Answering Your Fertility Questions: IVF Costs, Implantation Failure, Male Factor, and Staying Hopeful

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Trying To Be Positive With Anne Matthews

Anne Matthews, RTF Productions

42 episodes

5 days ago

Trying to Be Positive is the hand that you've been wanting to hold on your fertility journey. Anne Matthews is a passionate advocate for reproductive health and normalizing the conversation around fertility, labour, loss and menstruation. A busy clinician (with two waitlisted clinics and not enough time to see everyone wanting to be seen), Trying to Be Positive is Anne’s offering to everyone who is trying. Listen for the tools to get closer to your own positive.

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Answering Your Fertility Questions: IVF Costs, Implantation Failure, Male Factor, and Staying Hopeful

Trying To Be Positive With Anne Matthews

44 minutes 28 seconds

1 month ago

Answering Your Fertility Questions: IVF Costs, Implantation Failure, Male Factor, and Staying Hopeful

In this episode of Trying to Be Positive, Anne answers your questions: what Ontario’s new IVF funding actually covers, why sperm DNA fragmentation can tank “normal” semen analyses, how frequent release + antioxidants may help, why high cholesterol affects sperm, what to know about supplements (CoQ10, omega-3, folate) without overdoing it - plus practical ways to stay hopeful when you feel like you’re doing everything right.

00:00 Intro01:38 Ontario IVF funding 2025 — what’s covered, what isn’t12:55 Does DNA fragmentation matter? (and why)17:00 How to lower DNA frag — release cadence, antioxidants20:45 High cholesterol & sperm — why it hurts fertility25:09 Supplements — safe starts (folate, CoQ10, omega-3) & cautions31:57 Endometriosis diagnosis — SUGO expert ultrasound (not just surgery)34:55 Staying hopeful — mindset, cycles, boundaries, stories that help