Knocked Up: All About Fertility and Women's Health

Starting fertility treatment often takes longer than we would expect, it is not the case that you see your fertility specialist and start the next week. 

We talk through step by step, day by day what to expect including:

• Preparing for an IVF cycle 
• Pretreatment investigations 
• Optimising health of gametes(egg and sperm) for IVF
• Legislative requirements
• Pretreatment clinical preparation and education 
• Starting a cycle: with period versus scheduled
• What is the time line of an IVF cycle
• 2 weeks prep, monitoring
• The OPU
• Luteal phase support
• The Embryo Transfer
• The two week wait 

Related episodes: 

• OHSS
• Ectopic Pregnancies

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Hosts: Dr Raelia Lew and Jordi Morrison
Produced by Jordi Morrison

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In today’s episode we’re discussing one controversial way of finding a sperm donor, which is online, and what are the benefits of bringing your DIY donor to your doctor vs going at it alone. 

To get the legal perspective  we’re joined by Deanna Elsner, the Principal Lawyer at Advocate Family Lawyers with nearly 17 years of comprehensive experience in Family Law specifically and with a special interest in IVF matters. 

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Women's Health Melbourne is a holistic care precinct, for more information about the work we do click here.

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Hosts: Dr Raelia Lew and Jordi Morrison
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Guest: Deanna Elsner from Advocate Family Lawyers

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Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)

The very rare side effect some experience when going through IVF or egg freeze. Can you know in advance if you are high risk? Can it be prevented and what are the symptoms? 

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Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) can be helpful when experiencing recurrent implantation failure. 

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For our final episode with our scientists we are joined by Cody Thomas to discuss 'lab insights - what do we learn when cycles fail'

Cody completed her masters of clinical embryology at Monash University in 2017 and has since worked as an embryologist.

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Hosts: Dr Raelia Lew and Jordi Morrison
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Guest: Cody Thomas

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Today we continue our series with scientists with guest Alex Crough in a discussion about the latest lab techniques to overcome male factor concerns. Having completed her Masters of Clinical Embryology in 2017, Alex now works as an embryologist. She has experience in oocyte and sperm preparation, ICSI, embryo vitrification, and works closely with the team of IVF specialists.

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Women's Health Melbourne is a holistic care precinct, for more information about the work we do click here.

This episode is brought to you by Ellechemy - Lubricants and intimate care to meet your needs created by women's health authority and Gynaecologist Dr Raelia Lew

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Hosts: Dr Raelia Lew and Jordi Morrison
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Guest: Alex Crough

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Today to discuss the egg as a cell, egg freeze and warm cycles we welcome Dr Lisa Lee to knocked up. Lisa is a Clinical Research Embryologist and is involved with several research trials and projects. She has accumulated over ten years of experience in embryology working across several clinics in Hong Kong and Australia, and completed her PhD at University of Melbourne under the guidance of Professor David Gardner.

Her main areas of research interests are embryo culture and identifying metabolic determinants of embryo viability and normality. Lisa is also serving as an education coordinator on the Scientists in Reproductive Technology (SIRT) committee.

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Guest: Dr Lisa Lee

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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the embryology lab? We’re incredibly excited to have embryologist, Yvonne Xu, join our latest podcast to talk all things embryology and explain how a human life starts inside a lab.

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This episode is brought to you by Ellechemy - Lubricants and intimate care to meet your needs created by women's health authority and Gynaecologist Dr Raelia Lew

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Hosts: Dr Raelia Lew and Jordi Morrison
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Guest: Yvonne Xu

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You asked, we answer! So many great questions about ovulation including:
What is ovulation?How do you know if you're ovulating?What is the most common sign of ovulation and the most reliable way to trackIs it possible to track ovulation through blood tests aloneAre the ovulation kits worth the $$If you don't have any signs, ie pain, discharge, how do you know when to try?How often should you have sex to conceive when ovulatingif you track cervical mucus can you miss ovulation because CM changes are delayed in response?
I don't get period cramps but I do cramp when I'm ovulating, why?What can be done to stop painful ovulation?Is there something wrong if it is painful?
Can you ovulate without a period with pcos?Recently diagnosed with PCOS. What can I do to track ovulation so I know its actually happening or not?
Can we ovulate on day 10 one month, then day 14 the next?If you have a regular 30 day cycle does that mean you ovulate every monthDoes late ovulation prolong time to conceptionDo you have less chance to conceive when you ovulate late in your cycle?
Ovulation after birth, how do you know if you don't have your period yet?How soon after a chemical pregnancy should I expect to ovulate?

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Women's Health Melbourne is a holistic care precinct, for more information about the work we do click here.

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Laurel is an experienced and compassionate Counsellor and Social Worker.
Laurel provides professional support to individuals, couples and families, with over 15 years experience in individualised counselling, group work and therapeutic casework.
When thinking of starting a family as a couple or a single parent by choice versus freezing eggs, it can be beneficial to explore your feelings with a counsellor, to help clarify what is the right decision for you.

Find us on Instagram - @knockeduppodcast

Join our community! Follow Women's Health Melbourne on Facebook and Instagram (@womenshealthmelbourne), and follow Dr Raelia Lew on Instagram (@drraelialew).

Have a question about women's health? Is there a specific topic you'd like us to cover? Email [email protected]. We keep all requests anonymous.

Women's Health Melbourne is a holistic care precinct, for more information about the work we do click here.

This episode is brought to you by Ellechemy - Lubricants and intimate care to meet your needs created by women's health authority and Gynaecologist Dr Raelia Lew

Discount Code for 10% off and free shipping: KNOCKEDUP
Website: ellechemy.com.au/
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Hosts: Dr Raelia Lew and Jordi Morrison
Produced by Jordi Morrison

Guest: Counsellor Laurel Ginges

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