Your Fertility Pharmacist

This study followed three women who were 28, 38, and 32 years old. All three had sought reproductive assistance (ART) and could produce a low quantity of oocytes. The quality of their eggs was low and none could produce a viable embryo. After two key interventions, all three women made top quality embryos and two had babies!

A few months ago, a study was published in Fertility and Sterility that looked at whether or not there is an association between how a baby was conceived and the impact this mode of conception has on serious infections through childhood. This episode reviews the results and what they may mean for women using fertility treatments to conceive.

Today's episode gives a quick summary of ASRM's updated Coronavirus Fertility Treatment Recommendations plus reveals what happened to seven COVID-infected pregnant women at a large New York City hospital.

This episode centers around the drugs being used experimentally to treat COVID-19 and what we know about how these drugs impact pregnant women. The links to the studies and drug information discussed on this episode can be found at “yourfertilitypharmacist.com.” Before delving into the drugs, let’s touch base on the limited information we have on how pregnant women are impacted by coronavirus, whi...

Today’s episode centers around the impact on fertility treatments due to coronavirus, which is the virus manifesting as the respiratory illness called “COVID-19.” On St. Patrick’s Day, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (for short known as ASRM) released recommendations for managing fertility treatments during the pandemic. These recommendations came from the evidence we currently have...

Despite the many advancements in science and technology that have been game-changers in the fertility field, there is still so much that is unknown. Even now, roughly 30% of couples seeking reproductive assistance have unexplained fertility. It’s extremely frustrating to not know why you can’t conceive, so I’m thankful to the lady scientists behind this week’s fertility article who posed some good...

The study was published in February 2020 in Reproductive Physiology and Disease , and a link to learn more about the study will be posted on the podcast’s website, www.yourfertilitypharmacist.com. There was a lot to like about this study. It focused on low ovarian reserve, which is also sometimes called “poor ovarian reserve” or “diminished ovarian reserve.” In pre-menopausal women, this means hav...