EP62: Infertility Awareness Week with Dr. Brian Kaplan

The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy

Elizabeth Presta

Education, Parenting, Kids & Family, Self-improvement

4.2 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Infertility Awareness Week, Liz brings on Dr. Kaplan who has been honored every year since 1999 by Castle Connelly on the list of "Best Doctors" in Chicago and America. He is passionate about all things surrounding infertility. They talk IVF, egg donating, surrogacy and education surrounding infertility. Dr. Kaplan has one of the largest and most successful practices worldwide. He gives us tips and leaves us more informed on infertility.

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0:00.0	All right, guys, welcome to miraculous mamas. I'm super excited about our episode here today.
0:12.2	I am bringing on one of the top infertility doctors in the world, Dr. Brian Kaplan.
0:17.5	And he, um, we're kind of friends. We're kind of friends. We bonded over some travel.
0:24.0	And he has this wonderful soothing accent that he's going to speak to us today.
0:28.8	So, uh, Liz, thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Um, I know you travel a lot.
0:34.4	And we've always talked about South Africa that's where I'm from. And, uh, I've always teased,
0:39.2	you know, that my accent about my accent, but I remind everybody that, uh, if I lose it,
0:44.2	I'm out. My wife told me, without the accent, I'm out the door. You're out the door.
0:48.0	That's only reason she married me. Uh, yeah, but it's, it's good. I don't think it changes.
0:52.4	I've been here in the US for over 35 years. Yeah. But I think you don't lose it once you get to a
0:56.9	certain age. Right. Right. Maybe. I'm not sure. Um, yeah. So he is from South Africa,
1:03.4	which I spent six weeks backpacking there. So when we first met, we had a lot to talk about.
1:09.4	Bonded over some places. Yes, we did. And, um, it's an interesting, uh, it's interesting in this country.
1:15.8	They asked so many, um, expats South Africans in this field of fertility. Oh, really?
1:21.9	Out of the, I think out of the four or five largest IVF centers, um, four of them are ex-South Africans.
1:29.1	Oh, wow. So I don't know why that worked out. Everybody tries to analyze why that is from a small country,
1:34.7	but in every coast and on, uh, they saw the Africans involved. So you basically stuck with us.
1:40.0	Oh, wow. That's what I need. Um, yeah. So he, um, I mean, you have patients from all over the world.
1:47.8	Yes. That you said you Skype with someone. People fly to Chicago to see you. So it's, um,
1:52.9	they're, they're, they're a lot of good fertility physicians all over the US. Yes.
1:57.1	And I think in whatever major city you end, there's always going to be some very good people. Yeah.
2:02.9	Um, it's, um, my practice has a global component to it. Um, for, for whatever reason, maybe I've
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