The Egg Whisperer Show

Being a fertility patient is like learning a new language. It's almost like you have to adopt a new vocabulary of only three-letter words. In today's Egg Whisperer Show podcast, I'm sharing about PGT. PGT = Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing When I talk about this to patients, one of the first reactions I get is that they think it's associated with a 100% pregnancy rate and a perfect healthy baby. The other myth I hear is that most think they don't need it because they don't have anyone in their family with chromosome issues. Both of these statements are myths. PGT is the closest thing to a crystal ball we have right now but it's still murky. It's the best that science has to offer to give us the highest chance for a healthy pregnancy but it has limitations: it only screens chromosomes, not genetic diseases, birth defects, or genes for autism. 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.

Regardless of who you see for fertility care, you deserve the best—personalized treatment. I realize that not everyone can come to see me, and I won't be around forever. This information is a valuable resource as you begin your fertility journey, whoever it is with and whenever it takes place. The inspiration behind this topic? Well—it started with some snooping. Several times each day, I hear my receptionist answer the phone and new patients on the other end asking what they can expect at a new patient consult. The mystery is about to be revealed! Let's go through what the first visit to a fertility doctor entails and how you can get the most out of it. 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.

I do this with my patients all the time. There's a lot of truth-telling that goes on in my office, and often myth-busting is necessary to get to the truth. Perhaps you can relate — there are so many headlines and hearsay stories about fertility. Do you struggle to disseminate between what is evidence-based and what is not? I don't care where you live or who your doctor is. My goal is to share what I know in the event that it's even the tiniest bit helpful to you and your fertility journey. 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 podcast I'm excited to have Jon Waldman as my guest. He is a Winnipeg-based writer talking to us about his recent book, Swimming Aimlessly: One Man's Journey through Infertility and What We Can All Learn from It. In 2009, Jon and his wife embarked on a six-year journey through infertility, which concluded in 2015 with the birth of their daughter. Jon is joining me to talk about his journey, and how infertility impacts men. I'm deeply grateful that he is sharing his story with the world, because we don't always hear about the impact that infertility has on men from an emotional and psychological standpoint. Infertility is so difficult for everyone involved, and Jon shares his story with authenticity, humor, and love. 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.

Recently, Jessica wrote in to Ask The Egg Whisperer. Here's what she says, "Have done 2 transfers back-to-back. Last one was a confirmed fail. I was told at that sonogram that my uterus is too large. I have had PCOS and had two surgeries, the last time was 5 years ago. She said that the average size of a uterus is 7cm x 3cm and mine was 7cm x 8cm and tilted. Do babies prefer condos to mansions?" I love this question and how Jessica has worded it! Here's the thing. If your uterus is enlarged, the one word that I'm thinking of is adenomyosis. So I would talk to your doctor about a pelvic MRI to see what is going on. The other thing that you can do is the ReceptivaDX test to see if there's any type of inflammation in the uterus (but remember: ReceptivaDX is not a test for adenomyosis .It may detect silent endometriosis. But if it comes back negative, it doesn't mean that you do not have adenomyosis.) There's no perfect test for adenomyosis. So, consider: Pelvic MRI, ultrasound findings, clinical signs and symptoms, and laparoscopically looking at the uterus. Those are the ways of figuring it out. Tune in to hear the full answer, and the answer to 10 other questions in this episode. 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 am so excited to have Tia Chapinski and and Daniella Virijevic on today's show. They are co-authors of "The Infertility Doula," which is a brand new book about everything you need to know about the fertility journey. Tia and Daniella met through RESOLVE. They wanted to find a way to share their experiences navigating their fertility journeys and came together to write this book. I hope you'll join us to hear about how to support yourself and others during a fertility journey, how you can continue to find hope even during hard times, and all about what it means to be an Infertility Doula. 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.

I'm excited to have Dr. Allen joining me today on the Egg Whisperer Show podcast to talk about surrogacy and how to have an emotionally healthy journey. She is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on working with fertility patients, and has a lot of experience counseling people who have chosen a surrogate as part of their journey. Surrogacy is for everyday people who want to grow their family, but they are unable to do that with their own uterus for a number of reasons. In this interview, Dr. Allen and I talk about how we help patients focus on ways to keep the surrogacy relationship peaceful and harmonious. While any relationship can have challenges, this discussion will teach you everything you need to know to keep this special relationship special and beautiful for everyone involved. 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.

Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a procedure commonly done in fertility clinics around the world. We place the sperm inside the uterus, close to the fallopian tubes. If you're going to do IUI treatment, you want it to work. Tune in as I break down the steps to give you the best chance of success at IUI. I'll take you through what I typically do with my patients to give you insight into what you can expect! 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.

If you're one of my patients you'll know which egg quality supplements and sperm quality supplements I want you to be on. I spell it out. I will tell you the doses too. I also make my recommendations as far as which brands to get. But if you're not my patient, I want you to learn from this too. No matter where you live in the world, no matter which brands you have access to, there is a way for you to create your own egg (or sperm) quality regimen too. If you want to hear it all, and get more information about improving your egg quality, 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.

Would you like to learn how to get pregnant, The Egg Whisperer Way? What you learn from this show has the potential to change your life forever. Ask yourself: What do I want? Be specific. ex) I'm 32 years old and I want to have a baby. I want to do it naturally. What is it going to take to get what I want? ex) It's going to take knowing my fertility diagnosis first (enter the TUSHY Method), having a healthy lifestyle, taking prenatal vitamins, getting preconception tests done, and having sex. Am I willing to do it? If you're not willing to do the things to get what you want, then you have to change #1. If at 37 someone says they want three kids and then I ask them what it's going to take to get what they want. Some people know what it will take. Others may not. Is your plan reasonable? Want to learn more? You can read the full article on my website. 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.