Conceivable with Noor

How IVF works, and how Genetic Testing and Fertility Extension will impact family building with Dr. Amber Cooper

May 02, 2024 Noor Siddiqui Season 1 Episode 13
How IVF works, and how Genetic Testing and Fertility Extension will impact family building with Dr. Amber Cooper
Conceivable with Noor
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Conceivable with Noor
How IVF works, and how Genetic Testing and Fertility Extension will impact family building with Dr. Amber Cooper
May 02, 2024 Season 1 Episode 13
Noor Siddiqui

Today our guest is Dr. Amber Cooper. Dr. Cooper is Chief Medical Officer-Genomics and Laboratory Sciences, and Medical and IVF Practice Director at Kindbody in St. Louis. She is also one of Orchid's Medical Advisors. First she gives us a crash course on IVF and debunks a popular misconception about it. Then we talk about how egg quality changes over time, what egg freezing is, how many eggs someone should freeze based on how many babies they’d like, and what excites her about the future of IVF.

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Today our guest is Dr. Amber Cooper. Dr. Cooper is Chief Medical Officer-Genomics and Laboratory Sciences, and Medical and IVF Practice Director at Kindbody in St. Louis. She is also one of Orchid's Medical Advisors. First she gives us a crash course on IVF and debunks a popular misconception about it. Then we talk about how egg quality changes over time, what egg freezing is, how many eggs someone should freeze based on how many babies they’d like, and what excites her about the future of IVF.