Knocked Up: The Podcast About Fertility and Women's Health

Chantelle Otten is an internationally acclaimed Psycho-Sexologist based in Melbourne. With her background in scientific research, sexual medicine, and counselling, Chantelle believes that sexuality and self-esteem are an integral part of life, which everyone is entitled to and that Good sexual health should always be enjoyable, pain free and without prejudice. When speaking to Chantelle it quickly...

We've often heard Raelia talk about the importance of the team and the lab in getting the best possible results from assisted fertility treatment. To understand more about the role of the scientist and the lab we speak with Professor David Gardner, Scientific Director at Melbourne IVF. For nearly four decades David has been at the forefront of embryology and has made many highly significant discov...

Weight loss surgery might sound like a drastic action but it actually can be the right thing for some people. To discuss this niche area of medicine we've invited Dr Lara Freeman to join us on this episode of Knocked Up. Dr Lara Freeman is a specialist, upper gastrointestinal and general surgeon with extensive experience in the most current minimally invasive techniques for both bariatric and gene...

Progesterone is a steroid hormone, its job is to make the lining of the womb receptive for an embryo to implant as part of a delicate balance achieved by the menstrualcycle. Find us on Instagram - @knockeduppodcast Join our community! Follow Women's Health Melbourne on Facebook and Instagram ( @womenshealthmelbourne ), and follow Dr Raelia Lew on Instagram ( @drraelialew ). Have a question about w...

Our guest today is Shterna Glick. Shterna is a Melbourne-based Lactation Consultant and registered Midwife working both privately and in the hospital setting. As a mother of five, her passion is supporting women throughout their childbearing journey, especially during the postnatal period. Shterna provides a home-visiting lactation consultation service and antenatal breastfeeding information class...

Lil joins us in a discussion about sex, relationships and self-care in the era of dating apps and online forums. Lillian Ahenkan, who you may also know as Flex Mami, is a DJ, MTV presenter, model, podcaster and professional opinion haver. She’s been featured in i-D, Stylist, Elle, Grazia, Pedestrian TV, Daily Mailand Man Repeller, in addition to being a finalist for Cosmopolitan’s Beau...

Cortisol 'Is it a bit like the chicken and the egg - does stress causes infertility or does infertility cause stress? Find us on Instagram - @knockeduppodcast Join our community! Follow Women's Health Melbourne on Facebook and Instagram ( @womenshealthmelbourne ), and follow Dr Raelia Lew on Instagram ( @drraelialew ). Have a question about women's health? Is there a specific topic you'd like us t...

Deanna Elsner has worked exclusively in Family Law since her admission in 2005 and is involved inall areas of Family Law including de-facto relationships, property and children’s matters. Deanna’s work includes property settlements and parental matters and is now starting toinclude issues related to surrogacy and egg/Sperm donation. This is a relatively new areawith legislation introduced in Victo...

Up until May 2017 Rachael was a normal Mum living in Sydney with her husband Jonathan and their beautiful daughter Mackenzie. They then received news that changed their whole world forever. Determined to prevent others from experiencing this pain, Rachael turned her research into Mackenzie’s condition into a campaign for genetic carrier testing. For resources relating to this episode visit t...

What is the MTHFR gene and what does it do? MTHFR stands for Methyl-Tetra- Hydro- Folate Reductase. It is an enzyme: a protein that catalyses a chemical reaction in our body, converting folate to (as the name implies) methyl-tetra-hydro-folate. It has become known colloquially (a little unfairly) as the mother-f#$%er gene. Read more about the MTHFR on the WHM blog Find us on Instagram - @knockedup...

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Dr. Alice Rudd is a dermatologist who has her own clinic, Skindepth in Melbourne. Alice has worked for many years in all areas of dermatology and has a special focus on post adolescent acne and the management of PCOS and other endocrine skin conditions. She is also an expert in anti ageing and cosmetic dermatology. To view the transcript click here Find us on Instagram - @knockeduppodcast Join our...

You've had a baby! Now What? We Discuss Periods, Contraception and Conception Find us on Instagram - @knockeduppodcast Join our community! Follow Women's Health Melbourne on Facebook and Instagram ( @womenshealthmelbourne ), and follow Dr Raelia Lew on Instagram ( @drraelialew ). Have a question about women's health? Is there a specific topic you'd like us to cover? Email podcast@womenshealthmelbo...

