{"podcast":{"title":"Her Fertility","slug":"her-fertility-7145239","podcast_index_feed_id":7145239,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147876900/feed","website_url":"https://www.herfertility.support/podcasts/her-fertility","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/2147597200/podcasts/d8ad6ed-8ef-71ff-2a8-74fd36ebb_HER_FERTILITY_PODCAST_2025.jpg","author":"Jess Tims","episode_count":60,"summary":"The Her Fertility Podcast, hosted by fertility doula Jess Tims, is dedicated to redefining what support during infertility can look like. From a fertility doula’s perspective, this podcast offers women navigating infertility a new lens: one that treats fertility not just as a medical problem to fix, but as a whole-self experience that requires strategy, safety, and support. Each episode bridges: evidence-based fertility education with nervous system and energetic regulation to give you relational support often missing from the TTC journey. This podcast is for women who feel overwhelmed, disempowered, or stuck between medical protocols and emotional turbulence, and are ready to reclaim agency in their fertility journey. Whether you’re pursuing natural conception, IVF, IUI, navigating after pregnancy loss or simply trying to understand your next right step, the Her Fertility Podcast offers fertility doula support in audio form. Because fertility is not just about the body: it’s about relationship, capacity, and being deeply supported along the way.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T18:19:09.584626+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-fertility-7145239"},"episode":{"title":"52. Advanced Fertility Testing Before IUI or IVF: Everything You Need to Know About Male and Female Fertility Tests","slug":"52-advanced-fertility-testing-before-iui-or-ivf-everything-you-need-to-know-about-male-and-female-fertility-tests","published_at":"2026-04-13T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-fertility-7145239/52-advanced-fertility-testing-before-iui-or-ivf-everything-you-need-to-know-about-male-and-female-fertility-tests","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-fertility-7145239","url":"https://www.herfertility.support/podcasts/her-fertility/episodes/2149187604","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149187604.mp3","summary":"Advanced Fertility Testing Before IUI or IVF: Everything You Need to Know About Male and Female Fertility Tests Episode 52   |   Her Fertility Podcast   |   Fertility Journey Series   Episode Overview Before your doctor can recommend IUI or IVF, there's a set of advanced fertility tests that build the picture of what's actually happening in your body. In this episode of the Fertility Journey Series, Jess Tims walks through every test you're likely to encounter — for both the male and female partner — explaining what each one measures, how it's done, and what to make of the results. Jess also shares her own emotional experience with the HSG exam, and why preparing yourself emotionally for these appointments matters just as much as preparing physically. \"You don't want to waste any more time just because you don't know something. Ask. Ask your practitioner, ask about your insurance coverage, ask what comes next. Knowledge is how you advocate for yourself.\" — Jess Tims What You'll Learn in This Episode The advanced fertility tests typically prescribed before IUI or IVF — for both partners What a semen analysis measures: sperm count, motility, and morphology — and why all three matter What DNA fragmentation testing is and why Jess recommends it if it's available to you How the female hormone panel works and why it's often done in two parts across your cycle What AMH (anti-Müllerian hormone) is, what it estimates, and its important limitations What the HSG exam is, how the procedure works, and why it's typically required before IUI or IVF Jess's personal experience with the HSG — including what she wishes she had known beforehand Why emotional preparation for fertility testing is as important as physical preparation How to use test results alongside…","meta_description":"Advanced Fertility Testing Before IUI or IVF: Everything You Need to Know About Male and Female Fertility Tests Episode 52 | Her Fertility P…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":745,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/her-fertility-7145239/episodes/52-advanced-fertility-testing-before-iui-or-ivf-everything-you-need-to-know-about-male-and-female-fertility-tests/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-fertility-7145239/52-advanced-fertility-testing-before-iui-or-ivf-everything-you-need-to-know-about-male-and-female-fertility-tests.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}