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Love and Science Fertility — 141 episodes

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You Deserve to Be a Patient: Caring For Yourself During Fertility Treatment with Dr. Tina Adams

2

The Long Road to Surrender: Dr. Rachel Welbel's Fertility Journey

3

IVF Isn’t Working: Now What?

4

From Vice Chair to Whole Human Health: Identity, Burnout, and Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Annahieta "AK" Kalantari

5

Making Fertility Treatment Decisions: A Framework for Choosing Your Next Step

6

Father's Day on the Fertility Journey: Tools for Getting Through the Weekend

7

Unlocking Creativity to Improve Fertility: Practical Strategies for Women Physicians, with Dr. Lara Salyer

8

Getting Through the Day: The Emotional Toolkit for Female Physicians with Dr. Shivana Naidoo

9

The Science of Stillness: How Mindfulness & Meditation Support Your Fertility Journey with Dr. Nirali Dubal

10

From Overwhelm to Freedom: How Female Physicians Are Transforming Their Fertility Journey and Their Lives

11

Planned Fertility Preservation: Everything You Need to Know About Egg & Embryo Freezing

12

Held Together: Motherhood, Medicine & Authentic Hope with Dr. Rebecca N. Thompson

13

Fertility Testing Explained: What to Order, What to Skip, and Why

14

Prolactin Levels Explained: How Elevated Levels Disrupt Ovulation and Fertility

15

TSH & Thyroid Antibodies Explained: Why “Normal” Labs Can Still Affect Fertility

16

Surrogacy Explained: Real Story, Costs, and How to Become a Parent with Dr. Alyssa Small Layne

17

Why You’re Not Ovulating: LH Surge Problems in Busy Women (Fertility Explained)

18

FSH Explained: What Your Fertility Labs Really Mean (And What They Don’t)

19

How to Stay Empowered During Infertility, Miscarriage, and Uncertainty with Dr. Vanessa Calderon

20

AMH Levels in Female Physicians: Why Infertility Rates Are Higher Than You Think

21

Why Your Embryo Isn’t Implanting: The Truth About Endometrial Thickness & Uterine Lining

22

Fertility Supplements Explained: What Helps, What’s Unclear, and What Matters Most

23

Preconception Health, Pregnancy Anxiety, and New Parenthood With Integrative Pediatrician Dr. Kirin Palmer

24

The Truth About Progesterone Levels in Fertility, IVF, and Early Pregnancy

25

Environmental Toxins & Fertility: PFAS, Plastics, and What to Avoid

26

Luteal Phase Defect Explained: Progesterone, Short Cycles & Fertility

27

Chronic Stress, Inflammation & Egg Quality: How Immune Signaling Affects Fertility

28

Circadian Rhythms & Fertility: Sleep, Hormones, and Reproductive Outcomes

29

Can Stress Reduce IVF Success Rates? The Science Explained with Dr. Ali Domar

30

Interpreting Ovarian Reserve: AMH, AFC, FSH & Clinical Decision-Making

31

Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) Explained for Physicians: Ovarian Reserve, IVF Dosing & Clinical Applications

32

Ovarian Aging Explained: AMH, Egg Quality, and Actionable Strategies

33

From Burnout to Purpose: Nervous System Regulation, Trauma, and Protecting the Asset in Medicine | Dr. Mel Thacker

34

Anticipatory Grief, Parenting Through Uncertainty & Finding Joy in Hard Seasons | Dr. Tasha Faruqui

35

Endometriosis and Failed Implantation: Why High-Quality Embryos Don’t Stick | Dr. Sadikah Behbehani

36

Authentic Hope in Fertility Treatment: Staying Grounded When Outcomes Are Uncertain

37

Releasing Fertility Blocks: Human Design & Energy Healing | Dr. Stacey Cisneros-Frausto

38

PCOS & Infertility: How to Restore Ovulation Naturally | Dr. Angela Potter

39

Perimenopause & Infertility: Brain Fog, Hormones, and the Menopause “Awakening” | Dr. Tina Segocio

