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Love and Science Fertility
At Love and Science, we discuss all things fertility! We empower physicians and other high achieving women to build their families with confidence and self compassion.
Episodes
Love and Science FertilitySetting Intentions in Your Fertility Journey: Reframing Loss, Hope, and Healing
In this episode of the Love and Science Fertility Podcast, Dr. Erica Bove explores the power of intentional reflection and goal-setting during the fertility…
Love and Science FertilityLight in the Darkness: Finding Hope on the Fertility Journey
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityEmotional Eating and The Fertility Journey: Embodying Self Trust with Dr. Trina Dorrah
Have you ever felt like you suffered in silence? Like no one else understood your situation or your struggles? Dr. Trina Dorrah is a certified physician coach…
Love and Science FertilityPractical Strategies to Feel Better Now with Dr. Kathy Gibney
What is the hardest part about forgiving ourselves? How can we better support physicians navigating trauma and burnout? Join us as we welcome the insightful…
Love and Science FertilityAn Unexpected Path to Family Building with Dr. Sarah Wittry
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science Fertility6 Strategies for Reclaiming Joy This Holiday Season
Is the holiday season, especially while navigating a fertility journey, stealing your joy? Learn practical, actionable strategies to manage stress, set…
Love and Science FertilityNavigating Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityEmpowering Women Physicians on the Fertility Journey with Dr. Sunny Smith
Love & Science Fertility was founded two years ago this November. I’m deeply grateful for everyone who listens to this podcast, trusts me to walk with them on…
Love and Science FertilitySo, Now What? Embracing a Childfree Life with Lana Manikowski
Have you ever wondered what will happen if your fertility treatments don't end up working? If at some point you decide to stop treatments and live a childfree…
Love and Science FertilityRheumatologic Disease and Infertility: A World of Possibility with Dr. Brittany Panico
Have you ever been told that your rheumatologic disease precluded you from trying to conceive? Or that the medications you needed were unsafe in pregnancy and…
Love and Science FertilityDaring to Dream: Entrepreneurship and The Fertility Journey
In this very moving and powerful episode, my mentor, Dr. Una, shares her wisdom so generously with our community. We discuss the following: her mission of…
Love and Science FertilityFertility Testing: My Nuanced Perspective
Can you really “test” your fertility? Is everything you’ve heard about fertility assessments kind of a myth? This week I’m revealing why “fertility testing”…
Love and Science FertilityOvercoming Decision Fatigue: How One Graduate Recentered and Became a Mother
Today's episode is very dear to me-- a Love and Science graduate shares her successful fertility journey. Although she joined less than a year prior to the…
Love and Science FertilityFeel Good In Your Own Skin During IVF with Dermatologist Dr. Laura McGevna
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityGut Health and Fertility: Integrative Healing with Dr. Vivian Asamoah
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityWhy High-Quality Embryos Aren't Implanting
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityTo PGT-a or not to PGT-a: Diving into the Science
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityFertility Docs Uncensored and The IVF Blueprint: The Long-Awaited Resource for Navigating IVF
Have you ever wondered if there was a guidebook for the IVF journey? Have you ever felt lost during the process, like there was no roadmap? For most women…
Love and Science FertilityThe Moving Goalpost of Children
Did you originally envision a large family with your spouse, and at this point you would be happy with 1-2 children? Or perhaps you are single with advanced…
Love and Science FertilityHow to Eat on the Fertility Journey: Learning and Unlearning with Dr. Rebecca Berens
If you're like me, you have a complex relationship with food and body image. Back in the day, I even had a diagnosable eating disorder and received treatment…
Love and Science FertilityReclaim Your Authentic Smile: Navigating Dental Health with Dr. Valerie Mukanga
Have you ever been diagnosed with a cavity and then realized your egg retrieval was only a week away? Or perhaps you were in the two week wait, and your…
Love and Science FertilityThe Microbiome: How it Affects Our Fertility Journey and Our Lives with Dr. Katrina Coulter
If you're like me, you didn't learn about the microbiome in medical school. Or if you did, perhaps it was a cursory review, and nobody ever discussed how it…
Love and Science FertilityFrom Micronutrients to Mental Health: A Holistic Approach with Dr. Ruth Odoi
Are you at your wits end with seemingly normal test results, however fertility treatments aren't working? Or perhaps you've been told that there are only mild…
Love and Science FertilityTime for Another Birthday? Seeing Ourselves with our Hearts with Dr. Jessie Mahoney
