If you can talk a patient through a panic attack in under a minute but can't seem to do it for yourself the night before a beta, this episode is for you.

In this solo episode of the Love & Science Fertility podcast, Calming the Nervous System, Dr. Erica Bove, a double board certified OB/GYN and reproductive endocrinologist, gets specific about the restorative practices that help female physicians regulate during the fertility journey.

You'll learn why she won't do an embryo transfer on a patient who is dysregulated, how inner resources protect you from the weather of fertility treatment, and a reset that takes 30 seconds to use before walking into a patient room or the clinic.

If you're a psychiatrist who can talk anyone through a hard moment but can't seem to do it for yourself on the fertility journey, this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility podcast, Dr. Erica Bove continues her series on why certain specialties make infertility uniquely painful. This time she turns to psychiatrists and the particular sting of having every cognitive tool and still feeling like none of them are working.

You'll learn why fertility medications can affect mood and regulation even in the most skilled clinicians, and what actually moves the needle on nervous system regulation (including why yoga may deserve a second look). You'll also learn how to get your own mental health support while protecting your privacy inside the system where you work.

If you can solve almost any clinical problem in front of you but feel completely lost on your own fertility journey, this episode is for you. The gap between a specialty with clear algorithms and one with none can be disorienting, especially for physicians used to having the answer.

In this episode of Love & Science Fertility, Dr. Erica Bove continues her series on how different specialties shape the fertility journey, turning her attention to ICU physicians and hospitalists navigating infertility alongside demanding shift work.

You'll learn why the analytical brain that excels in critical care can work against you at 2am, how disrupted sleep and circadian rhythm may affect fertility related hormones like cortisol, and practical ways to structure a hospitalist schedule around treatment without losing your mind in the process.

If you can solve almost any clinical problem in front of you but feel completely lost on your own fertility journey, this episode is for you. The gap between a specialty with clear algorithms and one with none can be disorienting, especially for physicians used to having the answer.

In this episode of Love & Science Fertility, Dr. Erica Bove continues her series on how different specialties shape the fertility journey, turning her attention to ICU physicians and hospitalists navigating infertility alongside demanding shift work.

You'll learn why the analytical brain that excels in critical care can work against you at 2am, how disrupted sleep and circadian rhythm may affect fertility related hormones like cortisol, and practical ways to structure a hospitalist schedule around treatment without losing your mind in the process.

If you can solve almost any clinical problem in front of you but feel completely lost on your own fertility journey, this episode is for you. The gap between a specialty with clear algorithms and one with none can be disorienting, especially for physicians used to having the answer.

In this episode of Love & Science Fertility, Dr. Erica Bove continues her series on how different specialties shape the fertility journey, turning her attention to ICU physicians and hospitalists navigating infertility alongside demanding shift work.

You'll learn why the analytical brain that excels in critical care can work against you at 2am, how disrupted sleep and circadian rhythm may affect fertility related hormones like cortisol, and practical ways to structure a hospitalist schedule around treatment without losing your mind in the process.

If you've built your entire career on pushing through, and now feel like your body is the one thing you can't outwork, this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility podcast, Dr. Erica Bove examines why female surgeons face infertility at meaningfully higher rates than their peers, even after age is accounted for, and what's actually happening physiologically during years of long cases, overnight call, and chronic sleep disruption.

You'll learn why a demanding OR schedule can register in the body as a stress or famine response, how unprocessed trauma from the job may be connected to conditions like endometriosis, and a set of practical strategies for protecting your fertility while still practicing surgery.

If you've ever felt more exhausted after a shift than a patient could ever know — and more alone in your fertility journey because of it — this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility podcast, Dr. Erica Bove turns to emergency medicine physicians specifically, unpacking why the combination of shift work, hypervigilance, and trauma exposure makes building a family while working in the ER uniquely hard.

You'll learn how the same instincts that make you excellent under pressure at work can work against you during fertility treatment, practical strategies for protecting your sleep after a hard shift, and how one physician used data on physician pregnancy outcomes to advocate for a schedule change that changed everything.

If you're an OBGYN who spends her days delivering other people's babies while quietly grieving the one you don't have yet, this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility podcast, Dr. Erica Bove — an OBGYN and fertility specialist who has lived this exact intersection — speaks directly to the unique pain of practicing obstetrics while navigating your own infertility journey.

You'll learn why this specialty can make the fertility journey harder than almost any other, how one physician learned to protect her peace when colleagues weren't the support she needed, and the simple mantra — "I am them, just not yet" — that helped her find steadier ground.

If you've felt intimacy quietly slip away somewhere in the middle of fertility treatment, this episode is for you. In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility podcast, Dr. Alexandra Stockwell — physician, intimacy expert, and bestselling author of Uncompromising Intimacy — joins Dr. Erica Bove to talk about what happens to a marriage when sex becomes a medical protocol instead of a source of connection. You'll hear an honest conversation about receptivity versus passivity, the small acts of affection that quietly disappear during treatment, and why the fertility journey — as hard as it is — can become an opening for a deeper kind of intimacy than you've had before.

If you've ever felt like your fertility clinic didn't have a box that fit you, this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Love & Science Fertility podcast, Dr. Erica Bove sits down with Dr. Dina Wilson, a hospitalist physician in Oregon, to trace her eighteen-year path through misdiagnosis, six IVF cycles, and complete embryo arrest before finally becoming a mother.

You'll learn why "shelving" fertility treatment during training can carry a hidden cost, how one overlooked protocol — in vitro maturation — can change the outcome after everything else has failed, and how to set boundaries at work that let you actually show up for your own care.

If you've ever assumed his workup could wait until yours was further along — this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, Dr. Erica Bove sits down with Dr. James Kuan, board certified urologist and founder of Sexual Medicine for Men in Seattle, for a candid conversation about the partner who's often standing quietly on the sidelines of fertility treatment.

You'll learn why erectile dysfunction shows up more often during treatment than most couples expect, what actually happens in the parking lot on retrieval day, and why bringing him fully into the process — not just the collection room — changes the outcome for both of you.

If you've been telling yourself you'll rest once things calm down — this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Love & Science podcast, Dr. Erica Bove sits down with Dr. Jessie Mahoney, physician coach and founder of Pause & Presence, for a birthday conversation about control, self-kindness, and what it actually takes to slow down as a high-achieving physician.

You'll learn why surrender is a physical experience as much as a mental one, what a stress fracture and a spinal fracture taught two doctors about listening to their bodies, and why putting rest — and friendship — on the calendar isn't optional, even when everything else feels more urgent.