after the session she personally followed up with me, and I knew that if I did need anything I could have asked. I thought it was an extra piece of just going above and beyond which I thought was really nice as sometimes you do not always feel like you're being supported on this journey.

If you met someone going through a similar TTC journey as yourself, what top tips would you give them?

For me, I felt like a bit of an idiot going into it, which I don’t think is true, but there is not enough education given around how to conceive. For example, when you buy ovulation tests nothing is telling you when you should be actually having sex using them - it feels like a con because you’re being sold something without knowing the best way to use it.

When you’re in your teens or 20s you think “I'm going to get pregnant if I'm not on the pill” or it feels like it's this easy thing that's going to happen. And actually, once you start trying, there’s all this confusing information on what to do. I had quite a few occasions where I felt that “I really should have known that” when realistically, it's not something that I should have known and when you try to find out information it is such a minefield. I feel like just talking to friends and being more open is definitely a good step. I feel offering the insights I now know to friends who are TTC is important.

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