Fertility and Sterility On Air

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: a case report of recurrent spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation in pregnancy due to a newly discovered genetic mutation (04:12), the impact of silymarin on chemotherapy-induced testicular injury in mice (13:30), long-term reproductive complications in childhood cancer survivors (21:58), and the REI education gap in Ob/Gyn residency (35:47).

F&S Reports: https://www.fertstertreports.org/article/S2666-3341(26)00053-X/fulltext F&S Science: https://www.fertstertscience.org/article/S2666-335X(26)00019-4/abstract F&S Reviews: https://www.fertstertreviews.org/article/S2666-5719(26)00006-X/fulltext Consider this: https://www.fertstert.org/news-do/closing-rei-education-gap-ob-gyn-residency-training

View the sister journals at:

• https://www.fertstertreviews.org
• https://www.fertstertreports.org
• https://www.fertstertscience.org

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are:

(03:58) Views and Reviews: Data driven analysis of fertility optimization

(06;29) Fertile Battle: The dilemma: Is it reasonable to freeze immature oocytes and, if so, when?

(08:16) ASRM Pages: Recurrent pregnancy loss: a Committee Opinion & Recurrent Implantation Failure (RIF): A Committee Opinion

09:26) Birth outcomes after in vitro fertilization among cancer survivors

(17:14) Intra-Patient Variability in the Number of Retrieved Oocytes and Ovarian Response Categories Between Consecutive IVF Cycles

(31:16) Racial/Ethnic Variation in Ovarian Responsiveness and Live Birth After In Vitro Fertilization

(38:16) Spindle dynamics and chromosome segregation in human preimplantation embryos

(44:47) One-Quarter of Men with AZFc Deletions Have Sperm within the Ejaculate at the Time of Planned Micro-TESE

(53:22) Association between hereditary breast cancer gene variants and aneuploidy rates in IVF cycles using PGT-M

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Fertility & Sterility on Air comes to you from the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society 2026 Annual Meeting in Rancho Mirage, CA! Join our host Pietro Bortoletto as he moderates a Fertility & Sterility Fellow Debate: Gestational Carrier Use Without a Medical Indication at the 2026 PCRS Annual Meeting. Fellows Anthony Bui, Bahar Yilmaz, and Jensen Reckhow argue on the pro side, while Howard Li, Francesca Barrett, and Adriana Wong make a case for the con side.

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Welcome to Fertility & Sterility Roundtable, hosted by Dr. Emily Barnard and Dr. Ben Peipert! Each week, we will host a discussion with the authors of "Views and Reviews" and "Fertile Battle" articles published in a recent issue of Fertility & Sterility.

Today, we will be discussing the Fertile Battle episode from the April 2026 edition of Fertility and Sterility entitled "Is Concurrent Gestational Surrogacy an Ethical Practice?" Concurrent surrogacy involves two gestational carriers being engaged simultaneously—or whose pregnancies overlap—to allow a single intended parent or couple to have children born without the usual spacing between births

Dr. Michelle Bayefsky is a second year Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She has written a book and more than 30 peer-reviewed papers on issues related to reproductive ethics and fertility preservation. She is currently a member of the ASRM Ethics Committee. For the purposes of this discussion, Dr. Bayefsky authored the Pro side of the argument that concurrent gestational surrogacy is an ethical practice.

Dr. Caroline Violette is a second year Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Fellow at Brown University. Prior to fellowship, Dr. Violette obtained her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include oncofertility and addressing healthcare disparities related to access to fertility treatment in the United States. For the purposes of this discussion, Dr. Violette authored the "con" side of the argument that these concurrent surrogacy arrangements are unethical.

Dr. Arthur Caplan is a Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Caplan has served on a number of national and international committees, including chair of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations on Human Cloning, a member of the advisory committee to the International Olympic Committee on genetics and gene therapy, and co-director of the Joint Council of Europe/United Nations Study on Trafficking in Organs and Body Parts. He is the author or editor of thirty-five books and over 890 papers in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Caplan authored the pro side of the argument.

Read the Fertile Battle from Volume 125, Issue 4 p598-604 in the April 2026 issue

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In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: effect of pyschological stress and emotional regulation on outcomes in infertility (03:50), impact of embryo transfer catheter bacterial contamination on fresh and frozen embryo transfers (13:19), correlation between levels of PFAS in folliclular fluid with live birth rates in IVF (24:36), and transportation timelines and delays for preimplantation genetic testing biopsy specimens (37:38).