What do I need to know about using my frozen eggs. Find us on Instagram - @knockeduppodcast Join our community! Follow Women's Health Melbourne on Facebook and Instagram ( @womenshealthmelbourne ), and follow Dr Raelia Lew on Instagram ( @drraelialew ). Have a question about women's health? Is there a specific topic you'd like us to cover? Email podcast@womenshealthmelbourne.com.au. We keep all re...

Georgia is a passionate and empathetic Naturopath. Naturally curious and passionate she endeavours to achieve optimal health and wellbeing for herself and her patients. Graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy) she has continued to expand on her education ever since. Since graduating she has furthered her study with a certificate in Fertility education along with a certifi...

*The quality is not amazing* With Assisted Reproductive Treatment and IVF back on this is the last Friday afternoon session with Dr Raelia Lew for now. You can still ask us your questions on any of our channels and we'll answer them in a future podcast. Join the conversation by following @DrRaeliaLew on instagram. To keep our listeners up to date we have started a weekly newsletter, you can join b...

That we know of COVID19 does not effect pregnant women and their unborn babies, but what about the viruses we need to be aware of whilst pregnant or trying to conceive and how can we protect ourselves. Find us on Instagram - @knockeduppodcast Join our community! Follow Women's Health Melbourne on Facebook and Instagram ( @womenshealthmelbourne ), and follow Dr Raelia Lew on Instagram ( @drraeliale...

Male Factor Infertility with Urologist Dr Gideon Blecher We discuss Male infertility with Dr Gideon Blecher, an Australian qualified Urologist and Andrologist. Gideon is a surgeon who looks after male reproductive and sexual health issues. This episode was recorded before the restrictions on fertility treatments were enforced by the Australian Government in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is no...

*The quality is not amazing* Is it ok to try naturally to conceive the first month after freezing your eggs? Is it possible to defrost half your eggs, fertilise and create embryos and then re-freeze? What is a tubal flush? Are there benefits with using lipidol? Can you explain what people with unexplained fertility can to do to get pregnant, especially with everything right now Can you have a froz...

Chinese Medicine and Fertility with Mandi Azoulay Raelia and Mandi debate the roles of Eastern and Western medicine. This episode was recorded before the restrictions on fertility treatments were enforced by the Australian Government in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is now more important than ever that we understand all of the possible treatment options and how to maximise our reproductive he...

*The quality is not amazing* How can I best use this time to maximize my fertility outcomes? How often are you, as a Fertility Specialist, given updates on the changes to treatment? Will less invasive fertility treatments be reintroduced before IVF? What are the risks of COVID19 to pregnant women and unborn babies? Should we be trying to get pregnant now? Are new sperm donors being released onto t...

Doctors have so many letters after their names, but not many have the CREI. What is CREI and why is it an important qualification to consider when choosing your fertility specialist. This episode was recorded before the restrictions on fertility treatments were enforced by the Australian Government in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is now more important than ever that we understand all of the...

In today's episode we briefly discuss physical wellbeing during pregnancy before the conversation quickly turns to sex after Jordi innocently asks a question about pelvic pain.   Joining us is Laura Callea, aka Physio Laura, is a women’s health physiotherapist with a passion for helping women during pregnancy and after birth. Laura is the creator and founder of the online program The Pr...

Tubal Factor Infertility. What is it? Which tubes? How can it effect fertility? We get a bit of an anatomy lesson from Dr Raelia. Providing the answers to your questions is Dr Raelia Lew from Women's Health Melbourne. Raelia is a gynaecologist & infertility expert with dual qualifications - FRANZCOG and CREI. Don't worry, she's very good at explaining what that means. Find us on Instagram - @k...

Recorded on Sunday 15th of March 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. A special episode today. Hosts Dr Raelia Lew and Jordi Morrison discuss Corona Virus/Covid 19 with Dr KJ Farley, an Intensive Care Specialist and Dr Preeya Alexander, a renown GP. Links referenced in the podcast: RCOG information for pregnant women and their families MIVF COVID-19 Update Fertility care continues for unaffected patients...