When you make an appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist about infertility, contraceptives are the last thing you expect to discuss. But our “masters of the menstrual cycle” may suggest certain birth control methods to help control your periods or thin your endometrial lining, all with your ultimate fertility and health in mind. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center for an important talk about contraceptives. Discover how birth control pills and IUDs assist some women’s fertility treatment, as well as how long different contraceptives affect your ability to get pregnant once you quit using them. Find out how tubal ligation and vasectomies (something for the guys) impact fertility.

Robotics and AI are changing the face of medicine, including in the IVF World. Our special guest is Paxton Maeder-York, founder and CEO of Alife Health. He’s here to share news about using technology to optimize and personalize patient care, ultimately helping to increase patients’ chances for having a baby. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center for a fascinating discussion about the latest technological innovations that benefit the fertility and medical community. Patients will be particularly interested in Alife Health’s free organizational app for people who are on a fertility journey. The app keeps track of appointments, provides medication reminders, tracks costs and much more.

Ever wonder why you need to remove nail polish and jewelry and avoid perfume on the day of your egg retrieval or embryo transfer? Wondering how you could have several follicles before your egg retrieval, but end up with just a few eggs during your retrieval? Curious about cleavage stage embryo transfers? Our fertility docs have the answers!Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center  as they answer queries about a hodge-podge of issues. 

According to Needed®, an expert-based nutrition platform, 95% of the women who take prenatal vitamins are nutritionally depleted. Trained nutritionists Ryan Woodbury and Julie Sawaya co-founded Needed® when they realized that they were deficient in many of the key nutrients they needed for a healthy pregnancy. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center as they talk with Ryan Woodbury about prenatal vitamins and optimizing nutrition during your fertility journey. They address issues like how many vitamins are too much (more is NOT always more), the timing of taking supplements and other info.

SpermQT™ goes beyond standard sperm analysis. This test uses epigenetics, a science
that analyzes the control mechanisms that turn the right genes on and off in sperm. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center for a discussion with Kristin Brogaard, PhD, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Path Fertility. Kristin explains how epigenetic testing determines whether men have the right profile of gene expression in their sperm for fertility success. This information helps determine whether couples who are concerned about male factor infertility should choose IUI or ICSI for a better outcome.

SpermQT™ goes beyond standard sperm analysis. This test uses epigenetics, a science
that analyzes the control mechanisms that turn the right genes on and off in sperm. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center for a discussion with Kristin Brogaard, PhD, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Path Fertility. Kristin explains how epigenetic testing determines whether men have the right profile of gene expression in their sperm for fertility success. This information helps determine whether couples who are concerned about male factor infertility should choose IUI or ICSI for a better outcome.

Today, we are talking eggs—quality and quantity. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center to learn more about diminished ovarian reserve, a condition that occurs when your egg quantity and/or quality are lower than normal levels. Learn which tests our docs use to determine egg quality and quantity. Find out about the causes of DOR which include everything from age and gynecologic surgeries to chemotherapy and autoimmune conditions. Also, discover how smoking can cause diminished ovarian reserve.

Dealing with infertility can be tough on relationships. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center for a talk about ways for you and your partner to get on the same page. Our docs have seen couples go through all the feels, all the struggles. From the first visit and testing to choosing a treatment plan, our docs have helpful tips and advice to help you work together and support each other during your fertility journey.

In the middle of the night, you experience pain or bleeding. Should you call your doctor or go to the ER? Can it wait until morning? Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center for a helpful discussion about which issues require immediate care and which ones are urgent, but not dangerous emergencies. For example, bleeding and pain after a very recent pregnancy test is always an emergency, but vaginal discharge during treatment rarely is. Learn the difference between emergency health problems and urgent issues in fertility care.

Name two things where more is always better. Our answer is chocolate, of course, and hCG! Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center for a discussion about human chorionic gonadotropin hormone, or hCG. Find out what normal vs. abnormal levels look like. Learn the reasons why doctors monitor this pregnancy hormone early in a potential pregnancy, the value and timing of tracking it and what information this hormone level provides. Our fertility experts also explain what terms like “blighted ovum” and “pregnancy of unknown location” mean.