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Advice From A Fertility Specialist Who Deals With Endometriosis Herself


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Struggling to decide when or even if to get endometriosis surgery? Are you considering if you should be freezing your eggs or even embryos? 

Today I’m sitting down with Dr. Mei Cheah who is a fertility specialist and surgeon passionate about advocating for women’s health and reproductive rights.  

We sit down to discuss all things fertility and reproductive health as well as both her personal and professional experience dealing with endometriosis. 

You’ll learn:

  • 01:46 - The most common misconceptions about fertility

  • 04:29 - The things you might be doing that are increasing your risk of infertility

  • 08:10 - The impact that microplastics are having on fertility and how Dr. Mei limits her plastics intake

  • 13:27 - How Dr. Mei’s own experience with endometriosis has influenced her approach as a fertility specialist

  • 17:45 - My experience with my daughter’s own endometriosis diagnosis and what Dr. Mei is seeing in young teens dealing with endo today

  • 20:20 - The impacts the pill as well as diet and food have on endometriosis

  • 22:38 - The most beneficial time to get endo surgery

  • 26:19 - The ideal time for families to get pregnant and when to start thinking about freezing eggs and embryos

  • 30:41 -  What happened that made my two pregnancies completely different experiences

  • 36:02 - What is three people IVF and how it could change the future of fertility treatment

  • 40:57 - How stress can impact endo and what Dr. Mei does to manage it in her everyday life

  • 43:37 - Dr. Mei’s top 3 tips for dealing with endo pain

  • 44:41 - When you should start getting fertility tests (for both women and men)

    … and SO much more.

    Watch the YouTube Version of the Podcast here.

    Want more of Dr. Mei? Check her out on Instagram here and on facebook here or visit her at her clinic Create Health 

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