Love and Science Fertility

By Erica Bove, MD

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At Love and Science, we discuss all things fertility! We empower physicians and other high achieving women to build their families with confidence and self compassion. 


Episode Date
A Birthday Reframe: Trading Control for Self-Kindness, with Dr. Jessie Mahoney
Jul 30, 2026
You Deserve to Be a Patient: Caring For Yourself During Fertility Treatment with Dr. Tina Adams
Jul 23, 2026
The Long Road to Surrender: Dr. Rachel Welbel's Fertility Journey
Jul 16, 2026
IVF Isn’t Working: Now What?
Jul 09, 2026
From Vice Chair to Whole Human Health: Identity, Burnout, and Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Annahieta "AK" Kalantari
Jul 02, 2026
Making Fertility Treatment Decisions: A Framework for Choosing Your Next Step
Jun 25, 2026
Father's Day on the Fertility Journey: Tools for Getting Through the Weekend
Jun 18, 2026
Unlocking Creativity to Improve Fertility: Practical Strategies for Women Physicians, with Dr. Lara Salyer
Jun 11, 2026
Getting Through the Day: The Emotional Toolkit for Female Physicians with Dr. Shivana Naidoo
Jun 04, 2026
The Science of Stillness: How Mindfulness & Meditation Support Your Fertility Journey with Dr. Nirali Dubal
May 28, 2026
From Overwhelm to Freedom: How Female Physicians Are Transforming Their Fertility Journey and Their Lives
May 21, 2026
Planned Fertility Preservation: Everything You Need to Know About Egg & Embryo Freezing
May 14, 2026
Held Together: Motherhood, Medicine & Authentic Hope with Dr. Rebecca N. Thompson
May 08, 2026
Fertility Testing Explained: What to Order, What to Skip, and Why
May 07, 2026
Prolactin Levels Explained: How Elevated Levels Disrupt Ovulation and Fertility
Apr 30, 2026
TSH & Thyroid Antibodies Explained: Why “Normal” Labs Can Still Affect Fertility
Apr 23, 2026
Surrogacy Explained: Real Story, Costs, and How to Become a Parent with Dr. Alyssa Small Layne
Apr 16, 2026
Why You’re Not Ovulating: LH Surge Problems in Busy Women (Fertility Explained)
Apr 14, 2026
FSH Explained: What Your Fertility Labs Really Mean (And What They Don’t)
Apr 09, 2026
How to Stay Empowered During Infertility, Miscarriage, and Uncertainty with Dr. Vanessa Calderon
Apr 07, 2026
AMH Levels in Female Physicians: Why Infertility Rates Are Higher Than You Think
Apr 02, 2026
Why Your Embryo Isn’t Implanting: The Truth About Endometrial Thickness & Uterine Lining
Mar 31, 2026
Fertility Supplements Explained: What Helps, What’s Unclear, and What Matters Most
Mar 26, 2026
Preconception Health, Pregnancy Anxiety, and New Parenthood With Integrative Pediatrician Dr. Kirin Palmer
Mar 25, 2026
The Truth About Progesterone Levels in Fertility, IVF, and Early Pregnancy
Mar 24, 2026
Environmental Toxins & Fertility: PFAS, Plastics, and What to Avoid
Mar 19, 2026
Luteal Phase Defect Explained: Progesterone, Short Cycles & Fertility
Mar 17, 2026
Chronic Stress, Inflammation & Egg Quality: How Immune Signaling Affects Fertility
Mar 12, 2026
Circadian Rhythms & Fertility: Sleep, Hormones, and Reproductive Outcomes
Mar 10, 2026
Can Stress Reduce IVF Success Rates? The Science Explained with Dr. Ali Domar
Mar 05, 2026
Interpreting Ovarian Reserve: AMH, AFC, FSH & Clinical Decision-Making
Mar 03, 2026
Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) Explained for Physicians: Ovarian Reserve, IVF Dosing & Clinical Applications
Feb 26, 2026
Ovarian Aging Explained: AMH, Egg Quality, and Actionable Strategies
Feb 24, 2026
From Burnout to Purpose: Nervous System Regulation, Trauma, and Protecting the Asset in Medicine | Dr. Mel Thacker
Feb 19, 2026
Anticipatory Grief, Parenting Through Uncertainty & Finding Joy in Hard Seasons | Dr. Tasha Faruqui
Feb 17, 2026
Endometriosis and Failed Implantation: Why High-Quality Embryos Don’t Stick | Dr. Sadikah Behbehani
Feb 12, 2026
Authentic Hope in Fertility Treatment: Staying Grounded When Outcomes Are Uncertain
Feb 10, 2026
Releasing Fertility Blocks: Human Design & Energy Healing | Dr. Stacey Cisneros-Frausto
Feb 05, 2026
PCOS & Infertility: How to Restore Ovulation Naturally | Dr. Angela Potter
Feb 03, 2026
Perimenopause & Infertility: Brain Fog, Hormones, and the Menopause “Awakening” | Dr. Tina Segocio
