Alex Jones trains as a fertility assistant at one of the leading fertility clinics in the UK, known for their world-renowned research and innovative technology.
During her second week on the job, she's put straight to work caring for patients coming in and out of theatre; fertility midwife Holly wastes no time in teaching Alex the ropes; here Alex meets familiar faces.
Alex is one month into fertility assistant training, now independently performs pregnancy scans.
Alex spends her first shift in Andrology learning about sperm analysis and storage techniques; She assists a patient who relies on donor eggs as their sole option for having children.
Alex has now been a trainee fertility assistant for two months and the gruelling schedule is starting to take its toll; Alex's first patients are from the world of theatre, thirty-seven-year-old actor Maria and her composer husband Ed.
Alex learns about the hormone injections that 3000 a year take at King's fertility to prepare their bodies for IVF; she meets 34 year old Sharlotte whose freezing her eggs to preserve her fertility.
Alex Jones
Self
Jo Scarratt-Jones
Producer