F&S Reviews: https://www.fertstertreviews.org/article/S2666-5719(26)00004-6/fulltext F&S Reports: https://www.fertstertreports.org/article/S2666-3341(26)00050-4/fulltext F&S Science: https://www.fertstertscience.org/article/S2666-335X(26)00018-2/fulltext Consider this: https://www.fertstert.org/news-do/rethinking-transport-timelines-trophectoderm-biopsy-specimens-cross-border

View the sister journals at:

• https://www.fertstertreviews.org
• https://www.fertstertreports.org
• https://www.fertstertscience.org

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are:

(01:32) Views and Reviews - Male infertility and immune function

(02:12) Don't let hype outrun evidence: why PGT-P shouldn't be rushed into clinics

(05:25) Impact of different types of embryonic mosaicism on pregnancy outcomes

(18:06) Evaluating the Relationship Between Ejaculatory Abstinence and the Incidence of Embryo Mosaicism

(26:25) Vitrified vs. slow-frozen donor sperm in in vitro fertilization: higher fertilization in conventional insemination but similar clinical outcomes

(32:40) Modified natural versus natural cycle for endometrial preparation in frozen embryo transfer: a meta-analysis

(42:36) The effectiveness of relugolix compared with leuprorelin for preoperative therapy before laparoscopic myomectomy: a randomized controlled noninferiority study (MyLacR study)

(51:20) Expressions of Concern

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Welcome to Fertility & Sterility Roundtable, hosted by Dr. Emily Barnard and Dr. Ben Peipert! Each week, we will host a discussion with the authors of "Views and Reviews" and "Fertile Battle" articles published in a recent issue of Fertility & Sterility.

Today, we will be discussing a challenge that all of us in the field of reproductive medicine face, ovarian aging. We will specifically be discussing the Views and Reviews article from the March 2026 edition of Fertility and Sterility entitled "Influencing ovarian aging in reproductive medicine: promise, evidence, and unresolved questions." We are joined by three of the esteemed authors of this publication to dive into this topic, learn about new research, and sort out what treatments are and are not yet ready for prime time use in clinical practice.

Dr. Kara Goldman is a reproductive endocrinologist and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University, where she serves as Director of Fertility Preservation. Dr. Goldman leads a high-volume clinical program in complex fertility preservation, and her translational research focuses on the role of mTOR signaling in ovarian aging and strategies to preserve ovarian function during cancer treatment and physiologic aging. Her work led to several landmark publications and Prize Paper Awards from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; she also serves on the editorial board of Fertility and Sterility.

Dr. Francesca Duncan is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She co-directs Northwestern's Center for Reproductive Science and leads a research program focused on the cellular mechanisms of reproductive aging, studying how aging affects reproductive potential at the level of the egg and ovary. Over her career, she has co-authored numerous, and her research has been widely featured in several major news outlets including National Geographic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

Dr. Allison Eubanks is a REI fellow in the NIH–Walter Reed training program and currently serves as the Fertility and Sterility Editorial Board Fellow. She is an active-duty U.S. Navy physician. Her work spans research across all aspects of reproductive endocrinology and infertility from ART to menopause, along with education and policy initiatives aimed at improving women's health and reproductive care across the military health system.

Read the Fertile Battle from Volume 125, Issue 3 p387-398 in the March 2026 issue

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Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are:

Articles:

1. Embryologic outcomes of using surgical sperm in obstructive and nonobstructive azoospermia compared with ejaculated sperm
2. Freezing first: insights from 8 years of planned oocyte cryopreservation at an "egg freezing clinic"
3. Effect of collagen scaffold vs. intrauterine device on preventing recurrence of intrauterine adhesions: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
4. High completion rates for mail-in sperm cryopreservation across diverse US populations: a prospective cohort study
5. Anxiety and depression in women with endometriosis: a comparative study across fertility contexts
6. Comprehensive evaluation of residual myometrial thickness of the cesarean scar in uterine samples after hysterectomy

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In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: ovarian abscesses after ovarian PRP (01:45), immunotherapy for recurrent pregnancy loss (15:55), and the impact of ANA-12 on testicular health in rats exposed to tobacco and nicotine (30:10).

F&S Reports: https://www.fertstertreports.org/action/showPdf?pii=S2666-3341%2826%2900001-2 F&S Reviews: https://www.fertstertreviews.org/article/S2666-5719(25)00013-1/fulltext F&S Science: https://www.fertstertscience.org/article/S2666-335X(25)00086-2/abstract

View the sister journals at:

• https://www.fertstertreviews.org
• https://www.fertstertreports.org
• https://www.fertstertscience.org

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are:

(02:25) The impact of physical activity and stress on frozen embryo transfer cycles: The Step and Stress Tracking to Estimate Pregnancy (SSTEP) Trial

(11:46) Male obesity impairs early embryonic development and increases miscarriage risk in oocyte donation cycles

(21:39) Elevated triglyceride-glucose body mass index increases risk of miscarriage in women undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

(32:03) Dual trigger versus GnRH-a trigger for elective fertility preservation. A randomized controlled trial

(39:44) Reproductive potential of abnormal embryos with whole and segmental chromosome aneuploidies diagnosed by next-generation sequencing based preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy

(45:59) Top 10 priorities for future ectopic pregnancy research: an international consensus development study

View the March 2026 Volume 125, Issue 3 of Fertility and Sterility

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