Jan 29, 2026
Fertility, Sex & Midlife Hormones: The Way to Personalized Care & Intimacy | Dr. Carolyn Moyers
Jan 27, 2026
Infertility, IVF & Physician Burnout: The Way to Heal Shame, Trauma & Survival Mode | Dr. Dympna Weil
Jan 22, 2026
100th Episode + Allergies, Asthma & Pregnancy: What’s Safe When Trying to Conceive | Dr. Kerry Reller
Jan 20, 2026
Why Personalized Fertility Care Matters: Precision Medicine and Patient-Centered IVF with Dr. Yemi Famuyiwa
Jan 15, 2026
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI): A Physician's Journey Through Cancer, Hormones, and Healing with Dr. Esra Shermadou
Jan 13, 2026
Stress is Optional: Integrating Lifestyle Medicine and Coaching with Dr. Robyn Tiger
Jan 08, 2026
Why High-Achieving Women Struggle Most With Infertility and How to Start Thriving
Jan 06, 2026
Setting Intentions in Your Fertility Journey: Reframing Loss, Hope, and Healing
Jan 01, 2026
Light in the Darkness: Finding Hope on the Fertility Journey
Dec 23, 2025
Emotional Eating and The Fertility Journey: Embodying Self Trust with Dr. Trina Dorrah
Dec 18, 2025
Practical Strategies to Feel Better Now with Dr. Kathy Gibney
Dec 11, 2025
An Unexpected Path to Family Building with Dr. Sarah Wittry
Dec 04, 2025
6 Strategies for Reclaiming Joy This Holiday Season
Nov 27, 2025
Navigating Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers
Nov 20, 2025
Empowering Women Physicians on the Fertility Journey with Dr. Sunny Smith
Nov 13, 2025
So, Now What? Embracing a Childfree Life with Lana Manikowski
Nov 06, 2025
Rheumatologic Disease and Infertility: A World of Possibility with Dr. Brittany Panico
Oct 30, 2025
Daring to Dream: Entrepreneurship and The Fertility Journey
Oct 23, 2025
Fertility Testing: My Nuanced Perspective
Oct 16, 2025
Overcoming Decision Fatigue: How One Graduate Recentered and Became a Mother
Oct 09, 2025
Feel Good In Your Own Skin During IVF with Dermatologist Dr. Laura McGevna
Oct 02, 2025
Gut Health and Fertility: Integrative Healing with Dr. Vivian Asamoah
Sep 25, 2025
Why High-Quality Embryos Aren't Implanting
Sep 18, 2025
To PGT-a or not to PGT-a: Diving into the Science
Sep 11, 2025
Fertility Docs Uncensored and The IVF Blueprint: The Long-Awaited Resource for Navigating IVF
Sep 04, 2025
The Moving Goalpost of Children
Aug 28, 2025
How to Eat on the Fertility Journey: Learning and Unlearning with Dr. Rebecca Berens
Aug 21, 2025
Reclaim Your Authentic Smile: Navigating Dental Health with Dr. Valerie Mukanga
Aug 14, 2025
The Microbiome: How it Affects Our Fertility Journey and Our Lives with Dr. Katrina Coulter
Aug 07, 2025
From Micronutrients to Mental Health: A Holistic Approach with Dr. Ruth Odoi
Jul 31, 2025
Time for Another Birthday? Seeing Ourselves with our Hearts with Dr. Jessie Mahoney
Jul 24, 2025
Done with Grit: How to Stop Overfunctioning with Dr. Kathy Stepien
Jul 17, 2025
Reclaim Your Life: Charting Freedom with Dr. Mary Leung
Jul 10, 2025
Stressed about Stress? A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Stress Reduction with Dr. Chhaya Makhija
Jul 03, 2025
"It's The Group That Does The Healing." 7 Insights from the Love and Science Community
Jun 26, 2025
May It Be So: A Personal Account of the Fertility Journey with Dr. Chrissie Ott
Jun 19, 2025
Demystifying IVF and FET Protocols
Jun 12, 2025
Father's Day: A Message of Comfort and Support (Encore)
Jun 11, 2025
Stuck in Survival Mode? How to Thrive Through Infertility
Jun 05, 2025
Meeting Your Macro Goals with Dr. Sarah Stombaugh
May 29, 2025
Doctor, Heal Thyself: Making Fertility Appointments as a Female Physician
May 22, 2025
GLP1's and Infertility With Dr. Catherine H. Toomer
May 15, 2025
Mother's Day: Strategies to Navigate with Agency and Self-Compassion (Encore)
May 08, 2025
Mother's Day: Surviving the Day with Grace and Self Compassion
May 01, 2025
Body Shame and Disordered Eating: How to Nourish Ourselves and Heal with Dr. Kara Pepper
Apr 24, 2025
How to Have An Amazing Sex Life While Undergoing Fertility Treatments: with Dr. Sadaf Lodhi
Apr 17, 2025
The Fertility Journey is a Marathon: Wisdom from Dr. Michelle Quirk
Apr 10, 2025
OHSS: Prevention and Treatment
Apr 03, 2025
Adenomyosis: What is it, and why should we care?
