Brave & Curious with Dr Lora Shahine
By Dr. Lora Shahine
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Feb 8, 2022
Fantastic podcast; educational and supportive. Dr Shahine is compassionate and offers great advice. Very generous with her time to create this much needed resource
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Fertility, reproductive health, and wellness are deeply personal—and sometimes, deeply challenging. Brave & Curious is a space for open, honest conversations about the science, emotions, and decisions that shape our reproductive journeys.
Hosted by Dr. Lora Shahine, a double board certified OBGYN and reproductive endocrinologist, author, and advocate, this podcast blends evidence-based medicine with empathy and curiosity. Whether you're navigating infertility, exploring reproductive health, or simply seeking knowledge, this show will equip you with insights, expert interviews, and real stories to support your journey.
New episodes drop weekly—subscribe and join the conversation. Until next time, stay brave and curious.
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Ep 147 Men's Perspective on Infertility with Jared Walker
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Ep 146 Embryos from Skin Cells: Science and the Future with Dr. Paula Amato
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Ep 145 Dr. Shahine's Fertility Journey: Interview by Jennifer Edmonds
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Ep 144 Hair Loss in Women: Why and What You Can Do with Dr. Joyce Park
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Ep 143 DNA Surprises, Family Secrets, and Finding Belonging in One Big Happy Family with Actress and Writer Lisa Brenner
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ep 142 Fact Vs. Fiction on Fertility, Egg Freezing, and IVF Today with Dr. Lucky Sehkon
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Ep 141 Balance and an Eastern Approach to Fertility Care with Lorne Brown, Dr.TCM
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Ep 140 Amanda Knox: Sentenced to Infertility
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Ep 139 To Fly or Not to Fly and Other Travel Tips for Fertility
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Ep 138 Fertility Over 40: What You REALLY Need to Know About Conception, Testing & IVF
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Ep 137 CoQ10 and Fertility: What You Need for Egg and Sperm Health
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Ep 136 How Much Caffeine Is Too Much? Understanding Caffeine and Fertility
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Ep 135 You're Pregnant, Now What? Your Guide to the First Trimester
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Ep 134 Detox Your Home: Cleaning House with Lindsay Dahl
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Ep 133 Is Your Tilted or Retroverted Uterus Harming Your Fertility?
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Ep 132 Unicornuate Uterus: What It Means for Fertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Ep 131 Considering IUI vs. IVF: Which One is Best for You?
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Ep 130 Ovarian Cysts Explained: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Ep 129 Fewer Shots, Same Success: A New IVF Protocol with Dr. Linnea Goodman
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Ep 128 Clean Beauty and Skin Care with Jenna Levine
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Ep 127 Egg Freezing Top 10 Questions
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Ep 126 Normalize It with Dr. Jessica Zucker: Shame, Stigma & Women's Stories
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Ep 125 Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Trying to Get Pregnant
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May 27, 2025 |
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Ep 124 Your Surrogacy Questions, Answered: Myths vs. Facts with Mollie Huyck
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May 20, 2025 |
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Ep 123 Surrogacy Journey Step by Step Guide with Mollie Huyck
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep 122 Top Tips to Recover Fast from Your Egg Retrieval
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May 06, 2025 |
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Ep 121 Tips for Pelvic Floor Health with Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep 120 Top Tips to Prepare for Your Egg Retrieval
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Ep 119 Fertility Preservation: Should You Freeze Eggs or Embryos?
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Ep 118 Choosing the Right Prenatal Vitamin for You
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Ep 117 Semen Analysis Explained: What Your Results Really Mean
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Ep 116 Heavy Flow: What's Too Much & How to Help
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Ep 115 Introducing Brave & Curious with Dr. Lora Shahine
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Ep 114 Signs of Early Pregnancy: How Soon Can You Know
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ep 113 IVF Timeline: How Long Does it REALLY take?
