We did it friends! We made it to 100 episodes! To celebrate, we hosted a live taping of the 100th episode at Twig Fertility with 30. amazing Day 1 listeners. We had 4 amazing experts join a panel answering questions submitted by attendees.

Season 4 will be announced shortly!

A big thank you to our panelists:

🪡 Anne Matthews: TCMP RaC FABORM - @energytreeanne is the creator behind Energy Tree Studios, a Registered Acupuncturist (RaC) and a Fellow of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (FABORM).

🥼 Dr. Dan Nayot: REI & OB/GYN - One of North America’s top reproductive endocrinologists and infertility specialists, @dan.nayot is committed to providing his patients with individualized evidence-based care.

💪Krystle Ng-A-Mann: Fertility Patient & Content Creator: @dineandfash has been bravely sharing her personal fertility journey publicly over the past few years providing education, awareness and support.

🔬Christine Sykas Yeh: Lab Director at @twigfertility : Christine is passionate for evidence-based research and overall exposure to multiple parts of the patient journey, meticulously designing the Twig lab.

Summer 2023 recap with Emily and her husband Ev. Let's just say they took a ride on a very loopy roller coaster, with their first ever FET, a pregnancy, a loss and trying to figure out what next steps look like.

They don't hold anything back in this episode, so expect the banter, love and transparency that only Evan can bring. 

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Emily (with a cold!) speaks to Dr. Irena Bergmann about the importance of understanding your cycle no matter what phase of the journey you are in. They also dive into so much more, such as how Dr. Bergmann has seen the infertility community shift over her 20 years working in the field!

This conversation hits so many important topics:

Dr. Bergmann has been practicing for over 20 years and her practice focuses primarily on women’s health and fertility. She has a strong passion for helping her patients through their hormonal challenges especially when it comes to conceiving. She works at a fertility clinic in North York as well as a multi-disciplinary clinic in Aurora.

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Dr. Irena Bergmann

Instagram: @dr.irenabergmann_nd

Website: www.irenabergmann.com

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On today's episode, Emily chats with Meagan about her fertility journey, which for her is an adoption journey. This is the first time we have dove into the adoption experience and we couldn't have asked for a better guest! Meagan generously shares the hardships, anxieties, challenges and process surrounding adopting.

Meagan McLeod, ditched her job as a Communicative Disorders Assistant in pursuit of opening her own Autism Centre. Now, Co-founder and Clinical Director of Inclusive Milestones, she and her Fiancé are facing the challenges of infertility and the road to adoption to grow their family. Her goal is to share their story in hopes of reaching someone experiencing the same struggles and to know they are not alone, even when the feel they are.

What we discuss:

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Meagan McLeod

Instagram: @meaganjmcleod / @following_our_detour

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On today's episode, Emily chats with Rena Gower, LCSW about how grief can show up in so many different ways in this journey. We connect on acceptance playing a major role in moving forward and how we can't go back, but we can make a choice to learn and grow.

What we discuss:

Rena believes that having an empathic support system and access to resources can help patients through difficult times and prevent mental health struggles from becoming all-consuming. Rena approaches her clients from a strengths perspective and helps them work to find the resilience and courage to carry on.

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For the first time, Emily's husband, Evan Mintz, takes the mic to answer all your questions!

Ev shares his point of view on coping as a spouse, the importance of seeking help, how it feels to support when it is a female factor and some strategies that have worked for him in managing his emotions, he even manages to explain why we should LET THEM GOLF.

This is a good one if you ever wanted to understand the male perspective (and have a little giggle...)

This episode is powered by First Response. With over 99% accuracy, First Response Early Results Pregnancy Tests can detect the pregnancy hormone 6 days sooner than a woman’s missed period with unique patented technology. With all of the anxiety around testing, it’s important to know that a brand like First Response has your back, no matter what your journey may look like.

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On today's episode, registered social worker, Laura Reisman, joins Emily to talk about the impacts the fertility journey can have on your sex life. How hard it can be to keep the connection alive, when something fun has turned into something that feels like work. Laura shares some amazing tips on how to optimize intimacy in a way that feels doable.

Topics we discuss:

This episode is powered by First Response. With over 99% accuracy, First Response Early Results Pregnancy Tests can detect the pregnancy hormone 6 days sooner than a woman’s missed period with unique patented technology. With all of the anxiety around testing, it’s important to know that a brand like First Response has your back, no matter what your journey may look like.

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Laura Reisman

IG: @lr_therapy

On today's episode, Emily shares her favourite three analogies when it comes to the fertility journey.

Learn why Emily thinks a fertility journey is like...

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Today Emily speaks with First Response Ambassador, Dr. Nicole Broadhurst, who is an Acupuncturist and reproductive Medicine Expert and co-founder of Holistic Fertility Group. This episode dives into some unexpected tips on how to think and manage the fertility journey. 

We dive into: 

This episode is powered by First Response. With over 99% accuracy, First Response Early Results Pregnancy Tests can detect the pregnancy hormone 6 days sooner than a woman’s missed period with unique patented technology. With all of the anxiety around testing, it’s important to know that a brand like First Response has your back, no matter what your journey may look like.

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Dr. Nicole Broadhurst

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A first time in a long time, Emily is joined by her husband Evan, to bring everyone up to speed on how they are handling the journey. With Father's Day around the corner they discuss how to support (or not to support), they speak to ways in which they have kept their connection alive, and how the fertility journey can really impact intimacy.

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