Mar 27, 2025
A Year of Transformations: Happy Birthday to the Love and Science Podcast
Mar 20, 2025
Accessing Your Inner Peace and Power with Dr. Rashmi Schramm
Mar 13, 2025
Making Everyday Decisions with Confidence During Your IVF Cycle
Mar 06, 2025
Maintaining Exercise (and Sanity) While Undergoing Fertility Treatment with Dr. Sara Ionescu
Feb 27, 2025
I’ve Been Diagnosed with a Miscarriage: Now What?
Feb 20, 2025
Balancing Trust and Advocacy: How to be a Physician Patient and Get What You Need
Feb 13, 2025
Embryo Banking: Should I Stay (Keep Banking) or Should I Go (Start Transferring)?
Feb 06, 2025
Fertility Awareness and Healing with Dr. Monica Minjeur
Jan 30, 2025
Give Yourself Grace: A Reproductive Psychiatric Perspective with Dr. Marie Dona
Jan 23, 2025
The Mind Body Connection: Getting Pregnant Despite the Odds
Jan 16, 2025
Uplevel Your Fertility Journey With Your “A” Team: Your REI, Your Fertility Coach, and the Love and Science Community
Jan 09, 2025
Where Did All of My Eggs Go?
Jan 02, 2025
Dr. Isabelle Amigues: Hope Based on Science and the Power of Surrender
Dec 26, 2024
Sending Love and Light to Navigate the Holidays with Resilience and Joy
Dec 19, 2024
Why Aren’t My Euploid Embryos Taking
Dec 12, 2024
When Your Period Won’t Come
Dec 05, 2024
Sleep, Fertility, and the Power of Surrender with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown
Nov 28, 2024
Navigating Uncertainty: A Palliative Care Perspective on the Fertility Journey with Dr. Faryal Michaud
Nov 21, 2024
The Fertility Journey is Infuriating: Transforming Anger with Dr. Arpita Gupta DePalma
Nov 14, 2024
Endometriosis: What is it, and is it Negatively Affecting My Infertility Journey?
Nov 07, 2024
Male Factor Infertility: Demystifying Sperm
Oct 31, 2024
The Fertility Journey is Harder Than I Thought (Encore)
Oct 24, 2024
Finally Good News: How to Support Your Friend with Infertility
Oct 17, 2024
The Fertility Journey of a Trauma Surgeon: First Hand Wisdom and Perspectives
Oct 10, 2024
Stronger Together: How to Support Your Partner While You Undergo Fertility Treatments
Oct 03, 2024
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Sep 26, 2024
Understanding Age, Fertility, and Ovarian Reserve Testing
Sep 19, 2024
Deciphering Embryo Grading: What's in a Grade?
Sep 12, 2024
The Fertile Friend: Part II
Sep 05, 2024
The Fertile Friend: Part I
Aug 29, 2024
How Gratitude can Up-Level The Fertility Journey
Aug 22, 2024
Focusing on What is Constant: Lessons Learned from the Beach
Aug 15, 2024
The Mind is a Garden: How to Uproot Limiting Beliefs to Create Our Dream Life
Aug 09, 2024
Honoring Birthdays While Undergoing Fertility Treatments
Aug 01, 2024
Thyroid Wisdom with Dr. Gibbs: What We Didn’t Learn in Medical School
Jul 25, 2024
Moving Beyond Regret
Jul 18, 2024
Getting Grounded When You Feel Off-Kilter
Jul 11, 2024
Happy 4th of July: Finding Freedom on the Fertility Journey
Jul 04, 2024
Celebrating Pride and Navigating LGBTQ Family Building
Jun 27, 2024
Cultivating Authentic Hope During Your Fertility Journey
Jun 20, 2024
Father's Day: A Message of Comfort and Support
Jun 13, 2024
When No One Understands: Reducing Shame and Isolation
Jun 06, 2024
Secondary Infertility
May 30, 2024
Analysis Paralysis: Values-Based Decisions
May 23, 2024
Dealing with Bad News
May 16, 2024
Mother's Day: Strategies to Navigate with Agency and Self-Compassion
May 09, 2024
Separating Fact from Fiction: Navigating The Rabbit Hole
May 02, 2024
When the Fertility Journey Affects our Personal Image and Relationship with Ourselves
Apr 25, 2024
How Love and Science Supports Women Professionals with Infertility
Apr 18, 2024
When the Fertility Journey Starts to Affect our Relationships
Apr 11, 2024
Transforming the Fertility Journey with Mindful Self Compassion
Apr 04, 2024
How Feeling Our Feelings Can Uplevel Our Fertility Journey and Our Lives
Mar 28, 2024
The Fertility Journey is Harder Than I Thought
Mar 21, 2024