The Egg Whisperer Show

One of the most common questions I get is, "Dr. Aimee, how can I improve egg, sperm and embryo quality?" We know that age, genetics and environment influence egg, sperm, and embryo quality. I've been searching for a diagnostic tool that monitors environmental exposures for my patients, and I'm so excited to have found that one exists.⁠ ⁠Dr. Jenna Hua of Million Marker joins me to talk all about the impacts of the environment on fertility. We will be talking about how plastics, BPA, and phthalates impact your fertility and reproductive health.⁠ 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.

I love getting your questions for Ask The Egg Whisperer. In this episode, Shereen from the Middle East sent in a great question. Here's what she want's to know, "What is your advice for women over 40 who are undergoing hormone induction and probably will do IUI/IVF vs COVID vaccine? Is it advisable to get the vaccine if a woman has future plans to have kids? Thanks, and God bless." My recommendation is get the vaccine. I want all my patients to be fully vaccinated. Fully vaccinated means is that they have had their second shot. If they're doing the two shot Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, you will want to have that second shot two weeks before their embryo transfer, and it's the same thing with doing an IUI. That's what I recommend. Tune in to hear my answer, and 9 other questions from listeners and followers. 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

In this episode of Ask The Egg Whisperer, Lisa from Florida sent in a great question. Here's what she want's to know, "I am currently TTC and taking a prenatal vitamin that includes choline (One A Day prenatal advanced). I have listened to your show and you often recommend CoQ10. Would it be beneficial for me to add C0Q10? Is it safe to take with prenatal vitamins?" The short answer to this question is that it's safe, and I recommend that all of my patients take CoQ10 until they are done having babies. You can listen to the rest of my answer in today's episode. Tune in to hear my answer to Lisa's question, and 9 other questions from listeners and followers. 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

In this episode of Ask The Egg Whisperer, Alexandria from Greece sent in a question. Here's what she asked, "I'm 45 years old, and I'm about to start my first IVF cycle. I want to give it one try only. My doctor prescribed Gonal F 450 for the first four days. It sounds like a very high dose to me. I know that in some countries the maximum dose they give is 300. I've read that older eggs tend not to like such high doses of gonadotropin. Is this true? I would love to hear your opinion." Tune in to hear my answer to Alexandria's question, and 9 other questions from listeners and followers. 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

As you know, I encourage all fertility patients to support themselves throughout their fertility journey from a mind and body perspective. I'm beyond delighted to have Alice D. Domar, Ph.D back on the podcast to talk about how to support fertility with mind/body strategies and techniques. She is the Executive Director of the Domar Centers for Mind/Body Health and the Director of Integrative Care at Boston IVF. She is an Associate Professor Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Domar established the first ever Mind/Body Center for Women's Health ~ as well as the very first Mind/Body Program for Fertility. She now teaches people strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, and distress through relaxation, mindfulness, cognitive restructuring, and yoga. Research continues to show that mind/body infertility programs not only improves psychological symptoms, but also increases pregnancy rates. We will be talking about all of this, along with her redesigned mobile app FertiCalmPro (which contains more than 500 solutions to the events and situations most likely to cause distress for anyone experiencing infertility). This discussion about the mind/body connection is so very important, because the mental and emotional strain on fertility patients is something that doesn't get enough attention. Be sure and check out Dr. Domar's books and resources for more information. 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.

Dr. Kate O'Leary joins Dr. Aimee to talk all about fertility treatment options for military families. As a former military doctor and Lieutenant Colonel with the US Air Force, she has expert fertility advice that today's men and women in the military need to hear. We're covering the infertility factors that are unique to men and women in the military, fertility treatment options for active military and veterans, and what those in the military can do to preserve their fertility. Knowing that there are unique stresses involved with serving in the armed forces, I'm especially interested in talking to her about how these brave men and women can grow their families with the support and love they deserve. View the full show notes on the 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.

Recently, Carrie wrote in to Ask The Egg Whisperer with a question. Here's what she she said, "Hi Dr. Aimee, Thanks for the incredible support you bring our community. I'm 39 and just had my first IVF cycle. AMH is 1.67. On day 9, they counted 25 follicles, but only 8 follicles measured above 11 mm. My protocol was "spontaneous antagonist." I'm feeling really discouraged that my follicles didn't grow in a more synchronized fashion. Is this common and is there anything I can do next time? I can't help but feel the remaining follicles that measured too small were just a waste." This can happen, and eight follicles is still pretty great. I share my thoughts about possible endometriosis and adenomyosis with Carrie. You can hear the whole explanation in this episode. Tune in to hear my full answer, and the answer to 9 other 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

Heidi recently wrote in to Ask The Egg Whisperer, and here is her question, "I had healthy baby boy end of February this year, no issues during pregnancy. He passed away two days after birth (birth asphyxia, umbilical cord around neck, too long labor, infection, placental abruption and C-section was done too late). I got pregnant naturally after TTC 10 months. I have also 19 year old son. I have regular cycle 28days, I'm healthy, no PCOS, miscarriages or other issues. I'm using prenatal vitamins, omega3, coQ10, Maca and Vitex, d-vitamin, iron, folic acid. Physically I've been healing from surgery really good, mentally it's been hard. I want to test my estrogen, progesterone, FSH, LH and iron levels but is it too early to test these because I was just pregnant? How fast hormone levels are getting back to normal after labor? My period came back 4 weeks after labor, they are normal and I ovulated already once." Take a listen and hear Dr. Aimee's thoughts on when you should have your hormone levels taken after labor. Tune in to hear my full answer, and the answer to 9 other 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 talk about the IVF Pyramid with all of my patients. It helps us visualize and prepare for what happens during IVF and what to expect. Today on the Egg Whisperer Show, I'm delighted to have the inventor of the IVF Pyramid joining me! So often in IVF, we talk about things in terms of depletion. What are you losing? For example, you start off with a certain number of eggs at the beginning of the cycle. That's called the antral follicle count. As the cycle progresses sometimes not all of those eggs grow. In the end, for example, you may gain two healthy embryos from twenty follicles and so it is a natural and normal human response to feel like something is lost and that something was taken away from you. I want to flip that on its head. Instead, you've started with twenty eggs from which you've now gained two embryos. So it took twenty follicles to get the two eggs from that cycle. Dr. Ezzati's pyramid makes this concept much easier to understand. I'm excited to have this conversation during National Infertility Awareness Week! Understanding your own personalized IVF Pyramid, and, focusing on what a patient gains during IVF are two ways we all can revolutionize the world of fertility medicine. It just takes talking about the whole process a little differently to help you know more, and I can't wait for you to hear how Dr. Ezzati explains it. The more you know, the better things will go. 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 this episode of The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm joined by Rick Zentler. Rick froze his eggs prior to beginning hormone replacement therapy. He dreams of being a father, and of having a large family one day. He is joining me to talk about his egg freezing experience. I'll be asking him about what fertility clinics could do to better assist and guide trans patients. I look forward to sharing this interview with you with the hope that it can improve fertility care for transgender individuals. Thank you, Rick, for joining me on the show to share about this very important topic! Support Rick at his Go Fund Me at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/transIVF 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.