With the growth of the Love and Science community, it feels like we are always navigating a birthday in the group. This can be fraught with many complexities--…
Love and Science FertilityDone with Grit: How to Stop Overfunctioning with Dr. Kathy Stepien
What do we do when the strategies which have worked for us in the past are no longer serving us? We have gotten so good at overfunctioning, and yet we are…
Love and Science FertilityReclaim Your Life: Charting Freedom with Dr. Mary Leung
As a female physician, have you considered dropping to part time to make it all work? Have you tried a scribe or AI, or even "Thrive" courses (as I've done)…
Love and Science FertilityStressed about Stress? A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Stress Reduction with Dr. Chhaya Makhija
In this evidence-based and wisdom-filled episode, we discuss how there are many ways to use science to start to feel better and achieve better fertility…
Love and Science Fertility"It's The Group That Does The Healing." 7 Insights from the Love and Science Community
Today's episode goes into how support groups are the essential element to bridging people to parenthood. Ending isolation Renewing strength Celebrating the…
Love and Science FertilityMay It Be So: A Personal Account of the Fertility Journey with Dr. Chrissie Ott
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityDemystifying IVF and FET Protocols
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
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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…
Love and Science FertilityStuck 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…
Love and Science FertilityMeeting Your Macro Goals 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…
Love and Science FertilityDoctor, 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…
Love and Science FertilityGLP1'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…
Love and Science FertilityMother'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…
Love and Science FertilityMother'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…
Love and Science FertilityBody 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…
Love and Science FertilityHow 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…
Love and Science FertilityThe 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…
Love and Science FertilityOHSS: 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…
Love and Science FertilityAdenomyosis: 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…
Love and Science FertilityA 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…
Love and Science FertilityAccessing 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…
Love and Science FertilityMaking 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…
Love and Science FertilityMaintaining 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 treatments mindset…
Love and Science FertilityI’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 miscarriage the…
Love and Science FertilityBalancing 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…
Love and Science FertilityEmbryo 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…
Love and Science FertilityFertility 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…
Love and Science FertilityGive 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…
Love and Science FertilityThe 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…
Love and Science FertilityUplevel 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…
Love and Science FertilityWhere Did All of My Eggs Go?
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityDr. Isabelle Amigues: Hope Based on Science and the Power of Surrender
Join us today for a deep and inspiring conversation with Dr. Isabelle Amigues. What a beautiful way to conclude this year's podcast episodes by sharing her…
Love and Science FertilitySending Love and Light to Navigate the Holidays with Resilience and Joy
Most sentient humans have at least some complex emotions around the holidays. Today's podcast normalizes that complexity and provides tools for navigating the…
Love and Science FertilityWhy Aren’t My Euploid Embryos Taking
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap- a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months…
Love and Science FertilityWhen Your Period Won’t Come
Today we discuss three strategies to get through the horrible situation when your period won’t come. If this has ever happened to you, you know exactly how…
Love and Science FertilitySleep, Fertility, and the Power of Surrender with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown
Join us today as we share my guest appearance on Candid Conversations with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown. I decided to share this interview on my podcast as I get so…
Love and Science FertilityNavigating Uncertainty: A Palliative Care Perspective on the Fertility Journey with Dr. Faryal Michaud
Today Dr. Faryal Michaud shares her immense wisdom from years of taking care of patients with unexpected diagnoses and often at the end of life: the importance…