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Why "failed cycle" and "poor responder" wound infertility patients
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- The Podcast by KevinMD
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- Jun 22, 2026
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Summary
The words doctors use during fertility care can wound the patient sitting across the desk. "Failed cycle." "Poor responder." "Ovarian failure." For a woman already carrying the grief of a child she has never had, those words can feel like nails in a coffin. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa, a fertility specialist, argues that infertility grief is compounded by cultural stigma and by clinical language medicine rarely audits. This episode is based on her article " The emotional impact of infertility is grief unspoken ," published on KevinMD. You will hear why up to 40 to 50 percent of infertility cases involve a male factor, why the team-based script ("do it for your partner") often gets a resistant husband to agree to testing, what social media hides about donor eggs and late-in-life pregnancies, why no supplement can reverse the biological aging of eggs, and why being culturally nosy is one of the most useful clinical skills a fertility doctor can develop. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform . With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended