This week aon The Ribbon Box Podcast, we had the pleasure of chatting with world-renowned, licensed Naturopathic Physician and Medical Researcher, Dr Corina Dunlap in the United States.

Dr Dunlap specialises in women's health and currently has a private practice in Portland, Maine. As well as a highly impressive resume, Dr Dunlap's work is frequently published in medical journals and she helps people around the world who are thinking about having a baby or actively trying to conceive. She also helps those who are undergoing fertility treatments and need some answers.

Listen as we talk all about how our lifestyle and products we use can play a huge role on our fertility when trying to conceive and even IVF success rates.

Whether you’re just starting out TTC naturally or you’re an IVF Warrior, it’s worth hearing about how naturopathic treatment can support and compliment western fertility clinic treatments. The smallest change by reducing toxins may make all the difference. Dr Dunlap also shares invaluable information on how parental age (men and their sperm especially) can cause long-term mental health disorders in children.

Listen to Dr Larisa Corda, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist MBBS BSc MRCOG talk all about the current Covid-19 situation, how she is helping on the front line and what this means for fertility treatments now, as clinics start to reopen.

We discuss the fertility questions people are often too embarrassed to ask and ways in which people can optimise sperm and eggs. Dr Larisa believes in a holistic approach to treatment that addresses many lifestyle factors as well as a combination of Eastern and Western principles, that underpin The Conception Plan she has devised, as seen on TV. She regularly appears in the media, and has several research interests including the effect of stress on fertility.

The wonderful Kevin Button from The Man Cave opens up about his infertility diagnosis: his feelings, how he lost sight of everything and even went off the rails.

Kevin is still on his TTC journey and is as determined as ever. Listen about his situation and see what he has set up to support other men in this heartbreaking situation. Male fertility issues account for nearly half of fertility struggles, so it’s so important to have these conversations and give it a voice.

An interview with Hilary Smith, International Client Relations at Extraordinary Conceptions agency. We find out about the truths behind surrogacy in North America and Hilary dispels some of the myths surrounding what can often be a taboo subject. She tells us about their new hybrid programme, which offers a more affordable way of family building. Find out who uses a surrogate and why…

Losing a baby, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death, leaves so many parents lost in grief and full of unanswered questions.

Our guest in this episode is the inspirational Zoë Clark-Coates – CEO and Author. Zoë has personally faced the loss of five babies. Out of her and her husband Andy’s experiences came the charity The Mariposa Trust (often known as ‘Saying Goodbye’), offering support to thousands of grieving parents and relatives around the world each week.

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An interview with Emily Hoyle on Cystic Fibrosis and Ten Years to Conceive via Surrogacy Meet fellow fertility warrior, Emily Hoyle, who has been on quite the journey. She is finally about to meet her baby boy via a surrogate, after a ten-year fertility struggle and two double lung transplants. She’s an inspiration to all and certainly doesn’t take life for granted.

An interview with nutritionist Stefanie Valakas from Sydney on PCOS, Keto diets and preparing the body for conception through nutrition. We are what we eat and we’re big advocates of holistic support when TTC.

We enjoyed chatting with Stefanie Valakas, an Australian-based accredited practising dietician, nutritionist and Director of ‘The Dietologist’. In this episode, Stefanie covers a wide range of fertility issues and gives her expertise on how to optimise fertility through nutrition.

Stefanie’s private practice focuses on nourishing growing families from conception and she is passionate about using the latest nutrition science to help couples optimise their fertility and the health of their pregnancy and also their babies. She has a particular interest in helping women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) get back a regular menstrual cycle and conceive.

Today, she helps women and couples across Australia and the world, improve their health for conception.

An interview with Dr. Samantha Pfeifer from Weill Cornell, New York on Fertility Issues, Fertility Treatments, Miscarriage and more.

To round off the decade and to kick off The Ribbon Box Podcast, we had the pleasure of crossing the pond to chat with world renowned fertility expert, Dr. Samantha Pfeifer at Weill Cornell in New York. Having had three children from two IVF rounds under Dr. Pfeifer's care over the past four years, I was personally moved to be back at Cornell, interviewing someone so highly regarded within the field. We put our readers’ questions to her, and more… covering a wide range of fertility topics.

Dr. Pfeifer is an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Clinical Reproductive Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. A board-certified obstetrician/gynaecologist and reproductive endocrinologist, her specialties include in vitro fertilisation, ovulation induction and fertility preservation (egg freezing). Dr. Pfeifer is regularly featured in Castle Connolly's annual Best Doctor list, among other regional and national best-physician lists.

Have a listen – you won’t want to miss what she has to say...