Finding Hope and Inspiration in Infertility | Naava Carman
The Lindsey Elmore Show
Lindsey Elmore
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🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In the United States, the average American woman has 1.87 children. About 85% of couples will be able to conceive in their first year of trying, and 7% of couples will be able to conceive in their second year of trying. But infertility affects about 10% of women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the U.S. |
| 0:24.7 | Half of these couples who have difficulty conceiving do not consider their condition to be infertility. |
| 0:32.9 | About 30% of infertility cases can be attributed solely to the female, 30% can be attributed solely to the male, and 30% can be attributed to the combination of both partners. |
| 0:46.1 | And about 10% of cases simply have an unknown cause. |
| 0:52.6 | Globally, we know that 15% of couples will have trouble conceiving. That is about |
| 0:59.7 | 50 million people that will experience infertility. My guest today is Nava Carmen. She's been in practice |
| 1:09.0 | for 22 years and works with tricky patients who have been |
| 1:13.0 | run through the ringer and a very emotional journey of infertility. Today, we talk about fertility |
| 1:21.1 | in men and women. Why does the medical system always think that infertility is a part of the fault of the woman? |
| 1:28.3 | And we talk about how we can create greater equality in how we approach fertility by using traditional Chinese medicine and really truly listening in depth to our patients and helping to unweave what is causing |
| 1:50.1 | unexplained infertility. This is The Lindsay Elmore Show. Welcome to The Lindsay |
| 1:56.4 | Elmore Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy with honest, open, and enlightening |
| 2:03.0 | conversations with doctors, thought leaders, creatives, and spiritual gurus, you'll walk away |
| 2:09.6 | with simple and tangible tips and tricks that allow you to live your healthiest life |
| 2:16.4 | so you can pursue your dreams, overcome obstacles, |
| 2:19.7 | and leave your mark. |
| 2:23.1 | Navakarman has been in practice for 22 years and spends most of her time working with tricky, |
| 2:30.1 | multifaceted reproductive immunology issues in women over 40, such as recurrent miscarriages, |
| 2:37.8 | unexplained fertility, and multiple failed artificial insemination cycles, as well as supporting |
| 2:44.6 | diverse folks in bigger and trans bodies on their reproductive journey. When she isn't practicing, Navas spends time |
| 2:52.9 | mentoring other practitioners and runs the fertility support trained community. You can check out her |
| 2:59.3 | training over on www.fertility support.training, which houses the advanced level diploma in fertility |
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