Fertility Friday Q&A Episode 2!

Fertility doctor, Natalie Crawford, MD - double board certified OBGYN and REI, answers your top fertility questions every week in this new video series. You deserve to understand the basics about fertility and your reproductive health, so ask, watch, and learn.

**to ask questions you can place them under the community tab on the question prompt In this video.

Fertility doctor, Natalie Crawford, MD, discusses tubal factor infertiltiy and blocked fallopian tubes. Tubal infertility is one of the top causes of not getting pregnant.

You are born with all the eggs (oocytes) you will ever have, and every person runs out eventually. But how do you know how many eggs you have left? Should you test your fertility? What is AMH? What is your ovarian reserve? Fertility Doctor, Natalie Crawford, MD talks about fertility testing and ovarian reserve. What should you know now if you want to have kids in the future? What should you know if you are trying to conceive or undergoing fertility treatments? How do you know if you are running out of eggs? How many eggs do you have left?

Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD talks about fertility care for transgender persons. Is fertility inclusive?

Reviewing: What is the difference in sex and gender?

What is trans?

What does it mean to be trans?

How do you transition?

Does transitioning impact your fertility?

Do fertility doctors take care of trans persons?

Can you freeze your eggs on testosterone treatment?

Can you freeze your sperm on estrogen?

What needs to be considered before transitioning: fertility preservation.

Discussed in this video: Access to fertility services by transgender and nonbinary persons: an Ethics Committee opinion

Dr. Natalie Crawford, board certified OBGYN and REI, discussed the COVID vaccine in pregnancy and placental changes. Does the COVID vaccine cause sterilization? Does the COVID vaccine attack the placenta? Does the COVID vaccine cause an increase in miscarriage or stillbirth? Is the COVID vaccine safe if breastfeeding? Is the COVID vaccine safe in pregnancy?

*up to date as of May 17, 2021

This is educational content and not medical advice. Please ask your doctor and specific questions that may pertain to your medical care.

Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD talks about egg freezing and gives top tips for things you should consider if you are thinking about freezing you eggs.

Answering your fertility questions LIVE! Join me to answer your fertility questions all about trying to conceive, natural fertility, infertility treatments, IVF, and more.

Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD is answering your fertility questions today for National Infertility Awareness Week.

Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD is answering your fertility questions today for National Infertility Awareness Week. Covered in this episode (PART 2)

Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD is answering your fertility questions today for National Infertility Awareness Week. What is Infertility?

Board Certified Fertility Doctor, Natalie Crawford, MD is answering a common questions - can the COVID vaccine change your period? There have been reports from women that their period has changed after getting the COVID vaccine. Does the COVID vaccine change your period? Why could periods change after the COVID vaccine? Are there any changes in your hormones from COVID or COVID vaccine? Are there any changes to your ovarian reserve after COVID infection or the vaccine?

What is AMH? Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD gives a quick overview of AMH (antimullerian hormone) and ovarian reserve. Quick facts: AMH can change month to month. It is a blood test. Low AMH is associated with fewer eggs to freeze or retrieve with IVF and an early onset of ovarian failure (menopause). Low AMH does not cause infertility to make it harder to get pregnant naturally.

Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD, board certified OBGYN and REI, discusses caffeine and coffee use when trying to conceive or pregnant. Can you really drink coffee when TTC?

Questions answered:

Is caffeine bad for you?

Is it safe to drink coffee if you are pregnant?

Does caffeine cause miscarriage?

Is there a safe amount of caffeine or coffee you can drink?

How much caffeine is in coffee?

Does caffeine cause preterm birth or intrauterine growth restriction?

Does caffeine cause infertility?

Do you need to stop drinking coffee if you are trying to get pregnant?

*this is educational information only, not directed medical advice. Please ask any direct medical questions to your doctor.

Fertility Doctor Natalie Crawford, MD explains your menstrual cycle in 60 seconds. What causes ovulation? How do your hormones change throughout your menstrual cycle? What is a normal menstrual cycle? What is a normal period?

Dr. Natalie Crawford, board certified fertility doctor, talks about fertility supplements. What supplements should you be taking if you are TTC? What do you need if you are trying to get pregnant? What supplements help improve your fertility? What supplements help diminished ovarian reserve and egg quality? What supplements help endometriosis or PCOS? One of the top questions asked is "Are there any supplements I can take to improve my fertility?"

Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD, board certified OBGYN and REI, discusses one of the top questions she gets asked as a fertility doctor: what are the early signs of a pregnancy? In this video she reviews hormone changes in the luteal phase, the importance of progesterone, what exactly is the two week wait (TWW), and what happens as an embryo implants? All your implantation symptoms discussed in detail!

Questions answered: When does implantation occur? How early after implantation can you take a pregnancy test? What are the early signs of pregnancy? What symptoms can you expect with early pregnancy? What is the first sign of implantation? What is the two week wait (TWW)? What does progesterone do in the luteal phase? How early can you test for pregnancy? Why is pregnancy 40 weeks?

Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD - double board certified OBGYN and Fertility Doctor discuss COVID and male fertility. Listen as a recent study is reviewed talking about sperm production and semen analysis after COVID infection. Literature review. Questions reviewed: Does sperm change after COVID-19 infection? Does sperm concentration, motility, and morphology differ based on severity of COVID infection? What should people trying to conceive know about male COVID infection? Should men who get COVID get a semen analysis? What should you do if you are in fertility treatment and male partner gets COVID infection?

Join host Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD, board certified OBGYN and REI as she talks to Lauren Stewart who is publicly sharing her story with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) while trying to get pregnant.

Listen as she shares: Getting her PCOS diagnosis

Being told she had diabetes

Having a bad experience with a fertility doctor

Ovulation induction - Clomid and injectable hormones

Deciding to do IUI (Intrauterine Inseminination)

Her farm life

Dealing with the stigma and sharing your fertility story with the world

FOLLOW LAUREN: Instagram: @lauren.stewart_dc https://www.instagram.com/lauren.stew...​

YouTube: @Lauren Stewart​

Double board certified OBGYN and REI, Dr. Natalie Crawford, talks about how to use an ovulation predictor kit (OPK). Learn about ovulation, what your hormones are doing, and what you need to know. When do you start using OPKs? What hormone is an OPK testing? Are all ovulation tests the same? What time of day is the best to detect ovulation? What does a positive OPK mean? How do you know an OPK it positive? When should you time intercourse after a positive OPK?

*This is medical education and not medical advice. Please talk to your doctor about your medical condition and all questions you may have.