In this episode, Dr. Erica sits down with Dr. Nirali Dubal — board-certified pediatrician, ICF-certified life coach, and certified mindfulness meditation teacher — to explore how mindfulness and meditation can support high-achieving women on the fertility journey. What we cover: What the research says about meditation and the brain (functional MRI studies, prefrontal cortex changes) How meditation reduces stress, improves sleep, and supports immune function Why you don't need hours a day — even ...
May 28, 2026•45 min
In this inspiring episode, I sit down with my mentor, Dr. Unachukwu, founder of the EntreMD Business School, to talk about what happens when physicians stop playing small and start building businesses around their gifts. Dr. Una shares how a single anticlimactic moment after seeing her first patient as an attending sparked a decade-long journey of reinvention — from socially awkward introvert to the founder of a movement helping hundreds of thousands of physicians thrive through entrepreneurship...
May 21, 2026•54 min
Thinking about freezing your eggs — or counseling patients who are? As female physicians, we're often the last to prioritize our own fertility. This episode is your concise, evidence-based guide to planned fertility preservation, from someone who's been through it personally and professionally. 🔬 History — how vitrification revolutionized egg freezing and why it's no longer experimental 💰 Costs — $5K–$20K+, what insurance may (and may not) cover, and how to think about storage 🛡️ Safety — the...
May 14, 2026•26 min
This Mother's Day, we're sitting with the hard and the hopeful. Dr. Erica Bove welcomes Dr. Rebecca N. Thompson — family medicine and public health physician, and author of Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfect Love — for a conversation that is equal parts raw, wise, and deeply affirming. Dr. Thompson shares the deeply personal journey behind her collaborative memoir, including her own life-threatening pregnancy complications, three losses, and the decade-long pro...
May 08, 2026•52 min
In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, Dr. Erica Bove walks through her complete framework for evaluating fertility — including which tests she routinely orders, what each one actually tells her, and which expensive panels are often unnecessary. From AMH and hormone testing to semen analysis, uterine cavity evaluation, and fallopian tube testing, this episode explains how reproductive endocrinologists think through infertility workups in a practical, evidence-based way. We cover: • W...
May 07, 2026•14 min
If your cycles are irregular, ovulation is inconsistent, or something just feels off — prolactin may be a missing piece. In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, we break down prolactin, a hormone that is often misunderstood, sometimes overtested, and sometimes completely overlooked in fertility care. While prolactin plays an important role in pregnancy and lactation, elevated levels can disrupt ovulation, impact hormone signaling, and ultimately affect fertility outcomes in both women...
Apr 30, 2026•7 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap If your thyroid labs have been labeled “normal,” but you’re still struggling to conceive — this episode is for you. In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, we break down the real relationship between thyroid function and fertility, including why standard lab ranges don’t always tell th...
Apr 23, 2026•11 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap If you’ve ever wondered whether surrogacy could be part of your fertility journey—this episode will open your eyes. Today, I’m joined by Dr. Alyssa Small Layne, a board-certified OBGYN and minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon, who shares both her professional expertise and deeply personal journ...
Apr 16, 2026•50 min•Ep. 111
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap If your period is late… your ovulation feels unpredictable… or your fertility treatments aren’t going as planned—this episode is for you. Today, we’re breaking down LH surges and ovulation dynamics, especially in busy, high-achieving women. Because ovulation is not just “on or off”—it exists on a...
Apr 14, 2026•16 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap If you’ve ever looked at your fertility labs and felt confused by your FSH level, this episode is for you. Today, we’re breaking down what FSH actually means, why timing is everything, and how estradiol plays a critical role in whether your results can even be interpreted accurately. Because here...
Apr 09, 2026•14 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, Dr. Erica Bove is joined by Dr. Vanessa Calderon for a deeply honest conversation about infertility, miscarriage, secondary infertility, surrender, and what it means to stay empowered when the path to parenthood does not go according to plan. Dr....
Apr 07, 2026•52 min•Ep. 110
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In today’s episode, we’re diving into a deeply important and often overlooked topic: AMH levels, diminished ovarian reserve, and infertility in female physicians. While infertility affects about one in six couples in the general population, female physicians face significantly higher rates, with ...
Apr 02, 2026•9 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap Today we’re diving into one of the most important and often confusing topics in fertility care: endometrial thickness and uterine lining quality. As embryo selection continues to improve, many patients are left asking the same question: Why aren’t my high-quality embryos implanting? In this episo...
Mar 31, 2026•23 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode, we take a clear, evidence-based look at fertility supplements — what may support reproductive outcomes, what remains uncertain, and where it’s important to proceed thoughtfully. We review foundational nutrients such as folic acid, vitamin D, iron, calcium, and DHA, along with com...
