Toyin Lolu-Ogunmade, CEO, Precious Conception, had an initial encounter with uterine fibroids and tumours for six years. Unable to conceive, she went through a myomectomy to remove the fibroids but sadly, developed post-surgery complications. She had severe Asherman Syndrome and would only be able to bear children through surrogacy. After 13 years and three IVF surrogacy cycles, she gave birth to a beautiful set of twins, a girl and a boy.
Toyin got trained as a fertility counsellor in the Indian hospital where she was helped. She returned to Nigeria in 2012 to set up Precious Conceptions as the country’s foremost and one-stop fertility management consultancy; which provides fertility solutions and treatment options, counselling, training, and family support that guarantees a fruitful and wholesome journey to happy parenthood. The fertility consult helps to ease off the emotional stress of spouses and family members, particularly in the African clime where myths, stigmatization, taboos, and polygamy are rife with heavy blames on the women folks, who are at the risk of being replaced by new wives.
With a burning desire to demystify infertility and reducing stigmatization attached to surrogacy, Toyin began Precious Conceptions in her family living room, initially as a support group for women struggling to have a normal conception. Now evolved into a significant fertility management consultancy, the firm conducts seminars, webinars, hangout sessions, educating on and demystifying infertility and anchoring online conception boot camp where couples are mentally, physically, and spiritually prepared for parenting.
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It also impacts online pre-conception programs that help intended parents to identify, improve and maximize their conception chances. Camp activities include videos, lessons, tasks, assignments, weight management, counselling services, and specialist referrals, supported with six months of hand-holding coaching sessions.
Their other services include counselling and advisory services, emotional support, group coaching programs, nutrition, fertility detox, and access to financing.
The Precious Conceptions’ specialist referral programme provides treatments to aid spontaneous conception, IUI (artificial insemination), IVF (in vitro fertilization), and its variants, as well as, minimally invasive surgeries.
The firm also runs third party fertility solutions such as Ovum Donation, Gestational Surrogacy, Sperm Donation, and Embryo
Adoption, which they have successfully run in Nigeria for over five years.
To date, over 500 families have benefited from the educational and infertility awareness programs, as well as, counselling services.
With a sense of actualization, the firm currently has over 52 Precious Babies born to families that received help from the fertility firm.
Toyin’s surrogacy success story and the work she does through her fertility solutions consultancy have been severally aired by many media houses locally and internationally, and also credibly documented in her book: Mom, At Last, My 13 Year Journey.
The book is available in print and electronic versions, and readily accessible for purchase.
The book is available in print and electronic versions, and readily accessible for purchase.
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