Today is all about male fertility and infertility with Dr. Samuel Ohlander. I got connected with him because of the amazing Alison Rodgers!  I interviewed her about sperm because she does her sperm Monday videos and I had not yet covered any male factor topics on the show and she graciously accepted my request to review male factor issues.  She casually mentioned Dr. Ohlander’s name during the episode and after the episode I asked if she would be willing to connect me with him and she graciously said yes!!  I’m so BLOWN away by these amazing doctors who respond to me requests and are so kind!!  These people are a special breed!  Dr. Alison Rodgers, Dr. Aimeee Eyvazzadeh the egg whisperer, Dr. Rahi Victory, Dr. Tia Jackson-Bey, Dr. Stephanie Fein, Dr. Jessica Ryneic, Dr. Merhi and of course today, Dr. Samuel Ohlander have all without hesitation accepted my request and have been completely open and willing to answer all and any questions to help this community. If you don’t follow them, go give them some love!  They 100% show up for all of us even when we’re not their patients and it’s just so heartwarming to me. I’ll tell you, connecting with experts for the podcast is so difficult. These kind souls make it so easy!  Thank you to everyone who has also tried to connect with work specialists. I’m still looking to interview a reproductive immunologist and an endometriosis specialist!  So, if you have anyone you’re connected with who can then connect me, it would be so great!!

Okay.  That was a bit of a tangent. I just thought that was important to thank these really awesome humans for educating us and bringing us this information.

Today, Dr. Ohlander spends a ton of time breaking down male fertility and infertility with us.  We talk about the most common topics in male infertility and what exactly a male reproductive urologist is and when to see one.  Dr. Ohlander does such a great job breaking down a lot of these topics that might be a bit of a mystery.  Like low testosterone, but also taking testosterone decreases male fertility, so what do you do?

Thank you so much to Dr. Ohlander for spending so much time with us breaking these topics down for us.  He has agreed to come back and go into detail about another topic, so if male factor infertility is something that you’re dealing with, let us know what topics you want us to cover!  You know the drill!  If you loved today’s episode, leave review and share.

Okay, let’s get started!  Enjoy today’s episode!

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE

Books mentioned on this episode can be found here:

www.amazon.com/shop/40andinfertile

Dr. Samuel Ohlander: https://www.fcionline.com/dr-samuel-ohlander-2

To book an appointment with his office call: 877-934-3111

Dr. Allison Rodgers Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/dr.allison.rodgers/

Episode 19 with Dr. Allison Rodgers:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3E7VMpCrYiv6eQx4WhcpA2?si=MN_Zo-L1SoC7GjUzdMs9VA

Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh:  https://www.instagram.com/eggwhisperer/

Dr. Rahi Victory:  https://www.instagram.com/rahivictory.md/

Dr. Tia Jackson-Bey:  https://www.instagram.com/drtiajacksonbey/

Dr. Stephanie Fein:  https://www.instagram.com/stephaniefeinmd/

Dr. Jessica Ryneic:  https://www.instagram.com/jessicaryniecmd/

Dr. Zaher Merhi:  https://www.instagram.com/dr_merhi/

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Today is all about genetic testing - so, what I mean about all about genetic testing is we talk about inherited diseases, genetic differences and embryo testing.

Admittedly, I’m clueless when it comes to this.  I don’t know anything about this which is why I have Meghan, who is a genetic counselor here to break everything down.  The most awesome thing about Meghan is that she makes these really complicated topics super easy to understand.

In other exciting news, I have a couple of volunteers helping me thanks to some very generous people and donations!  Thank you to everyone who is supporting this show.  I’m so grateful for you all for being here.  What I’m trying to do is to include time stamps for each episode so that if you prefer, you can jump to the area of your choice to listen.  I hope this makes it easier to find the information you want.  I hope to have a website up to categorize these episodes and topics so that you can more easily search for what you’re looking for, but that’s going to take more time and donations to complete.  It’s all a work in progress, so thank you all for helping me!  I’m so grateful!!!

Okay, let’s get to it.

Books mentioned on this episode can be found here:

www.amazon.com/shop/40andinfertile

Website:  www.dnaide.com

Connect with Meghan:  https://www.instagram.com/meaghandoylegc/

SUPPORT THE PODCAST:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/40andinfertile

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Today we have a very real discussion about multiple pregnancy losses, miscarriage, endometriosis, adenomyosis, infertility and finding our voices.  Meghan offers you her perspective and experience with infertility.  She is just so smart, kind and open with how she feels about her experience.

I really hope you enjoy this episode.  Please drop that 5 star review and written review, it would really help share these stories to a bigger audience.  If you loved this episode, I would also love it if you could share this show with others you think might benefit from the information I provide here.

We had so much fun talking, which means this is a nice long episode.  Get comfortable because here we go!

Books mentioned on this episode can be found here:

www.amazon.com/shop/40andinfertile

To connect with Meghan:  https://www.instagram.com/for_the_barreness/

Her website can be found here:  https://www.forthebarreness.com/

TIME STAMPS:

Breakdown of topics covered: 1:20

Disclaimer: 4:38

Introduction of Guest (Meghan Faith): 5:10

Meghan Faith Self Introduction: 6:06

Meghan Faith Fertility History: 9:48

Miscarriage: 11:15

Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Müllerian Anomaly Diagnosis: 25:30

IVF: 28:12

Self Advocating: 31:20

First IVF Experience: 39:57

Sacrifice Does Not Equal Success: 42:55

Infertility is not our Identity: 47:00

Laparoscopy: 49:24

Therapy: 52:44

Instagram and Friendships: 57:54

Comparison and Jealousy: 1:01:23

Family & Friend Support and Relationships: 1:07:00

Most Difficult Part of Infertility: 1:14:07

Top 5 Tips for Someone Going Through Infertility: 1:15:30

Positive Things to Come from Infertility: 1:19:08

Relationship with your Fertility Doctor: 1:22:55

Questions: 1:29:11

How to Connect with Meghan: 1:53:23

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