Fringe Fertility Podcast with Kerry Hinds

In this conversation, Iris shares her personal fertility journey, discussing the challenges and triumphs of becoming a parent later in life. She emphasizes the importance of community support, navigating relationships during infertility, and the health and lifestyle changes that can impact fertility. The discussion also touches on the emotional aspects of parenting through perimenopause and the si...

Food, eating, and nutrition are a huge topic of conversation when it comes to fertility. As it should be! But like most things in the fertility world - we are not meant to try and figure everything out ourselves. You are already overwhelmed with the journey itself, so finding support is so important - no one expects you to also be a nutritionist or dietician! People go to school for this and study...

The conversation you’re about to hear is a really special one. If you've ever felt a little lost when trying to make heads or tails of all the holistic and traditional practices that are supportive to fertility, then I think you will find this conversation illuminating. Today I speak with Michelle Oravitz. Michelle brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective to the fertility conversation, esp...

Often our first stop on the fertility train is western medicine and the IVF clinic. When getting pregnant takes longer than we thought, or we know of a certain condition that will make pregnancy a little more difficult - we are looking for answers. I believe that support in the clinic and outside of the clinic with mind/body practices can be extremely complimentary. So  then, what do reproductive...

Ayurveda is a practice, tradition, and discipline that is often shrouded in mystery. I think this episode will shed some light on what Ayurveda is and how it can be helpful for your fertility. I talk with my friend Bethany who has a story to tell! Bethany Gadbois has been on a self-healing journey since 2016. Enduring hardships and overcoming the impossible have brought her to where she is today....

What a treat this episode is as you get an insider peak of how and why the On Fertile Ground Fertility Retreat was created! I have my co-creators on for this episode. Justine Cohen, Spirit Baby Medium, and Phoebe Lyman, Mercier Therapist and Conscious Conception Coach. We break down the retreat for you and how we are coming together with the collective goal of embracing fertility in all it's f...

This conversation is so valuable. It provides a blueprint to gently guide you through your fertility experiences and where your are vibrating at full force and where you could raise that vibration. It truly is a beautifully soft way to approach the whole mind, body, and spirit in the fertility journey. Lisa Erickson is an energy worker and meditation teacher specializing in women's energetics,...

As someone who has supported thousands of people going through IVF, a common conversation that I have is about injections. From not knowing how to do them, if they were measuring the right dosage, or why progesterone in oil hurts so much. My guest today takes the guess work out of injections in a variety of ways! Leyla Bilali is the Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer at Dandi. Leyla’s unique pe...

Welcome to Season 3! Starting off 2025 with one of my newer frameworks of fertility. Minimalist Fertility takes the concepts of minimalism and applies them to fertility. Why embrace a minimalist fertility perspective? With the noise of fertility, fertility treatments, and fertility boosting practices, we are overwhelmed with information, but underwhelmed with direction. Which is the best choice, w...

I love a good meditation - and this is one of my favorites - it's not necessarily a fertility meditation, but it is a good one for those who are trying to conceive. During the holidays - its important that we take care of ourselves, give our bodies the opportunity to rest, and our minds a moment to pause. This meditation leads through making a protective layer around yourself that you can use befo...

We hear a lot about nervous system regulation and managing stress when we are TTC and navigating our fertility journey. And although we seem to be very familiar with these concepts - understanding them and practicing them is definitely nuanced and not so straightforward.  So today you are going to get an amazing explanation of the nervous system and what trauma ACTUALLY is and how it shows up in y...

During the fertility journey there are a lot things that happen that would definitely fall into the shitty category. And often we are left with our own devices to figure out how to deal with them, move through them, and heal. This episode I resurrect an old blog post that I originally wrote about fertility and overcoming some of the challenges we meet with yoga, and then when I published it, it wa...

I have always wanted to do a podcast episode that would bring to you the male perspective of infertility - and finally, I have that episode for you. It was honestly quite hard to find a man who was willing to openly speak about their experiences. My guest today, Andy Lamb, is amazing, not just because he is so open to talk about his experiences, but he also provides support to other men who are de...

Have you ever been curious about how energy affects your fertility - or what we would call - Energetic Fertility? In that the vibrations that we're putting out in the world attract back the same vibration? The following conversation I had is all about that energy. And we talk deeply about perfectionism and people pleasing and how these affect fertility. We dig a little deeper into understanding wh...

Whether you're at the beginning of your fertility journey or deep into it, it's important to understand that what you're doing today for your fertility will impact your pregnancy and post partum period. And the post partum period can be quite different for those of us that have gone through fertility obstacles and pregnancy loss. So this is a MUST listen to now - because I truly believe that you w...

Navigating fertility struggles can feel like you are so alone. And we begin to feel isolated as we decline offers to baby showers and gatherings to avoid having to see happy babies and pregnant bellies. Finding the right community or support network while you're trying to conceive is so so important. So you can say all the things you're thinking and people will UNDERSTAND not judge. Today...

Flying solo again on this one! I love to talk about topics like this - it's my jam I'll describe the the difference between the 3 and why they are important to Fertility. Intrigued? Join the 40 days to Fertile Freedom program where you get support to do all of it! 40 Days to Fertile Freedom

We tend to overcomplicate everything as humans - and fertility is not an exception. Even though conception and pregnancy and birth is an intricate dance, the ways that we can support these processes are not complicated. We break down the process into tiny little boxes, and then try and control as much as can - forgetting that the functioning of a healthy and fertile body is not in the minutia - it...

Let's dive into Frozen Embryo Transfers and Yoga - because this is a topic that comes up a lot with my students. With all the effort, time, money, energy, and love you have put in to getting to this point in your journey - it is only natural that you would like to do everything possible to make it a success. Yoga can be an amazing support for this time - mentally/emotionally and also physicall...

Hearing about other women's stories can be inspirational and also a source of solace - know that you are not alone. And if you've been TTC for awhile and have been diagnosed with unexplained infertility - you are going to soooo relate to this episode. One of my former students - Tracy - was so brave to come on the show and share her story with me. Here's what is in the show: Being diag...

If you've ever belonged to a fertility facebook group - you're going to relate heavily to this episode. Building community around your fertility experiences is important - or as my guest says - THE most important thing. I go behind the scenes of a bustling Fertility Facebook Group with Alexis Goulette who is the co-administrator of the IVF Support Group - Massachusetts with over 5000 membe...

Your fertility can be viewed through many lenses - with the most common view being Western Medicine which is a reductive view of the body and it’s mechanisms - meaning, when there is an ‘issue’ with health, in our case fertility, the procedure is to reduce the body into it’s parts/systems to find out what is ‘wrong’ so that it can be fixed or overpowered with medication.  Let’s be clear that there...

In a culture that glamorizes doing and busyness - we tend to attack fertility in the same way. What is wrong, what do I need to do to fix it, and I'll 'do' anything to have my baby. But what happens when we're doing all the things and we don't see 'success' when doing IVF or trying at home. We feel out of control and even more stressed out - and there lies the rub AND t...

You probably haven't thought too much about your yoga mat and how it might be affecting your fertility. But I think you should. Yes - I want you to come to fertility yoga, but I also want to make sure that when you're coming to the mat to support your fertility, it isn't also silently messing with your hormones. In this episode I cover: why it's important to know what your yoga mat...

The title says it all - fertility yoga can transform your fertility journey in so many powerful ways. Not only does yoga nourish the body to allow it to be it's most fertile, but fertility yoga also touches the mind, spirit, energy, and emotions of yoga as well. It truly is an all empowering practice. In this episode I got to geek out with fellow fertility yoga teacher Lauren Enright (and fell...