40

Fertility, Sex & Midlife Hormones: The Way to Personalized Care & Intimacy | Dr. Carolyn Moyers

41

Infertility, IVF & Physician Burnout: The Way to Heal Shame, Trauma & Survival Mode | Dr. Dympna Weil

42

100th Episode + Allergies, Asthma & Pregnancy: What’s Safe When Trying to Conceive | Dr. Kerry Reller

43

Why Personalized Fertility Care Matters: Precision Medicine and Patient-Centered IVF with Dr. Yemi Famuyiwa

44

Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI): A Physician's Journey Through Cancer, Hormones, and Healing with Dr. Esra Shermadou

45

Stress is Optional: Integrating Lifestyle Medicine and Coaching with Dr. Robyn Tiger

46

Why High-Achieving Women Struggle Most With Infertility and How to Start Thriving

47

Setting Intentions in Your Fertility Journey: Reframing Loss, Hope, and Healing

48

Light in the Darkness: Finding Hope on the Fertility Journey

49

Emotional Eating and The Fertility Journey: Embodying Self Trust with Dr. Trina Dorrah

50

Practical Strategies to Feel Better Now with Dr. Kathy Gibney

51

An Unexpected Path to Family Building with Dr. Sarah Wittry

52

6 Strategies for Reclaiming Joy This Holiday Season

53

Navigating Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers

54

Empowering Women Physicians on the Fertility Journey with Dr. Sunny Smith

55

So, Now What? Embracing a Childfree Life with Lana Manikowski

56

Rheumatologic Disease and Infertility: A World of Possibility with Dr. Brittany Panico

57

Daring to Dream: Entrepreneurship and The Fertility Journey

58

Fertility Testing: My Nuanced Perspective

59

Overcoming Decision Fatigue: How One Graduate Recentered and Became a Mother

60

Feel Good In Your Own Skin During IVF with Dermatologist Dr. Laura McGevna

61

Gut Health and Fertility: Integrative Healing with Dr. Vivian Asamoah

62

Why High-Quality Embryos Aren't Implanting

63

To PGT-a or not to PGT-a: Diving into the Science

64

Fertility Docs Uncensored and The IVF Blueprint: The Long-Awaited Resource for Navigating IVF

65

The Moving Goalpost of Children

66

How to Eat on the Fertility Journey: Learning and Unlearning with Dr. Rebecca Berens

67

Reclaim Your Authentic Smile: Navigating Dental Health with Dr. Valerie Mukanga

68

The Microbiome: How it Affects Our Fertility Journey and Our Lives with Dr. Katrina Coulter

69

From Micronutrients to Mental Health: A Holistic Approach with Dr. Ruth Odoi

70

Time for Another Birthday? Seeing Ourselves with our Hearts with Dr. Jessie Mahoney

71

Done with Grit: How to Stop Overfunctioning with Dr. Kathy Stepien

72

Reclaim Your Life: Charting Freedom with Dr. Mary Leung

73

Stressed about Stress? A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Stress Reduction with Dr. Chhaya Makhija

74

"It's The Group That Does The Healing." 7 Insights from the Love and Science Community

75

May It Be So: A Personal Account of the Fertility Journey with Dr. Chrissie Ott

76

Demystifying IVF and FET Protocols

77

Father's Day: A Message of Comfort and Support (Encore)

78

Stuck in Survival Mode? How to Thrive Through Infertility

79

Meeting Your Macro Goals with Dr. Sarah Stombaugh

80

Doctor, Heal Thyself: Making Fertility Appointments as a Female Physician

81

GLP1's and Infertility With Dr. Catherine H. Toomer

82

Mother's Day: Strategies to Navigate with Agency and Self-Compassion (Encore)

83

Mother's Day: Surviving the Day with Grace and Self Compassion

84

Body Shame and Disordered Eating: How to Nourish Ourselves and Heal with Dr. Kara Pepper

85

How to Have An Amazing Sex Life While Undergoing Fertility Treatments: with Dr. Sadaf Lodhi

86

The Fertility Journey is a Marathon: Wisdom from Dr. Michelle Quirk

87

OHSS: Prevention and Treatment

88

Adenomyosis: What is it, and why should we care?

