This week on Fertility Village LIVE, we’re excited to be joined by author, writer and storyteller Nicole Victory author of FrankenLOVE: One Monster’s Journey to Becoming a MOMster Through Mad Science.Born from Nicole’s own experience with infertility FrankenLOVE follows Frae, a monster who desperately wants to become a MOMster. When creating a mini monster doesn’t happen the way she hoped, Frae turns to Dr. Boo Fang and a little “mad science” to help build her family.Join us as we dive in to talk about Nicole’s journey through fertility treatment, the uncertainty of not knowing how your story will end, becoming a mother after infertility, and how her own experience ultimately inspired a children’s book that helps families talk about the many different ways families are created.

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This week we are coming to you LIVE from @cfas.scfa CFAS in Calgary, Alberta at 7:00 PM ET instead of our usual 8:00 PM!On this episode of Fertility Village LIVE, we’re joined by Michelle Chidley from Fertility Alberta @fertilityab for a timely conversation about fertility access, advocacy, and what’s happening right now in Alberta.There has been some significant movement in the province, from new research looking at the financial and workplace impact of fertility treatment, to advocacy for improved fertility benefits and public funding, and recent progress in oncofertility support.We’ll be talking about:• What fertility treatment is really costing Alberta families• The impact fertility treatment can have on careers and workplaces• Why employer fertility benefits matter• Recent progress in oncofertility care• The continued push for publicly funded fertility treatment in Alberta• What Fertility Alberta is advocating for nextThis is a conversation about access, affordability, advocacy and what needs to change so that more people have the opportunity to build their families.

Understanding Egg Quality: What It Is, Why It Matters & What We Can Learn From ItWe hear so much about egg quantity during fertility treatment, but what about egg quality?This week on Fertility Village LIVE, @jessicalchalk of @mystoriahealth is joined by reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist @dan.nayot to break down what egg quality actually means, why it matters in IVF, and why having a high number of eggs doesn’t always translate into more embryos.We’ll also explore how new technology, including @futurefertilityai MAGENTA egg quality assessment, is giving patients and their care teams additional information to better understand IVF outcomes, ask more informed questions, and guide conversations about what comes next.We’ll talk egg quality vs. quantity, age and ovarian reserve, what we can and can’t control, and some of the reasons patients can finish an IVF cycle still wondering, “Why did this happen?”Join us LIVE over at @oasisfsn and bring your questions. See you tomorrow night at 8pm!1d