Fertility: Let's Be Honest

Amanda Bird, MPAS, PA-C, is a Physician Assistant who is passionate about women's health and giving her patients the best care and reassurance in their journeys. Calisse invited Amanda (pre-social distancing) to discuss newly adopted telemedicine practices, reducing pain during hysteroscopies, azoospermia, crying with patients, the varied circumstances requiring sperm donations, and more. In this episode we find out more about...

Dr. Ryan M. Riggs, MD, FACOG, has spent more than 10 years helping patients succeed in their fight against infertility. Prior to returning to the Kansas City area and opening Blue Sky Fertility, Dr. Riggs was the Physician IVF laboratory director at a large practice in Colorado (with Calisse!), where his team achieved some of the highest pregnancy rates in the world. Dr. Riggs was also named one of Kansas City's "Top Doct...

Today Calisse sits down with Kim Kluger-Bell, to whom Calisse has referred dozens of patients for their fertility counseling. Kim and Calisse discuss psychological issues regarding donor procedures, examining spousal and partnership disagreements around fertility choices, talking to children about their donor stories, and why speaking with a counselor prior to your procedure is often required and beneficial.
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In this episode, Calisse invites Jeffrey S. Faudem, L.Ac. Dipl. MSTOM. FABORM, to discuss his experience as a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and how to improve fertility using holistic methods - often overlooked by Western medicine - that have been around for centuries. Calisse and Jeff discuss healthy lifestyles, complementing Western fertility treatments with acupuncture and other methods, balancing stress loads of ...

*If you haven't listened to pt. 1 of Stephanie's story, please go back to last week to catch up!* In part two, we rejoin Stephanie as she continues her remarkable story, recounting her traumatic surgery and its lasting effects on her life and her loved ones. Calisse and Stephanie further discuss Stephanie's near-death experience, and her journey through triumph, loss, genetics, perseverance after tragedy, and the tru...

Stephanie Keith, RN, BSN, is a fertility nurse who truly understands her patients' struggles. Stephanie underwent so many failed rounds of fertility treatments herself, including IUI, IVF, and FET, that she's nearly lost count. In part one, Calisse invites Stephanie to discuss Stephanie's five years' worth of fertility treatments, including the frustrations, jealousy, euphoria and grief that comes along with, al...

Dr. Robert Greene, MD, FACOG, is one of the most highly regarded fertility specialists in the world. His studies were featured on NBC’s Dateline and ABC News as well as Oprah & Friends with Dr. Mehmet Oz and various print publications including Cosmopolitan, Self, Glamour, Fit Pregnancy, OK! Magazine, and Shape. Dr. Greene has authored four direct-to-consumer books explaining the latest research and practical applications for w...

Welcome to my new podcast, Fertility: Let's Be Honest. I'm Calisse, your host and fertility expert, and I will be interviewing my colleagues, specialists in the industry, and guests who share their struggles with infertility. In this trailer you will get to hear a sampling of what's to come this season, from physicians' fascinating discoveries during ultrasounds to an embryologist with a surprising background. F...