Your Fertile Years - What You Need to Know to Make Informed Choices by Professor Joyce Harper
Your Fertile Years - What You Need to Know to Make Informed Choices by Professor Joyce Harper

Your Fertile Years

When Joyce was in her twenties she started working in the field of fertility and she often had conversations with friends about their bodies and their fertility.  At this time she read ‘Ourbody, ourselves’ and felt it was a book that every woman should read…

Your Joyful Years

In Your Joyful Years, Professor Joyce Harper provides an empowering, evidence-based guide to thriving beyond 50. Moving past the menopause, this book reframes later life as a vibrant new beginning—a time to rediscover purpose and prioritise self-care. Combining 40 years of scientific expertise with the candid wisdom of 50 inspiring women, Professor Harper offers a reassuring roadmap to health, happiness, and living authentically. This is the essential second book in her life-stage trilogy, proving that your best years are still to come.

Professor Joyce Harper
Professor Joyce Harper

Books & Publications

Your Joyful Years (Published March 2026)

In this empowering and evidence-based guide, Professor Joyce Harper explores the vibrant decades beyond age 50. Drawing on 40 years of scientific expertise and the candid wisdom of 50 inspiring women, the book reframes post-menopause as a powerful new beginning. It provides a roadmap for navigating this pivotal life stage with health, happiness, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Your Fertile Years

This comprehensive guide covers the reproductive journey from the first menstrual cycle through to the menopause. It offers practical, science-backed chapters on maintaining health, understanding the cycle, sex and contraception, STIs, pregnancy, and infertility (including causes, tests, and treatments). It serves as an essential manual for making informed choices about reproductive health.

  • Publisher: John Murray Press / Sheldon Press

  • Price: £14.99

  • ISBN-13: 9781529356274

Textbooks and Ongoing Research

In addition to her trade books, Joyce has authored two definitive academic textbooks on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis:

  • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (Wiley, 2001)

  • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (Cambridge University Press, 2010)

She is currently developing a new book focused on global women’s health issues, spanning the entire life course from puberty to the menopause.

Professor Joyce Harper

Scientific Papers

Joyce Harper international talks and lectures
Joyce Harper international talks and lectures
Joyce Harper international talks and lectures
Joyce Harper international talks and lectures
Joyce Harper international talks and lectures
Joyce Harper international talks and lectures