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We are exposed to hundreds of thousands of chemicals each and every day. What impact is this having on our ability to create a healthy pregnancy? As my guest today, embryologist Lucy Lines explains, it has a big impact and we need to take action now. Lucy is an embryologist who likes to describe herself as a Fertility Educator and an IVF Advocate, with her sole purpose being to help women and couples find the information they’re searching for, in [...]

In this episode of the Conceive Baby Podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with one of my lovely patients Emily Gentles.   Emily started her fertility journey at 41 and was greeted with some pretty scary statistics about her chances. After failed IVF cycles and miscarriage, it felt like a near impossible task. Emily is kindly sharing her story to help others who are on their journey to pregnancy over 40.   Emily he openly shares • The challenges [...]

In this episode, I welcome Dr. Tamara Hunter, a Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (CREI) based in Perth. Dr Hunter is dedicated to identifying and addressing reproductive health concerns and guiding her patients through personalized treatment options. We discuss the updated ESHRE guidelines on recurrent implantation failure and implantation failure testing and treatment. Dr Hunter shares her insights into these updates around recurrent implantation failure. We discuss • What the new guidelines really mean for you • Which [...]

Sponsored by Zycia Natal Nutrients In this episode, I welcome back the lovely Dr. Genia Rozen. Genia is a Gynaecologist and Fertility specialist based in Melbourne, Australia. She has a special interest in in medical fertility preservation, and she is the deputy head of the Fertility Preservation Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital. Genia, in collaboration with her colleagues recently published a paper titled, ‘The ovarian hyperstimulation that truly matters: Admissions, severity and prevention strategies’ and she kindly shares her [...]

Sponsored by Zycia Natal Nutrients In this interview, I have the pleasure of speaking with a guest who I have had on the podcast many years ago. Cath Corcoran is an experienced psychologist, with an interest in conscious conception for the past 18 years, and working in the infertility space specifically for the past 11 years. Cath has been a pioneer in Australia facilitating therapy and psychological support for people trying to conceive both naturally and with assisted fertility. As [...]

Sponsored by Zycia Natal Nutrients In this interview, I have the pleasure of speaking with reproductive researcher Dr Jess Dunleavy about her latest research uncovering the root cause of male factor infertility and how you can optimise sperm health. Dr Jess Dunleavy is a Research Fellow in the Male Infertility and Germ Cell Biology lab in the School of Biosciences at The University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on understanding the fundamental mechanisms that drive sperm production, with relevance [...]

Sponsored by Zycia Natal Nutrients In this interview, I have the pleasure of speaking with Tara Nelson, a Naturopath, Herbalist, Nutritionist, Author, Mentor, Speaker, Educator, and Thyroid Specialist. With an impressive three decades of clinical experience, Tara has dedicated her career to helping patients in all aspects of thyroid health, from hypo and hyperthyroidism to thyroid nodules, thyroid cancers, autoimmune conditions, and post thyroidectomy support. Drawing from her extensive experience working with countless thyroid patients and her personal journey, including [...]

Sponsored by Zycia Natal Nutrients In this episode of the Conceive Baby Podcast I have a very special guest joining me. A guest a little different to my normal expert guests, but one that you have told me you would like to hear from. And that is one of my beautiful patients. Felicity is 46. She started her fertility journey when she was 39. And it certainly wasn’t an easy journey. Felicity was referred to me by her Fertility Specialist [...]

Sponsored by Zycia Natal Nutrients In this episode of the Conceive Baby Podcast we’ll be talking about a couple of the more advanced IVF technologies being used particularly for male fertility issues – specifically ICSI and IMSI. We will cover what they are, when and why they might be used as well as the benefits and draw backs compared to standard IVF. To help us understand more about these technologies, I’m speaking with Fertility Specialist Dr Daniel Lantsberg. Daniel is [...]

Sponsored by Zycia Natal Nutrients In this episode we discuss a topic which is so important to creating a healthy pregnancy, a healthy family and healthy relationship, but it is often seen as a bit ‘taboo’. We know we need to have sex to make a baby and even if you are trying through IVF or assisted reproduction, intimacy and connection is still so important to maintain a healthy relationship, but unfortunately, it can so easily be lost when baby [...]