The Conception Channel Podcast
Should you get the COVID-19 vaccine when trying to get pregnant?
Should you get the COVID-19 vaccine if trying to get pregnant?
DISCLAIMER: A non-biased review of a recent debate article published in the medical journal ‘Fertility & Sterility’ of the pros and cons of COVID-19 vaccination when trying to get pregnant, before IVF, or during pregnancy. This podcast is only intended to help deliver the up-to-date conversations in the reproductive medical world so that women and couples can make informed decisions.
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Spence Pentland
Eat Right For Your PCOS Type
Eat Right For Your PCOS Type
THIS PODCAST IS ALL THINGS PCOS DIET! This interview with Laura Gilstrap is FULL of great information for women with PCOS. I am excited to publish this podcast as I know it will benefit so many with it’s tips, hacks, and habits that help overcome PCOS and restore fertility.
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Spence Pentland
Molecular Hydrogen: an important part of your health & fertility plan
Molecular Hydrogen: an important part of your health & fertility plan
Hydrogen-rich water is beneficial for PCOS, obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, autoimmune conditions, mitochondria, oxidative stress, blood circulation, and resilience to the effects of stress and anxiety…
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Spence Pentland
From Zero Sperm to Baby
From Zero Sperm to Baby
In this episode, Adam tell’s his fertility story, sharing all the details of how he went from zero sperm, to baby! If you are a man faced with male factor infertility, or a woman with a partner that has been diagnosed with male factor infertility, then this is a must listen. He dives into the importance of committing deeply to health and wellness, testosterone, CBD and much much more…
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Spence Pentland
REGULATE – Yinstill’s custom PCOS supplement
REGULATE – Yinstill custom PCOS supplement
Interview with Dr Katie Jones about the supplements used to manage PCOS. The purpose of the Yinstill Regulate supplement was to create a simple, yet effective, all-in-one formula for our PCOS patients. Its key ingredients work synergistically to increase insulin sensitivity, decrease androgen activity, improve egg maturation, and encourage more regular ovulation…
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Spence Pentland
PCOS & Fertility with Dr Jon Havelock
PCOS & Fertility: interview with Dr Jon Havelock
PCOS, its characteristics, proper diagnosis, and effective treatment with letrozole, metformin, IVF, diet, exercise, supplements & acupuncture. We also spend time discussing the larger metabolic/diabetic and cancer risks associated with PCOS.
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Spence Pentland
Cindy’s Fertility Story
Cindy’s Fertility Story
(58:17) Cindy shares her story of infertility. Talks about what she did to help her overcome her challenges, get healthy and become pregnant. Resources discussed; toxin-free beauty care (email chantal@yinstill.com with your questions regarding safe beauty while trying to conceive & pregnancy), & Yinstill fertility shop
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Spence Pentland
Yoga Acupuncture Therapy: How to Build Resilience
Yoga Acupuncture Therapy: How to Build Resilience
(42:21) Erin Flynn, BA, MSc, Dr. TCM offers Yoga Acupuncture therapy at Yinstill in Vancouver. Through teaching, breath, forms, and finally acupuncture, she provides participants with tools to help them cope with the day to day stress and challenges associated with infertility. In this podcast Dr Flynn explains the history of Yoga and its journey to the West, the basics of Yoga Acupuncture therapy, how Yoga affects the autonomic nervous system, and the process she takes people through in an actual session. I am very excited to have this wonderful service for our patients, to aid in their journey toward health, pregnancy, and family!
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Spence Pentland
Cannabis & Male Factor Infertility – What does the research say?
Cannabis & Male Factor Infertility – What does the research say?
We’re going to be talking and doing a deep dive into cannabis and male factor infertility. It’s a fun episode, we’re going to give a brief introduction to the endocannabinoid system, a little bit technical, but to bear with us, then we’ll get into how cannabis affects male fertility through certain semen parameters, like concentration and fertilization capacity, and the mitochondria or the energy producing powerhouses of the sperm, DNA fragmentation, different administration roots of cannabis and its impact on IVF.Near the end, you don’t want to miss this part where we’re also going to jump into some of the positive effects that research has shown with cannabis and reproduction. And then, we will give our conclusions.So, it’s an episode I think you don’t want to miss. We had a lot of fun diving into the research and coming up with some basic conclusions, so that you can incorporate it into your life.
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Spence Pentland
What do I do? Answers For Men Faced with Male Factor Infertility
What do I do? Answers For Men Faced with Infertility
The psychological journey through infertility for a man is a lonely confusing one. Most men recoil due to ignorance or ego, and the ones that try to step in and play active role do so with little support or understanding of how to ‘be’ with their wife through this difficult time. Well, Ally and Liz have gone to great lengths to try and remedy this situation. They have planted the seed and now it is all of our turn to help ‘fertilize’ the male mental-emotional side of modern reproduction.
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Spence Pentland
How Weight Loss maybe the key to become pregnant with ‘Lady Boss’
Weight Loss with Lady Boss
Weight loss can be a vital component of infertility. Losing weight may be key to realizing your dream of becoming a mother. But, this journey can be very difficult, and I am sure you have tried many things in the past that have had limited or no success for the long term. This is where I believe LadyBoss is different than any other weight loss ‘program’ out there, mostly because it isn’t simply just a program. LadyBoss is ushering in a new era of how women will approach weight loss, and I am excited for you to dive in and finally get the results you have always wanted, and now may absolutely need.
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Spence Pentland
Treating Unexplained Infertility with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Unexplained Infertility – treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
(46:00) Katherine (MBA, DACM, LAc, FABORM) entered into the study and practice of TCM for infertility through her own personal experience with reproductive challenges. She has an extensive background in the medical field and has operated reproductive health clinics in both New Hampshire and Maine for the last decade. In this interview she highlights her clinical knowledge of treating couples with unexplained infertility with ‘Whole Systems Traditional Chinese Medicine’. As the president of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM) she is a strong advocate for patients utilizing properly certified TCM reproductive health specialists when choosing this avenue of care.
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Spence Pentland