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Ep 112 Top Tips to Boost Your Egg Quality
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Ep 111 Ten Types of Miscarriage and Why it Matters
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Ep 110 How Air Quality Affects Your Fertility and What You Can Do About It
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Ep 109 Your Embryo Transfer: What to Expect and Tips for Success
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Ep 108 The HSG Test: How to Prepare and What to Expect for Your Hysterosalpingogram
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Ep 107 Are You Ovulating? Key Signs and Symptoms to Know for Sure
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Ep 106 Implantation Bleeding vs Periods: How to Tell the Difference
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Ep 105 Surviving the Two-Week Wait: Coping Strategies and Insights on Infertility
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Ep 104 A New Year, A New Fertile You: 5 Steps to Take Now
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Ep 103 Stop Telling Me It's 'In My Head'': It's NOT Hysteria with Author Karen Tang
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Ep 102 Endometriosis Explained: Learn How to Advocate for Your Care with Dr. Karen Tang
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Ep 101 Setting Boundaries & Navigating Others' Expectations for Your Fertility with Jennifer Edmonds
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Ep 100 From Miracle to Milestone: The World's First IVF Baby Louise Joy Brown Shares Her Story
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Ep 99 Thoughtful Gift Ideas for Loved Ones Facing Infertility
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Ep 98 Weight Loss Drugs and Fertility: What You Need to Know with Dr. Spencer Nadolsky
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Ep 97 Safer Skincare for Fertility and Pregnancy: Essential Tips with Dermatologist Dr. Heather Rogers
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Ep 96 Protecting Yourself from Surrogacy Scams with Dr. Brian Levine
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Ep 95 Caffeine & Your Fertility: Does It Really Matter?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Ep 94 One and Done? The Benefits and Drawbacks of Having an Only Child with Author Lauren Sandler
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Ep 93 Return to Hope After Stillbirth with Dr. Kiley Hanish
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Ep 92 Roller Coaster of Emotions After Miscarriage and Stillbirth
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Ep 91 The Future of Miscarriage Treatment with RPLA founder Megan Hanson
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep 90 Two Years Post-Roe: Current State of Reproductive Rights in the US
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Ep 89 Promise vs. Reality: Egg Freezing with Author Natalie Lampert
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ep 88 How to Get an Accurate Pregnancy Test Result EARLY
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Ep 87 Alabama Was a Warning: Fertility Law and Politics with Attorney, AshLeigh Meyer Dunham
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Ep 86 Support After Miscarriage with Author, Therapist, and Speaker Lindsey Henke
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Ep 85 Balancing Act: Career, Family, and Infertility with Dr. Joyce Park
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Ep 84 Five Tips for Getting Pregnant After 40
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Ep 83 Ectopic Pregnancy Explained
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Ep 82 What You Need to Know About the First Trimester
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Ep 81 Can CoQ10 Help You Get Pregnant Faster?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Ep 80 Finding Safer Products with Lanning Ardente: Let Sorette Do the Research for You
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Ep 79 Top Tips for Nausea & Vomiting in Pregnancy
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Ep 78 The Hard Choice of Choosing to Live Child-Free
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Ep 77 Pride in LGBTQI+ Family Building with Drs. Stephanie Rothenberg and Darcy Broughton
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Ep 76 Anxiety Solutions with Somatic Trauma Professional Parijat Deshpande
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Ep 75 Father's Day with Infertility: Challenges & Coping Skills with Dr. Erica Bove
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Ep 74 Fighting to Protect IVF with Barbara Collura, Head of RESOLVE, Part 2
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Ep 73 Fighting to Protect IVF with Barbara Collura, Head of RESOLVE, Part 1
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May 28, 2024 |
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Ep 72 Infertility Changes You ... with Jesse and Doug from Infertility Feelings Podcast
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May 21, 2024 |
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Ep 71 The Real Price of Fertility Treatment: Financial Planning with Angela Rastegar From Sunfish
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May 14, 2024 |
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Ep 70 Mother's Day with Infertility and Miscarriage: Tips for Coping, Surviving and Thriving
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May 07, 2024 |
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Ep 69 Marijuana and Reproductive Health: What You Need to Know
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Ep 68 Are your candles toxic for your fertility? Learn from Tristan Weholt from RoxHill Candle Company
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Ep 67 Third Party Fertility Misconceptions with Center for Family Building Founder, Lisa Schuman, LCSW
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ep 66 Are At-Home Inseminations Right for You?: Learn with Maureen Brown Founder of Mosie Baby
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Ep 65 Busting Fertility Myths with Lisa Schuman, LCSW
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep 64 Understanding Endometriosis Signs and Symptoms
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Ep 63 Are IVF babies endangered?: Perspective on the threat to IVF from the first IVF Baby in the US: Elizabeth Carr
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep 62 Miscarriage Support You REALLY Need with Early Pregnancy Loss Association Founder Emily Carrington
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Ep 61 Holding Both The Family You Have and Hope for Another Baby: Secondary Infertility with Allie Karagozian
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep 60 "There is No Heartbeat" What's Next and Options after a Diagnosis of Missed Miscarriage
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Ep 59 Getting to Baby with Nutrition, Diet, and Foods for Fertility with Authors Angela Thyer, MD and Judy Simon, RD
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Ep 58 How Did the Pineapple Become a Symbol of Hope for the Fertility Community?
