The Egg Whisperer Show

Welcome back to Ask the Egg Whisperer! I'm so excited to have Dr. Steven Palter join me on today's episode. Dr. Palter is the medical and scientific director at Gold Coast IVF in Woodbury, New York, and an internationally recognized leader in fertility treatment. He's also the creator of the PCOS to Pregnancy Protocol -  the first comprehensive remote system targeting the root causes of PCOS and the Palter Fertility Method, a personalized approach to diagnosis and care that integrates metabolic health, surgical precision, and emerging reproductive technologies.
Watch the full conversation (with more live chatted questions) on Dr. Aimee's Instagram Live. 
In this episode, we tackle real questions from our community (women ranging from 36 to 47), dealing with everything from diminished ovarian reserve and repeated IVF failure to PCOS, endometriosis, and experimental treatments like mitochondrial replacement therapy. Dr. Palter and I don't always agree, and that's what makes this conversation so valuable. We get into the nuances of DHEA and testosterone supplementation, when genetic testing is worth it even with limited embryos, why your stimulation protocol might be the problem, and how targeting insulin resistance can transform outcomes for PCOS patients.
In this episode, we cover:
Why AMH predicts egg quantity, not quality  and why that distinction matters
The truth about DHEA and testosterone priming, including a major new study showing no benefit
Mitochondrial replacement therapy (three-parent IVF): promise, limitations, and what the data actually shows
Fresh vs. frozen transfers with diminished ovarian reserve, and why PGTA testing is still valuable
The #1 reason for immature eggs and no blasts and the protocol fix that works 80% of the time
Endometriosis, BCL6 testing, and when suppression vs. surgery makes sense
How targeting insulin resistance and inflammation in PCOS patients is changing outcomes dramatically
Resources:
Dr. Steven Palter's practice: Gold Coast IVF — goldcoastivf.com
PCOS to Pregnancy Protocol by Dr. Palter
Previous podcast episode with Dr. Palter on the Palter Fertility Method
Dr. Aimee's fertility supplement stack
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The next live class call is on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.
 
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I'm excited to be joined by Dr. Kate White on today's Egg Whisperer Show podcast! As a practicing gynecologist, she teaches women how to better understand their bodies. She helps women be unafraid of seeing the doctor, and arms them with questions to ask.

Dr. Kate is the Vice-Chair of Academics and the director of the Fellowship in Complex Family Planning at Boston Medical Center, and an associate professor of OB/GYN at the Boston University School of Medicine. She is the author of "Your Guide to Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss: hope and healing when you're no longer expecting."

I'm excited to talk to her about how fertility patients can get the information they need to make the best choices for themselves and their lives so that they can grow their families.

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Would you like to learn more about IVF?
Click here to join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class.
The next live class call is on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.
 
Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips!

Join Egg Whisperer School

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Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

If you're one of my patients you'll know which egg quality supplements and sperm quality supplements I want you to be on. I spell it out. I will tell you the doses too.  I also make my recommendations as far as which brands to get.


But if you're not my patient, I want you to learn from this too. No matter where you live in the world, no matter which brands you have access to, there is a way for you to create your own egg (or sperm) quality regimen too. 


If you want to hear it all, and get more information about improving your egg quality, tune in to today's episode.

Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website

Looking for clear answers about IVF from a fertility expert?
Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class, where she explains IVF step by step and answers your questions live during an interactive Zoom session. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

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Gina Davis is the founder of Advocate Genetics and a co-founder of EM•POWER with Moxi, an education company dedicated to empowering choice in embryo donation. I'm so honored to have her joining me today on The Egg Whisperer Show podcast!

Gina is passionate about impacting the growing field of genetic counseling, and has worked tirelessly to train new genetic counselors, and provide a strong foundation for fertility patients. A former fertility patient herself, she understands the challenges patients face as they try to make sense of the rapid advancements in genetics and fertility medicine, and works hard to help doctors and patients make educated decisions about their options.

In this discussion, we'll be talking about genetic counseling, how it impacts the fertility world, reasons to seek genetic counseling, and what to consider about genetic testing results.

Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's site.
Visit Gina Davis' site at EM•POWER with Moxi.

Looking for clear answers about IVF from a fertility expert?
Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class, where she explains IVF step by step and answers your questions live during an interactive Zoom session. The next class call is on Monday, April 20, 2026. Click here to learn more and sign up.
 
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Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

Starting a fertility treatment to then be told that you're over-responding and can't move forward is so disappointing for fertility patients. And I love that Dr. Blake Evans has done research on this issue for IUI patients and he's joining me on The Egg Whisperer Show to share his research findings and provide guidance for us all and to talk about when you should consider canceling your IUI.


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Find Dr. Blake Evans at OU Infertility - Oklahoma University Physicians Reproductive Medicine.

Looking for clear answers about IVF from a fertility expert?
Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class, where she explains IVF step by step and answers your questions live during an interactive Zoom session. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips!
Join Egg Whisperer School
Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates

Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.