Dr. Leah Roberts is a reproductive endocrinologist and the medical director at Boca Fertility. She has also lived within the exact uncertainty she helps women walk through in her role as a fertility doctor: a difficult pregnancy with her son, a diagnosis that made carrying again unsafe and navigation of the path through IVF to have her daughter.

In this episode, we get into what facing fertility challenges really means, why your tracking menstrual cycle is a vital sign most of us were never taught to take note of, and why AMH (the number everyone's chasing) is more nuanced than the internet makes it seem. Dr. Roberts breaks down the difference between IUI and IVF, why egg and sperm freezing timelines matter more than people realize, and why waiting for a fertility appointment to feel "necessary enough" often costs people time they didn't need to lose.

We also talk about what it's like to sit on both sides of the exam table: the loss of control she felt as a patient and why she believes the answer for women is to advocate for themselves.

This episode is about fertility and proactivity, why facing the hard questions early is so much easier than facing them in crisis and why learning to understand your own body is vital to a women's health.

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