89

A Year of Transformations: Happy Birthday to the Love and Science Podcast

90

Accessing Your Inner Peace and Power with Dr. Rashmi Schramm

91

Making Everyday Decisions with Confidence During Your IVF Cycle

92

Maintaining Exercise (and Sanity) While Undergoing Fertility Treatment with Dr. Sara Ionescu

93

I’ve Been Diagnosed with a Miscarriage: Now What?

94

Balancing Trust and Advocacy: How to be a Physician Patient and Get What You Need

95

Embryo Banking: Should I Stay (Keep Banking) or Should I Go (Start Transferring)?

96

Fertility Awareness and Healing with Dr. Monica Minjeur

97

Give Yourself Grace: A Reproductive Psychiatric Perspective with Dr. Marie Dona

98

The Mind Body Connection: Getting Pregnant Despite the Odds

99

Uplevel Your Fertility Journey With Your “A” Team: Your REI, Your Fertility Coach, and the Love and Science Community

100

Where Did All of My Eggs Go?

101

Dr. Isabelle Amigues: Hope Based on Science and the Power of Surrender

102

Sending Love and Light to Navigate the Holidays with Resilience and Joy

103

Why Aren’t My Euploid Embryos Taking

104

When Your Period Won’t Come

105

Sleep, Fertility, and the Power of Surrender with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown

106

Navigating Uncertainty: A Palliative Care Perspective on the Fertility Journey with Dr. Faryal Michaud

107

The Fertility Journey is Infuriating: Transforming Anger with Dr. Arpita Gupta DePalma

108

Endometriosis: What is it, and is it Negatively Affecting My Infertility Journey?

109

Male Factor Infertility: Demystifying Sperm

110

The Fertility Journey is Harder Than I Thought (Encore)

111

Finally Good News: How to Support Your Friend with Infertility

112

The Fertility Journey of a Trauma Surgeon: First Hand Wisdom and Perspectives

113

Stronger Together: How to Support Your Partner While You Undergo Fertility Treatments

114

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

115

Understanding Age, Fertility, and Ovarian Reserve Testing

116

Deciphering Embryo Grading: What's in a Grade?

117

The Fertile Friend: Part II

118

The Fertile Friend: Part I

119

How Gratitude can Up-Level The Fertility Journey

120

Focusing on What is Constant: Lessons Learned from the Beach

121

The Mind is a Garden: How to Uproot Limiting Beliefs to Create Our Dream Life

122

Honoring Birthdays While Undergoing Fertility Treatments

123

Thyroid Wisdom with Dr. Gibbs: What We Didn’t Learn in Medical School

124

Moving Beyond Regret

125

Getting Grounded When You Feel Off-Kilter

126

Happy 4th of July: Finding Freedom on the Fertility Journey

127

Celebrating Pride and Navigating LGBTQ Family Building

128

Cultivating Authentic Hope During Your Fertility Journey

129

Father's Day: A Message of Comfort and Support

130

When No One Understands: Reducing Shame and Isolation

131

Secondary Infertility

132

Analysis Paralysis: Values-Based Decisions

133

Dealing with Bad News

134

Mother's Day: Strategies to Navigate with Agency and Self-Compassion

135

Separating Fact from Fiction: Navigating The Rabbit Hole

136

When the Fertility Journey Affects our Personal Image and Relationship with Ourselves

137

How Love and Science Supports Women Professionals with Infertility

138

When the Fertility Journey Starts to Affect our Relationships

139

Transforming the Fertility Journey with Mindful Self Compassion

140

How Feeling Our Feelings Can Uplevel Our Fertility Journey and Our Lives

141

The Fertility Journey is Harder Than I Thought