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Love and Science Fertility — 130 episodes

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

2

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

3

Prolactin Levels Explained: How Elevated Levels Disrupt Ovulation and Fertility

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

Luteal Phase Defect Explained: Progesterone, Short Cycles & Fertility

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

Light in the Darkness: Finding Hope on the Fertility Journey

38

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

39

Practical Strategies to Feel Better Now with Dr. Kathy Gibney

40

An Unexpected Path to Family Building with Dr. Sarah Wittry

41

6 Strategies for Reclaiming Joy This Holiday Season

42

Navigating Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

Daring to Dream: Entrepreneurship and The Fertility Journey

47

Fertility Testing: My Nuanced Perspective

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

Why High-Quality Embryos Aren't Implanting

52

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

53

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

54

The Moving Goalpost of Children

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

Reclaim Your Life: Charting Freedom with Dr. Mary Leung

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

Demystifying IVF and FET Protocols

66

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

67

Stuck in Survival Mode? How to Thrive Through Infertility

68

Meeting Your Macro Goals with Dr. Sarah Stombaugh

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

OHSS: Prevention and Treatment

77

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

78

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

79

Accessing Your Inner Peace and Power with Dr. Rashmi Schramm

80

Making Everyday Decisions with Confidence During Your IVF Cycle

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

Fertility Awareness and Healing with Dr. Monica Minjeur

86

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

87

The Mind Body Connection: Getting Pregnant Despite the Odds

88

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

89

Where Did All of My Eggs Go?

90

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

91

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

92

Why Aren’t My Euploid Embryos Taking

93

When Your Period Won’t Come

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

Male Factor Infertility: Demystifying Sperm

99

The Fertility Journey is Harder Than I Thought (Encore)

100

Finally Good News: How to Support Your Friend with Infertility

101

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

102

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

103

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

104

Understanding Age, Fertility, and Ovarian Reserve Testing

105

Deciphering Embryo Grading: What's in a Grade?

106

The Fertile Friend: Part II

107

The Fertile Friend: Part I

108

How Gratitude can Up-Level The Fertility Journey

109

Focusing on What is Constant: Lessons Learned from the Beach

110

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

111

Honoring Birthdays While Undergoing Fertility Treatments

112

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

113

Moving Beyond Regret

114

Getting Grounded When You Feel Off-Kilter

115

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

116

Celebrating Pride and Navigating LGBTQ Family Building

117

Cultivating Authentic Hope During Your Fertility Journey

118

Father's Day: A Message of Comfort and Support

119

When No One Understands: Reducing Shame and Isolation

120

Secondary Infertility

121

Analysis Paralysis: Values-Based Decisions

122

Dealing with Bad News

123

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

124

Separating Fact from Fiction: Navigating The Rabbit Hole

125

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

126

How Love and Science Supports Women Professionals with Infertility

127

When the Fertility Journey Starts to Affect our Relationships

128

Transforming the Fertility Journey with Mindful Self Compassion

129

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

130

The Fertility Journey is Harder Than I Thought