Facilitating fertility

An episode of the Growing up WEIRD Podcast podcast, hosted by Guen Bradbury, titled "Facilitating fertility" was published on September 30, 2025 and runs 45 minutes.

September 30, 2025 ·45m · Growing up WEIRD Podcast

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Episode Description

In this episode, Greg Dickens and I are joined by Kirsten Karchmer, a health-tech pioneer and women’s health expert, and the founder and CEO of Conceivable Technologies. After helping more than 10,000 women in her clinic, she built one of the first AI-driven fertility platforms to tackle the hidden factors that keep women from getting and staying pregnant. Named one of the most innovative health startups, her work has been featured everywhere from TechCrunch to Fox News, and she’s built a community of over 300,000 women on TikTok.

Greg, Kirsten and Guen discuss period stigma, early-life influences on fertility, and how we can set children up for better fertility in adulthood. We discuss why menstrual health is such a sensitive marker of whole-body health, and how AI-based diagnostics and tracking enable more effective improvement of reproductive health. We discuss Kirsten’s technology, Conceivable OS, a science-backed digital platform that helps people optimize their fertility and overall well-being. It uses personalized tracking, evidence-based recommendations, and expert support to demystify reproductive health and make real improvements accessible to everyone.

For more information on setting children up for better fertility - try this article:

https://guenbradbury.substack.com/p/raising-fertile-daughters

Topics covered

* Does moisturising babies reduce their risk of eczema? [01:40]

* Should we all be taking lignan supplements? [07:06]

* How is AI doing at detecting breast tumours on mammograms? [09:15]

* Who is Kirsten Karchmer? [10:59]

* How is fertility built on a childhood foundation? [19:21]

* When should couples opt for IVF? [39:14]

These other podcast episodes cover overlapping topics

Notes

Simpson, Eric L., et al. "Emollients to prevent pediatric eczema: a randomized clinical trial." JAMA dermatology 161.9 (2025): 957-965. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12287936/ -

Kirsten’s socials:

* IG: https://instagram.com/conceivable.official

* LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kirstenkarchmer

* TT @yourfertilityexpert

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