Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Science of Periods: What's really going on in your Uterus
This week we will focus on what in G-ds good name is going on in the uterus during your cycle. I don’t think I’m going too far out on a ledge to say …
10 months, 1 week ago
What is the role of the Corpus Luteum in reproductive health and fertility: Conversation with Dr. Kirk Conrad
Pregnancy can appear smooth when everything, or nearly everything goes according to plan--basically. But if you're part of the group of people for wh…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The backstory of the Unsung Hero of Early Pregnancy: the Corpus Luteum
This week’s episode is the ‘Making Sense of Pregnancy’ version of the broadway play (and now movie) Wicked: it provides the back story of a critical …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Postpartum is not the "opposite" of pregnancy: Conversation with Dr. Uri Alon
If we wanted to bury the phrase “bounce back” to describe our expectation about how a body should respond in postpartum, I think today’s conversation…
11 months ago
Can we predict miscarriage with an activity tracker? Conversation with Professor Benjamin Smarr, Part II
Season 1
When it comes to categorizing pregnant women as high or low risk, we leave so much information on the table--which keeps us limited to the model wher…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Can an activity tracker tell you if you are pregnant? Conversation with Professor Benjamin Smarr, Part I
In the olden days, women measured something called basal body temperature (BBT), which is core temperature, to track ovulation by measuring their tem…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Many long held ideas about Placental Development are wrong: a conversation with Dr. Graham Burton, PhD
The uterus has really lurked in the shadows of gestational research.
We imagined that it was just a place where the fertilized egg decided to settle …
1 year ago
What triggers labor?: Conversation with Dr. Polina Lishko, Part 2
The how and when of uterine contractions--how are uterine contractions initiated? Whats the trigger or triggers? And when it happens too early, why d…
1 year ago
Turning labor on and off: the identification of a trigger: Conversation with Dr. Polina Lishko, PhD, part I
One of the big unknowns in pregnancy, and there are many, is what initiates labor. Researchers point to many different possible triggers, and likely …
1 year, 1 month ago
How the Uterine Environment Shapes the Baby's Long term Health
Today we are all about fetal programming. It's also known as the Barker Hypothesis or Fetal Origins of Health and Disease. This theory suggests that …
1 year, 1 month ago