340: A Fertility Doctor Answers the Questions We’re All Secretly Googling: Egg Freezing, AMH, Egg Quality & More

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#340: When should you actually start thinking about your fertility? What does your AMH really tell you? Does being healthy mean you have good egg quality? And what actually happens when you freeze your eggs? Josie sits down with Dr. Michelle Kappy of Spring Fertility to break down the questions so many women are secretly Googling, from what happens at your first fertility appointment to what egg freezing really looks and feels like. Dr. Kappy explains which fertility tests are actually useful (and what they can’t tell you), how age, birth control, PCOS, and endometriosis can factor into fertility, and the biggest misconceptions about egg freezing. Every woman deserves the chance to sit down with a compassionate fertility expert, ask every question on her mind, and actually understand her body and her options. Consider this episode that conversation.

You’ll learn:

When to start thinking about your fertility (even if kids are years away)
What AMH can (and cannot) tell you about your fertility
How age, PCOS, endometriosis, and birth control factor into the conversation
What happens to your body and your eggs during an egg-freezing cycle
How long egg freezing takes and what the injections and retrieval actually feel like
Whether fertility medications affect your hormones long-term
The biggest myths about egg quality, fertility, and egg freezing
Why you might consider freezing eggs or embryos even if you want to start trying for a baby relatively soon

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This episode is brought to you by Spring Fertility. While they sponsor this conversation, all opinions are our own.

CHAPTERS:

00:20 - Why you should think about fertility before you’re ready for kids
03:10 - What actually happens at a fertility consultation
07:05 - When should you see a fertility specialist?
10:05 - What your AMH can (and can’t) tell you
15:25 - Why you shouldn’t panic over fertility test results
18:45 - PCOS, endometriosis, and the symptoms women normalize
23:20 - Fertility myths you probably still believe
28:10 - The truth about age and egg quality
32:35 - How egg freezing gives you more options for the future
36:00 - Does egg freezing deplete your egg supply?
39:10 - What hormone injections actually do to your body
41:25 - Eggs vs. embryos and protecting your future options
45:15 - What egg retrieval really feels like
49:20 - A new needle-free option for egg freezing
51:15 - Rapid-fire questions with Dr. Michelle Kappy

RESOURCES & MENTIONS:

Spring Fertility — fertility consultations, testing, egg and embryo freezing, IVF, and virtual consultations.
Dr. Michelle Kappy at Spring Fertility — reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist featured in the episode.
Egg Freezing at Spring Fertility — overview of the egg-freezing process, ovarian reserve testing, costs, and Spring’s egg-freezing calculator.
AMH and ovarian reserve information from ACOG — more information on anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), ovarian reserve, and what AMH can and cannot predict.
PCOS information from ACOG — symptoms, long-term health considerations, and treatment information for polycystic ovary syndrome.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros — the book Dr. Kappy credits with getting her back into reading.