Dr. Eric Forman - Fertility 101 + What To Know About Fertility Treatment

Just the Good Stuff

Rachel Mansfield

Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Business

4.8 • 841 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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#35: In today’s episode, we are chatting with our fertility doctor, Eric Forman. Dr. Forman is the medical laboratory director at Columbia University Fertility Center and he oversees the IVF laboratory there. He helped us get pregnant with both Ezra and his baby brother and we love love everyone at the Columbia University Fertility Center. Dr. Forman fills us in on everything we need to know about fertility treatment and the dozens of techniques they have to help couples conceive. A bit on what we touch on: When it is “the time” to go and see a fertility specialist? What are the most common reasons for infertility? What to expect when you go to a fertility doctor What tests are done to check on female and male fertility? What the difference between IUI and IVF is? If birth control actually impacts your fertility overtime When to see a doctor if your period doesn’t return post birth control If your diet and lifestyle will impact fertility Premature Ovarian Insufficiency and how to handle PCOS and what this means for fertility If you can conceive naturally for another child after doing IVF or IUI Male infertility and how that is handled Who makes a good candidate for egg freezing? For more on our fertility journey head on over to this podcast episode. And this blog post on our journey with Ezra and this blog post on getting pregnant round 2! Thank you Garden of Life for sponsoring this episode and moderating the panel. I am so grateful to partner with such a supportive and amazing brand. Garden of Life makes all organic and non-GMO vitamins, supplements, protein powders, CBD and more. You may recognize their coconut oils and flaxseeds from my blog recipes and book recipes. But I also use their vitamins and probiotics daily. I link to all of my favorites over on my shop page, which is the best place to order from to support this podcast. For more from me, I'm over @rachLmansfield and rachLmansfield.com

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0:00.0	Hi guys, welcome back to Just the Good Stuff. This is your host, Rachel Mansfield, and today's
0:10.7	episode is so, so incredibly special to me. We have our fertility doctor, Dr. Eric Foreman here
0:18.6	to give us a little fertility 101.
0:22.4	Dr. Foreman is a reproductive endocrinologist and the medical laboratory director over at Columbia
0:28.5	University Fertility Center and he is the gem of a human who helps us get pregnant with
0:34.8	both Ezra and Ezra's little brother. I know that fertility can be such
0:40.6	a taboo topic and to be able to open up this conversation and have Dr. Foreman answer so many of
0:47.1	your questions and really give us the full rundown on fertility treatment is something I wish I
0:53.4	personally had going into the start of our journey.
0:56.7	I think this is such an important topic to really openly talk about and communicate to one
1:01.9	another. You know, it really helps bond moms everywhere and dads and you are not alone if you're
1:08.1	going through fertility, whatever your journey is.
1:11.5	And something that is so important to remember while listening to this episode is how
1:15.6	different everyone's journey is.
1:17.8	What I love about Dr. Foreman is how optimistic he is about every single patient.
1:23.5	He is truly the best of the best.
1:25.9	And we feel so lucky to have him as our doctor.
1:29.5	He answers my crazy email so fast.
1:32.1	Like sometimes I'm like, oh my gosh, how do you do it?
1:34.9	He is there to help in any way he can.
1:37.5	I still call him about questions even with my pregnancy,
1:40.1	and he is always open to helping me, which is just so, so, so appreciated.
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