Mar 26, 2026•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this thoughtful and deeply human conversation, Dr. Erica Bove is joined by integrative pediatrician Dr. Kirin Palmer to explore how we can prepare for parenthood emotionally, physically, and mentally. They discuss the impact of anxiety and scarcity mindset on fertility and early parenting, how...
Mar 25, 2026•54 min•Ep. 109
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap Progesterone is one of the most talked-about — and most misunderstood — hormones in fertility care. Patients are often told to “check their progesterone,” but what do these numbers actually mean? Can they predict whether a cycle will succeed or fail? And how should progesterone be interpreted in ...
Mar 24, 2026•10 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility Framework, Dr. Erica Bove explores how environmental exposures may affect fertility, egg quality, sperm development, hormone production, and long-term ovarian health. Environmental toxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals are often overlooked i...
Mar 19, 2026•11 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility Framework, Dr. Erica Bove explores luteal phase defect and its impact on fertility and early pregnancy. The luteal phase begins after ovulation and is sustained by progesterone produced by the corpus luteum. Adequate progesterone exposure is ess...
Mar 17, 2026•15 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility Framework, Dr. Erica Bove explores the relationship between chronic inflammation and oocyte quality. Chronic inflammation affects folliculogenesis, meiotic integrity, hormonal balance, immune signaling, and embryonic developmental competence. Wh...
Mar 12, 2026•15 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility Framework, Dr. Erica Bove explores how circadian rhythms influence reproductive function and fertility outcomes. Circadian rhythms regulate hormone secretion, ovulation, inflammation, and implantation physiology. When sleep schedules are disrupt...
Mar 10, 2026•10 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love and Science podcast, Dr. Erica Bove sits down with Dr. Ali Domar, PhD — internationally recognized expert in stress and infertility and Chief Compassion Officer at Inception Fertility. We cover the most controversial question in reproductive medicine: does stress impac...
Mar 05, 2026•43 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap Ovarian reserve testing is widely used — but interpretation requires nuance. In this episode, Dr. Erica Bove reviews a practical framework for interpreting AMH, antral follicle count (AFC), FSH, and estradiol in clinical practice, with emphasis on how those values influence treatment strategy. Di...
Mar 03, 2026•10 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap What does Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) really tell you about your fertility? In this episode of the Love and Science Podcast, Dr. Erica Bove, reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist, breaks down everything you need to know about AMH — what it is, what it is not, and how it’s actuall...
Feb 26, 2026•17 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap If you’re worried about declining egg quality, low AMH, or ovarian aging, this video explains what actually drives the process. In this episode, Dr. Erica Bove breaks down the science behind ovarian aging, including egg quality, egg number, anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), mitochondrial function, an...
Feb 24, 2026•13 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love and Science Podcast, Dr. Erica Bove sits down with Dr. Mel Thacker — board-certified otolaryngologist and rhinologist, master coach, host of the podcast Surgeons of Purpose, and co-founder of Hippocratic Collective — for a powerful conversation about surgeon burnout, n...
Feb 19, 2026•44 min•Ep. 108
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this deeply moving episode of the Love and Science Podcast, Dr. Erica Bove sits down with Dr. Tasha Faruqui — pediatrician, author, speaker, and mother of a daughter with a rare, life-limiting genetic condition. Dr. Faruqui shares the early signs that something wasn’t right, the years-long dia...
Feb 17, 2026•55 min•Ep. 107
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap If you’ve ever been told your embryos are “high quality” but your transfers keep failing, this episode will change how you think about implantation. In this powerful and science-forward conversation, Dr. Erica Bove sits down with Dr. Sadikah Behbehani — board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologis...
Feb 12, 2026•49 min•Ep. 106
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap What does authentic hope really look like in fertility care especially when outcomes are uncertain? In this episode of Love & Science Fertility, we explore how hope can remain steady and empowering without drifting into false reassurance or unrealistic expectations. Grounded in evidence-based...
Feb 10, 2026•25 min•Ep. 105
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap In this episode of the Love and Science Podcast, we explore the often-unspoken energetic and subconscious blocks that can show up on the fertility journey—especially for high-achieving women who are used to being in control. We discuss how limiting beliefs, attachment to outcomes, fear of change,...
Feb 05, 2026•59 min•Ep. 104
Download The Physician Fertility Roadmap - a 6-step, evidence-based plan to optimize your fertility over the next 6-12 months. https://support.loveandsciencefertility.com/The-Physician-Fertility-Roadmap PCOS is one of the most common causes of infertility—and also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, we break down how PCOS is diagnosed, why ovulation can shut down even when “labs look normal,” and why many women are pushed into a cookie-cutter fertility plan too early. We explore a ro...
Feb 03, 2026•43 min•Ep. 104
