The Egg Whisperer Show

Jennifer sent in a great question to "Ask the Egg Whisperer." She is 38, and from Seattle. Here's what she wrote," Hi Fertility Queen, you are the BEST! I'm 38 years old & diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. I've been through 5 rounds of IVF and have 2 5AA frozen embryos right now. My husband and I want 2 kids therefore tried to bank another embryo but the 5th round failed therefore we are moving on to a FET. I did a mock transfer and the BCL6 from the Receptiva came back positive therefore we are doing 2 Depot Lupron shots a month apart prior to the real transfer. My environment is good (healthy eating, lots of exercise, limited toxins in our beauty and cleaning products, great therapist). I'm taking a Prenatal with folate and DHA, Vitamin D, & Vitamin E. Are there any other supplements I should take? I've heard NAC may be good for endometriosis. Is there anything else I can do to prepare for this transfer? I am willing to do whatever it takes to help my pregnancy chances. Thank you so much!" The brief answer for Jennifer is this: 1. Have you done the ERA test on the two embryos you have? 2. Do you have symptoms of endometriosis? Consider the ReceptivaDX test, as it can determine if you might have silent endometriosis. 3. What other medications does your doctor have you on in addition to Depot? Tune in to hear my recommendations, and what I do for patients in similar situations, along with my answers to ten other listener questions. Tune in for my full answer, and the answer to other listener questions. To submit your own question to Dr. Aimee for a future episode of Ask The Egg Whisperer, click here. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School

Recently, Sarah sent in a question for "Ask the Egg Whisperer." She is 35, and from Dubai. Here's what she asked, "What are your thoughts on fish oil as a supplement for IVF (egg quality), as a prenatal, and during pregnancy? I do not think I saw it mentioned on your blog along with the other supplements and I haven't heard you mention it to anyone during your podcasts." My short answer? I definitely recommend fish oil and it's in most of the prenatals out there. And the prenatals that I recommend as well to my patients have fish oil in them too. You can tune in to hear my full list of recommended supplements. Tune in for my full answer, and the answer to other listener questions. To submit your own question to Dr. Aimee for a future episode of Ask The Egg Whisperer, click here. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School

Today on The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm sharing The BALLS Method. We've got the TUSHY Method for the gals, and the BALLS Method is a super easy mnemonic that makes it easy to remember the five things you need to know if your sperm count is low. So, tune in to hear me talk more about these important considerations for the guys: B = Background genetics (sperm DNA frag, chromosome analysis, Y chr microdeletion) A = Anatomy (varicocoele) L = Labs (hormones like testosterone) L = Lifestyle (alcohol, marijuana, medications, body size, exercise + nutrition) S = Sex life (get help for erectile dysfunction) Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

1 in 4 pregnancies end with miscarriage, and when someone has two or more clinical pregnancy losses, it is defined as recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Dr. Dana McQueen of University of Chicago joins the show to talk about the research they are doing to better understand RPL, it's causes, it's impact, and it's emotional toll. In this episode Dr. Aimee and Dr. McQueen discuss: - when chromosomal testing is recommended after RPL - what defines recurrent pregnancy loss - the workup recommended for RPL - the relationship of age and RPL - DNA fragmentation tests - removal of polyps or fibroids - IVF and RPL - the emotional and psychological impacts of RPL for patients Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

On today's podcast episode, I'm going to be sharing how you can prevent infertility. No one gets married (not that you need to be married to have a baby) and says, "I can't wait to see Dr. Aimee and have fertility issues." And that's why I'm doing tonight's episode. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

Today on The Egg Whisperer Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Banafsheh Kashani, a fertility doctor from Eden Centers for Advanced Fertility. If you're looking for answers to your fibroid questions, this is the podcast episode for you. As a fibroid and fertility expert, Dr. Bana is sharing all of her knowledge with us about the impact of fibroids on fertility and pregnancy. Tune in and share widely as you will be extremely impressed by her wealth of knowledge on this topic. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

Today on the Egg Whisperer Show, I'm answering one of the most common questions I get from all of you: How can I improve embryo quality? And, I also very often get the questions of how could I improve egg and sperm quality too? I'm really excited to talk about this with you today!! The thing is this, there are three factors that influence egg, sperm and embryo quality that I want you to know about. Once you know about it, then you can do something about how these three things come into play in your life. And the three factors that I want you to know about are age, genetics, and environment. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

In a recent Ask The Egg Whisperer, Barbara from Cyprus sent in a question as she weights the options of IVF. Here's what she asked, "I am 37 years old and I have a 5 year old boy. For the last 1 year we have been trying to get pregnant for a second child. I tried to follow your TUSHY Method and I think I got most of it done. I had polyps removed, AMH is 1.92, FSH 10.2, thyroid is normal, sperm is very good, tubes are open. My doctor is suggesting to do IVF without trying IUI first because of my low AMH and my age. However, I am very reluctant and scared to try IVF as I feel that maybe there is something I can "fix" and conceive naturally. Am I being unreasonable? Should I just bite the bullet and do it or do you suggest anything else I could do or test before IVF?" This is such a great question, and I totally get it. If I could help every single person get pregnant without IVF, I would do it. My guess is that your doctors don't want you to waste your precious time. They don't want to take your fertility for granted and they want to move forward with the healthy exit you have at the age of 37, it's harder to get pregnant with a healthy egg. However, given your history, you probably still have a really good chance of having a healthy pregnancy and could IUI work with you. But, it might be more efficient to go right to IVF first. And that's something that I recommend to everyone who is 37 and above. However, if your gut is telling you to consider IUI first, just do one or two rounds of it. If it doesn't work, then you can go to IVF. Make sure that you share your priorities with your doctor and that they also understand those priorities. Tune in for my full answer, and the answer to other listener questions. To submit your own question to Dr. Aimee for a future episode of Ask The Egg Whisperer, click here. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School

I'm honored to be joined by Dr. Carol Burton, who is a reproductive biologist practicing clinical embryology. Her active research interests span reproductive biology, from basic embryology to cutting edge artificial intelligence applications for IVF. She is the founder of ARTCompass, which is a free open source image based embryology survey tool, and she is the recent author of The Thin Pink Line: Regulating Reproduction. Her book is truly all about empowering people by educating them about present-day drivers of access, structural inequality, and quality of care issues in reproduction. I am glad that Dr. Burton is bringing them to light so we can address them and change things. No discussion of infertility would be complete without this discussion.

Today, I have one of my dearest friends and one of the most famous fertility doctors in the world here for an interview, Dr. Julie Lamb. She's here to talk about her recent publication, The Fertility Experts' Guide to Egg Freezing: Everything You Need to Know About Putting Your Fertility on Ice. Basically, every single person out there who is thinking about freezing their eggs needs to get this book from the very start. I'm so excited to get to have her on the show to talk about egg freezing, fertility preservation, finding the right clinic for your journey, and the step by step process of egg freezing. Click here to get the full show notes and transcript Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.