The amazingly talented Embryologist Simone joins the podcast to talk all things surrounding eggs, sperm, IVF, ICSI, Egg freezing and much more, Simone helps answer all of your questions including, what is proven more successful IVF or ICSI? Why can’t I wear perfume to our egg collection, but embryo transfer it seems to be, okay? What is a collapsed embryo? Simone also breaks down and explains the IVF funnel and how the numbers game actually works, we talk gender selection and a whole lot more.

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Our first international guest Kelsi join's us from California America . Kelsi talks us through her IVF journey which endured heartbreaks and many different challenges along with way, including a devasting ectopic miscarriage, a zero fertilisation round, early ovulation during an IVF round and what ultimately lead her to explore donor eggs which had its very own challenges. Kelsi reflects on her journey and talks about where she is today.

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In today's episode Lucy & Yaelle are joined by their shared fertility specialist & OB Dr Charley Zheng , who is in the hot seat to answer all of your fertility and IVF questions like; can stress actually affect fertility? why is unexplained infertility so common? fresh vs frozen embryo transfer? Egg freezing, IVF and AI!? And so much more.

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Joanna joins us to share her journey, come along to hear her IVF story which includes 10 IVF cycles resulting in over 150 eggs collected. Joanna explains what lead her and her husband to make the decision to fly aboard during COVID lockdown to explore donor egg. We believe this will be an impactful episode to anyone who is currently exploring or considering donor egg.

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In today's episode Dani joins us to talk about her 6-year ongoing fertility journey, Dani discusses all she has endured along the way including diagnosis, surgeries, devastating reoccurring losses and cross country moves. Dani and her husband are still searching for answers to bring a baby home in their arms.

Trigger Warning: Domestic violence and abortion mentioned.

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Lucy and Yaelle talk about what is involved in a basic and standard IVF cycle, they start from the day you sign the consent to go ahead with IVF treatment and work all the way through.

They cover everything you can expect from appointment types and timing to tips and tricks when injecting and much more.

This episode is especially helpful for anyone who is thinking about or starting their first IVF/egg freezing cycle.

We hope this will help people get a better understanding of what to expect when starting and hopefully take away some of the stress and anxiety from the unknown.

DISCLAIMER: please refer to your medical professional for medical advice as this podcast is based on individual personal experiences. This specific episode is relating to fertility treatments and medical procedures taken place in Australia.

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Alyce joins the podcast to share her IVF journey, Alyce also shares the same fertility specialist Dr Charley Zheng as your hosts Lucy and Yaelle.

This episode is filled with tears, laughs and the many truths of how it feels to go through infertility and IVF.

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In today's episode Lucy and Yaelle discuss all the trying to conceive and IVF abbreviations that can be so overwhelming to get your head around.

Please note this episode is uploaded as a bonus as it was recorded pre microphones. We hope you enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: please refer to your medical professional for medical advice as this podcast is based on individual personal experiences. This specific episode is relating to fertility treatments and medical procedures taken place in Australia.

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In today's episode Lucy and Yaelle discuss all the unhelpful comments people hear when trying for a baby.

You will also hear some of the listeners experiences and how hearing some of these comments made them feel. In the second half of the episode your hosts share some better ways in how to support someone on their journey.

This is a great episode for anyone who has a loved one who is going through infertility, trying to conceive or fertility treatments. We hope this helps!

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DISCLAIMER: please refer to your medical professional for medical advice as this podcast is based on individual personal experiences. This specific episode is relating to fertility treatments and medical procedures taken place in Australia.

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In today's episode your host Lucy tells her IVF success story.

Please see referred links below;

High DNA fragmentation. https://pathfertility.com/what-is-sperm-dna-fragmentation-2/

HyCoSy ultrasound. https://www.sufw.com.au/services/fertility-services/hycosy/

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DISCLAIMER: please refer to your medical professional for medical advice as this podcast is based on individual personal experiences. This specific episode is relating to fertility treatments and medical procedures taken place in Australia.

Socials: https://www.instagram.com/ivfrealtalkpodcast/

Email: [email protected]