The Conception Channel
Evidence-Informed Fertility Guidance, Anytime, Anywhere
Tune in to The Conception Channel, available as a podcast or on YouTube, for expert insights on reproductive health and fertility. Dr. Spence Pentland shares practical tips, interviews with specialists, and guidance rooted in both modern science and integrative approaches to help you navigate your fertility journey with confidence and clarity.
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
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
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
Acupuncture Improves Fertility Treatment and IVF Success Rates
Acupuncture Improves Fertility Treatment Success Rates & Patient Experience
Acupuncture mechanisms influencing fertility, & review of most current quality research on acupuncture & IVF and other fertility treatments. 32% increase in pregnancy rate (12 trials, 2230 women), 30% increase in live births (9 trials, 1980 women), 43% reduction of miscarriage (10 trials, 2042 women). Women that received acupuncture reported reduced anxiety after embryo transfer when compared to sham control…
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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
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
Glutathione Can Improve Fertility
Glutathione Can Improve Fertility
IF…high degrees of oxidative stress (inflammation) and low antioxidant status are implicated in conditions contributing to infertility, AND, deficiencies of glutathione have been shown to negatively impact both sperm and egg quality, the fertilization process, and embryo development, AND, glutathione is the body’s most powerful antioxidant which also helps in preserving and recycling other antioxidants, THEN… glutathione injection treatment strategies to boost the exhausted antioxidant pools the reproductive microenvironment is intuitive…
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Spence Pentland
Hilariously Infertile – Karen’s Story…
Hilariously Infertile – Karen’s Story…
(33:40) I had a great time interviewing Karen. She was very open about her personal story through infertility, and has taken her experience and used it to create a fantastic resource for women – Hilariously Infertile, a website, social media platforms, and a new book dedicated to her unique perspective on the struggle of infertility. She believes that laughter is good medicine and that sometimes, no matter how dire, we all could benefit from being able to laugh at our circumstance. Check out the podcast and check out her resources, they may be exactly what you need right now!
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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
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
How to Live Toxin-Free to Boost Fertility
Living Toxin-Free to Boost Fertility
Manda is so knowledgeable on the topic of toxins and our health that the important information just rolls off her tongue, all while she is smiling and enjoying that she gets to share this important wisdom. This is part 1 of many more to come as it is such a big topic that one interview just won’t cut it. There are so many great take aways during this podcast that you are going to want to have a pen and paper ready. This is realistically the easiest way to take steps toward improving your fertility and ensuring your future children do not begin life in a toxic environment.
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Spence Pentland
