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Love and Science Fertility
At Love and Science, we discuss all things fertility! We empower professional women to build their families with confidence and self compassion.
Episodes
66 episodes
Demystifying IVF and FET Protocols
Have you ever wondered why your REI made a certain choice for you on your IVF journey? Or why they kept the same protocol or chose a different protocol which none of your friends have tried? Or why different REI’s have different recommendations...
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Episode 66
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Father's Day: A Message of Comfort and Support (Encore)
Navigating Father's Day can be incredibly challenging when you're on a fertility journey. Join me, Dr. Erica Bove, as I offer heartfelt support and practical strategies to manage your emotions during this tender holiday. From stayi...
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Episode 65
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Stuck in Survival Mode? How to Thrive Through Infertility
Have you ever felt like you were merely surviving on the fertility journey? What would it feel like to thrive instead?In this episode I reveal my top 5 strategies for navigating the fertility journey (and life for that matter) i...
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Episode 64
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Bridge the Gap: Weight Optimization Strategies with Dr. Sarah Stombaugh
Have you been struggling with your weight along the fertility journey? Perhaps someone has even suggested a GLP-1, however you were worried about how this might affect your timing and potentially your future pregnancy?...
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Episode 63
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Doctor, Heal Thyself: Making Fertility Appointments as a Female Physician
Have you ever looked at an IVF calendar and wondered how you are going to make it all work?In today's episode, we discuss:The typical appointment schedule for oral cycles, IVF, and frozen embryo transfer protocols...
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Episode 62
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GLP1's and Infertility With Dr. Catherine H. Toomer
If weight concerns on the fertility journey are taking up your mental space, do not miss this episode.Dr. Toomer generously shares her own journey of navigating type 2 diabetes, an elevated BMI, and a potentially fatal diagnosis of heart...
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Episode 61
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Mother's Day: Strategies to Navigate with Agency and Self-Compassion (Encore)
Encore of the 2024 Mother's Day episode.Today we explore how to approach Mother's Day, which is this coming weekend. We discuss how our expectations can set us up for additional suffering, and how to handle triggers in the best way poss...
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Episode 60
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Mother's Day: Surviving the Day with Grace and Self Compassion
There's no way around it: Mother's Day is complicated for most people, especially while on the fertility journey. Truly, most people approach this day with trepidation and dread, however this robs us of our power.In today's episod...
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Episode 59
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Body Shame and Disordered Eating: How to Nourish Ourselves and Heal with Dr. Kara Pepper
For many of us, when things get stressful, the first thing we do is lean on old habits of body loathing and disordered eating. This becomes especially challenging on the fertility journey, however, when we know that egg health and the abilit...
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How to Have An Amazing Sex Life While Undergoing Fertility Treatments: with Dr. Sadaf Lodhi
Have you ever felt like sex is a chore while on the fertility journey? Or like you are so stressed about when to have sex and when to abstain, that any notion of an enjoyable and life-giving sex life is gone? If so, listen t...
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Episode 57
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The Fertility Journey is a Marathon: Wisdom from Dr. Michelle Quirk
Have you ever felt that your fertility journey is longer than you thought it would be? Or like you didn't realize how much inner strength and resilience you would need to keep showing up every day as a physician patient? My patie...
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Episode 56
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OHSS: Prevention and Treatment
Have you ever wondered how your REI chose your specific protocol, and how they think about reducing your chances of getting OHSS? Some people are more at risk for OHSS than others, and a lot can be done on the front end in terms of...
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Episode 55
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Adenomyosis: What is it, and why should we care?
We are told that the rate limiting step in IVF is usually embryo creation. However, we are also learning that the uterine environment needs to be optimal to allow for an embryo to implant and thrive. In this episode, I cover the fol...
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Episode 54
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A Year of Transformations: Happy Birthday to the Love and Science Podcast
I'm feeling all the feels--grateful, inspired, empowered. In this episode, we celebrate together! I discuss the wins that clients of mine have experienced, not just in terms of pregnancy success, but also in terms...
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Episode 53
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Accessing Your Inner Peace and Power with Dr. Rashmi Schramm
How many times has a test result or bad news completely destroyed your day or week? It's human nature to allow external events to influence our emotions and moods. However, there may be more tools available to help us through these times...
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Episode 52
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Making Everyday Decisions with Confidence During Your IVF Cycle
How are you feeling on the scale of overwhelm? Do you find yourself second guessing seemingly simple decisions such as what to eat and when (or when not) to have sex?If so, you're not alone. Every day I am asked dozens of questions a...
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Episode 51
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Maintaining Exercise (and Sanity) While Undergoing Fertility Treatment with Dr. Sara Ionescu
In this motivating and inspiring conversation with Dr. Sara Ionescu, we discuss:maintaining an exercise routine while undergoing fertility treatmentsmindset shifts which can help expand our definition of exerciseti...
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Episode 50
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I’ve Been Diagnosed with a Miscarriage: Now What?
Today we discuss a sad and sensitive topic: how to move forward after being diagnosed with a miscarriage.We discuss:the epidemiology of miscarriagethe treatment options once a miscarriage is diagnosedspecial...
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Episode 49
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Balancing Trust and Advocacy: How to be a Physician Patient and Get What You Need
Have you ever worried about being THAT patient, with too many questions and off-putting your REI? You don’t want to be a “difficult patient,” but you also feel you’re not quite getting what you need in terms of your fertility care....
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Embryo Banking: Should I Stay (Keep Banking) or Should I Go (Start Transferring)?
Perhaps you’ve been told the maxim that you need 2-3 euploid embryos per desired live birth before you can start transferring embryos. In this controversial episode, I challenge that thinking and provide my more nuanced view of thi...
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Fertility Awareness and Healing with Dr. Monica Minjeur
Please join us as we discuss how understanding our bodies can uplevel our fertility journey, wherever we're at in the process. We discuss:How understanding our bodies can increase our fertility both inside and out...
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Give Yourself Grace: A Reproductive Psychiatric Perspective with Dr. Marie Dona
Have you ever wondered if you have diagnosable anxiety or depression? Have you ever considered starting medications, however you didn’t want to negatively affect your fertility journey in any way? Have you ever wished that you weren’t bounced b...
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The Mind Body Connection: Getting Pregnant Despite the Odds
We have a very special guest today, Rosanne Austin. She is a former prosecutor turned fertility coach through a transformational journey when she was able to align her mind and body and conceive her son, against all odds. We will d...
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Uplevel Your Fertility Journey With Your “A” Team: Your REI, Your Fertility Coach, and the Love and Science Community
Are you sick and tired of fertility treatments not working? Are you stuck in a vicious cycle of hopelessness, despair, anxiety, and isolation? If so, today’s episode is for you. Listen to learn how you can bring togeth...
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