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Ep 57 Is Needle-less Acupuncture the Latest Fertility Breakthrough?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep 56 Can a Fertility Coach Help You Get Pregnant? with Ceire Nevins
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Ep 55 One Test at a Time: Explaining the Confusing World of Genetic Testing in Fertility and IVF
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ep 54 Talking Fertility Treatment and Challenges with Fertility Influencer Adelaide White
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Ep 53 Exercise and Trying to Conceive: Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ep 52 To Drink or Not to Drink: All About Alcohol and Fertility
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ep 51 Family Fertility, Courage, Curiosity, Balance & More from a Woman Wiser than Me: My Mother
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Ep 50 Over 25 Years of Taking Charge of Your Fertility with Author Toni Weschler
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Ep 49 Olympic Champion Figure Skater to Fertility Advocate: What Tara Lipinski Learned while Unexpecting
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Ep 48 Tips for IUI Success
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Ep 47 Weight and Fertility: Optimizing Health NOT Restriction and Shame with Dr. Stephanie Fein
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Ep 46 Tips for Surviving and Thriving Thanksgiving with Infertility
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Ep 45 Yoga for Fertility with Author and Yoga Instructor Lynn Jensen
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Ep 44 Listen to Women: Lessons Learned from The Retrievals
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Ep 43 Preventing and Treating OHSS: A Scary IVF Risk
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Ep 42 Busting Fertility Myths with Angel Investor and Author Leslie Schrock
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Ep 41 Tips for Choosing a Sperm Donor with Seattle Sperm Bank's Director Angelo Allard
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Ep 40 Chris Charbonneau on Planned Parenthood and Reproductive Rights
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May 29, 2023 |
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Ep 39 Dr. Lee Hullender Rubin on Acupuncture and Fertility
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May 22, 2023 |
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Ep 38 Mikki Morrissette on Choosing Single Motherhood
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May 15, 2023 |
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Ep 37 Brett Russo on Her Memoir About IVF
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May 08, 2023 |
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Ep 36 Dr. Lariah Edwards on Environmental Toxins and Fertility
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May 01, 2023 |
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Ep 35 Louise Brown on Being the First IVF Baby
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Ep 34 Arden Cartrette on Pregnancy Loss
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Ep 33 Alison Prato on Secondary Infertility
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Ep 32 Dr. Temeka Zore on the Two-Week Wait
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Ep 31 Chiemi Rajamahendran on Intimacy and Grief
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Ep 30 Jessica Valant on Fitness and Fertility
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Ep 29 Kellee Stewart on Fertility Advocacy and Education
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Ep 28 Andrea Helton León on the Taboo of Infertility
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ep 27 Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo on Celebrity Fertility News
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Ep 26 Sarah Herron from The Bachelor on Mental Health and IVF
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Ep 25 Tarun Verma on His Infertility Film "Conception"
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Ep 24 Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh on Egg Freezing
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Ep 23 Samantha Busch on Surrogacy and Infertility Advocacy
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Ep 22 GG from Shahs of Sunset Shares Her Fertility Journey
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Ep 21 Amanda Knox on Fertility and Incarceration
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Ep 20 Separating Fact from Fiction with COVID-19 and Fertility
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Ep 19 Environmental Toxins and Reproduction Health: Potential Countdown to Human Extinction with Dr. Shanna Swan
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May 25, 2022 |
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Ep 18 History and Perspective of Assisted Reproduction from Living Fertility Legend Dr. Cappy Rothman
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May 18, 2022 |
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Ep 17 Sperm Donation: Myths vs. Reality from a Sperm Donor
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May 11, 2022 |
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Ep 16 Surrogacy: Finding Purpose and Fighting Misconceptions with Eloise Drain
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May 04, 2022 |
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Ep 15 Men Matter: The Other Half of Infertility from Male Fertility Expert Dr. Paul Turek
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Ep 14 Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis: Fighting Misconception and Finding Hope with Pelvic Pain Specialist Dr. Sonia Bahlani
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Ep 13 Love Makes a Family: An Adoption Story with Cathie Quillet
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Ep 12 Against the Odds: Having a Baby Naturally After Failing IVF with Kaci Aitchison Boyle
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Ep 11 Mental Health and Emotional Wellness Through Infertility with Dr. Ali Domar from Harvard University
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Ep 10 When Infertility is the Man's Fault with Laura and Jon Summers from Infertility Man
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Ep 9 IVF is Not Like Ordering Off A Menu and Other Celebrity Misconceptions with Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ep 8 Validating Your Own Fertility Journey with Kaela McDougall from 'Infertile Mafia' Podcast
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Ep 7 When and How to See a Fertility Specialist with Dr. Natalie Crawford from Fora Fertility
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Ep 6 Lesbian Family Building Options with Jaimie and Robin from 'If These Ovaries Could Talk' Podcast
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Ep 5 Donor Egg Family Building with Dr. Shannon Clark from Babies After 35
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Ep 4 Black Women and Fertility: Less Judgement, More Understanding with Filmmaker Chiquita Lockley
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Ep 3 Are Fertility Support Groups Right for You? with Kim Nicholson from Resolve.org
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Ep 2 Closer to a Cure for Miscarriage with Dr. Ruth Lathi from Stanford University
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Ep 1 Introducing: Baby Or Bust
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Jan 05, 2022 |