There are moments in a decade of conversations that stay with you. Moments where something someone says cuts through the noise and lands somewhere real. Sitting down with Katie Rowlings for this episode was one of them.
Katie spent seven years on a fertility journey. Five rounds of IVF. The kind of toll that reshapes a person entirely. And what she built from that experience is not a memoir or a moment of quiet recovery. It is a charity. During Fertility Week 2025, Katie launched Fertility Action a new UK organisation dedicated to making sure that nobody has to fight alone for the care and support they deserve. And as of this season, The Fertility Podcast is proud to be its official media partner.
What is Fertility Action and why does it matter now?
Fertility Action exists because the system, as it stands, is not working fairly for everyone. In the UK, access to NHS-funded fertility treatment still varies enormously depending on where you live. The postcode lottery is real, well-documented, and causes enormous harm to the people navigating it. The charity brings together patient advocates and medical professionals with a shared, clear goal: true equality in fertility care. It offers peer support groups for both women and men, psychological safety as a foundation, and trauma-informed care as a guiding principle. Leading clinicians are involved. The intent is serious and the infrastructure is being built carefully.
“I didn’t start Fertility Action because I wanted to be a charity founder. I started it because I couldn’t bear the thought of someone else going through what I went through alone.” Katie Rowlings, Founder of Fertility Action
That sentence tells you everything about why this partnership feels right.
Why The Fertility Podcast partnered with Fertility Action
The Fertility Podcast has been running for over a decade. In that time, the conversations have always centred on one thing: making sure people navigating fertility have access to honest, expert, human information. Not just clinical facts, but the full picture emotional, psychological, practical.
Fertility Action shares that mission completely. And by becoming their official podcast, every episode this season is a direct contribution to something larger than a single conversation. Sponsorships support the charity’s work. The content shapes the guidance. The community grows together. This is not a season of abstract advocacy. Every episode is rooted in lived experience and expert knowledge. Across 2025 and into 2026, the podcast is tackling endometriosis, PCOS, neurodivergence and fertility, intimacy, the festive season, and much more. All of it informed by Fertility Action’s weekly support groups and the real questions the community is asking.
How to get support through Fertility Action
Free weekly support groups and information resources are available at fertilityaction.org. Whether you are at the beginning of a fertility journey, in the middle of treatment, or navigating a loss the support is there, and it is free.
Listen to Katie’s story and if it resonated with you, or you know someone who could benefit from this community, please share this episode. The more people who find these conversations, the stronger the community becomes.
