The NZ doctor providing rare fertility-saving help

24/10/2025 8 min
The NZ doctor providing rare fertility-saving help

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Episode Synopsis


Imagine being told, as a teenager, that the treatment that could save your life might also take away your chance to ever have children. Well, there's one doctor in New Zealand providing a rare fertility-saving procedure to change this. Dr Leigh Searle helps girls who are about to start cancer treatment by removing and freezing a tiny piece of their ovary - a literal time-capsule of fertility that could one day give them the chance to have children.