Love and Science Fertility

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

This week Dr. Erica is joined by Dr. Annahieta Kalantari ("Dr. AK"), a double board-certified emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine physician and founder of Whole Human Health and Well-Being. After years of climbing the academic ladder — vi...

July 02, 2026 • 41:14

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

Choosing the next step in your fertility journey can feel overwhelming — IUI or IVF? Wait or escalate? Dr. Erica breaks down the exact framework she uses with her patients and clients to cut through analysis paralysis and make evidence-based, v...

June 25, 2026 • 43:23

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

Father's Day can hit differently when you're in the middle of a fertility journey. Whether you're navigating it as a couple, as a male partner who is secretly dreading the weekend, or as someone supporting a loved one through it — this episode ...

June 18, 2026 • 41:11

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

In this insightful interview, Dr. Laura Salyer and Dr. Erica Bove explore the intersection of creativity, nervous system regulation, and healing in healthcare professionals, especially women physicians on the fertility journey. They discuss pra...

June 11, 2026 • 51:02

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

In this deeply personal and practical episode, Dr. Erica welcomes child psychiatrist and founder of Do Better MD, Dr. Shivana Naidoo, for a conversation that goes far beyond the clinical. Dr. Naidoo is the host of Thinking It Through with D...

June 04, 2026 • 45:20

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

In this episode, Dr. Erica sits down with Dr. Nirali Dubal — board-certified pediatrician, ICF-certified life coach, and certified mindfulness meditation teacher — to explore how mindfulness and meditation can support high-achieving women on th...

May 28, 2026 • 45:55

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

In this inspiring episode, I sit down with my mentor, Dr. Unachukwu, founder of the EntreMD Business School, to talk about what happens when physicians stop playing small and start building businesses around their gifts.Dr. Una shares ho...

May 21, 2026 • 55:12

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

Thinking about freezing your eggs — or counseling patients who are? As female physicians, we're often the last to prioritize our own fertility. This episode is your concise, evidence-based guide to planned fertility preservation, from someone w...

May 14, 2026 • 27:08

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

This Mother's Day, we're sitting with the hard and the hopeful. Dr. Erica Bove welcomes Dr. Rebecca N. Thompson — family medicine and public health physician, and author of Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfe...

May 08, 2026 • 52:16

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

In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, Dr. Erica Bove walks through her complete framework for evaluating fertility — including which tests she routinely orders, what each one actually tells her, and which expensive panels are often...

May 07, 2026 • 14:20

Prolactin Levels Explained: How Elevated Levels Disrupt Ovulation and Fertility

If your cycles are irregular, ovulation is inconsistent, or something just feels off — prolactin may be a missing piece.In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, we break down prolactin, a hormone that is often misunderstood, so...

April 30, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 4 • 7:22