Two Parents & A Podcast
Fertility Specialist: Understanding female & male fertility, when to get help & how treatments work (with Dr. Lucky)
29 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What are the basic things to know about fertility?
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Chapter 3: How early should you start thinking about fertility before trying to conceive?
Welcome back to another episode of Two Parents and a Podcast. Today we have Dr. Lucky on and we are going to talk all about fertility. Thank you for coming.
Chapter 4: What are the biggest myths about fertility?
Thank you for having me, guys. Thank you for being here.
Chapter 5: What should men understand about their fertility?
Um... You've got a book coming out, which we're going to talk about. I'm going to read your intro card because if I try to do it by heart, it'll be... I like that you go by Dr. Lucky, by the way. I like to keep it simple. Dr. Lucky Seacon. Yes. Did I say it right? Yes, you said it right. In my head, it is C-Con.
Chapter 6: What are the common causes of infertility in women and men?
Okay, so you're an OBGYN. and a reproductive endocrinologist who specializes in helping individuals and couples build their families through evidence based fertility care. She's an author of The Lucky Egg, which that is the cutest name on the planet.
Chapter 7: Why does infertility seem more common in younger generations today?
Also, the book is very cute. Understanding your fertility and how to get pregnant now available in January. So like when this comes out or soon where this comes out, because it's somehow September, December, making complex reproductive science feel clear, compassionate and empowering, which is something that I think
is so important especially just based on the conversations i have out and about with my friends and things like that fertility i think is something that's vulnerable and scary people have a lot of questions about oh my gosh they're so confused i i wrote this for my patients because i have conversations even today i saw five new patients during the course of my day and everyone is just confused you know and i want to change that and selfishly i'm hoping for a future where i'm seeing patients and they're walking in
feeling like they have a baseline knowledge and it's not like they're going from zero to 60 because most people are coming to see me. I mean, a lot of people are coming to see me to, you know, fill the knowledge gap and understand a little bit more about their body. But I'd say the vast majority have been already at this for a while, trying on their own, and then they're coming in to see me.
And so most of the knowledge base they have is like information they stumbled upon if, you know, their OBGYN talked about it with them or whatever they Googled or what their friend told them.
And now I'm needing to fill in all of the gaps in their knowledge and also kind of teach them a new language because a lot of times when you think about testing and looking for barriers to getting pregnant or certain treatment options, there's all these acronyms and it can feel so overwhelming. And so I'm hoping to take away the overwhelm. That's really the goal here to make people feel like,
calm, collected because personally, when I feel nervous or anxious, I don't really retain a lot of new information. And I know that that's true for many of my patients. So the key is to just help them regain a little bit of a sense of control.
And I think that's one thing that we want to do here today. And I'm saying this from a person who I am pregnant with my second right now. And I say this a lot on the podcast. I feel lucky and blessed to be here doing that, carrying the baby.
But I do think it's very important to ask these questions because I understand, you know, I understand a little bit about fertility, but I want to know a lot more about it. I've seen my friends struggle with it. We want four kids, you know,
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Chapter 8: What treatment options are available for infertility?
I could absolutely struggle with it one day.
Absolutely. I mean, even if it's not pertinent to you in this moment, like you said, you have a lot of friends going through it. One in six couples or individuals will have infertility. And it's not even infertility. It's just, you know, there are so many different types of stories.
And I see a lot of same sex couples who from the get go, it's not fair, but they're missing sperm or they're missing eggs or they need to rely on surrogacy to carry the pregnancy. But everyone deserves the ability to build their family. And
For some people that means intervention from the start and that's where experts like me come in, but I do think there's so much misinformation and misconceptions and even well-meaning people will make comments that can be really insensitive and hurtful.
So raising awareness about this issue is not just about will it affect you one day, but it's about making it a better society for everyone and making it more inclusive and supportive.
Totally. And that's why it was important for us to do this episode, because I think a lot of our listeners deal with this or know somebody that has dealt with this or will deal with it. Right. And so it's something that affects everybody or at least somebody that, you know. So I'm really excited to talk to you today and gain a better understanding.
And I hope that our audience really benefits from this, too. I want to start with understanding fertility basics. So if someone wants to understand their fertility, what are the first basic things they should know and tests or checks that actually matter to help them gain an understanding?
I love that you started simple because that's what I do every single consult with a patient. I literally take out a sheet of paper and give them a biology class and say, OK, let's not think about the most complex thing you read in a forum last night on Reddit. Let's talk about the four building blocks. Sperm, eggs, you need a uterus, and you need fallopian tubes.
And basically, if you think about the journey, it starts with ovulating an egg. And a lot of people don't even know what that means. They think they're ovulating like multiple eggs. But in reality, there's this process that's kind of magical when you think about it that's happening in our ovaries all the time, even before we start ovulating and getting periods.
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