Fertility 101

You took sex ed, but now you need to understand fertility. Data to answer your questions about natural conception and diagnosing what might be wrong.

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Fertility 101
17k took this course
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Experts you'll learn from

Dr. Owen Davis

President, ASRM
Associate Director, REI
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Dr. David Adamson

Adjunct Professor
Stanford School of Medicine
Former President, ASRM

Dr. Chantel Cross

Associate Director, REI
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Dr. Torie Comeaux Plowden

Assistant Division Director
Walter Reed Medical Center

Dr. Nalini Kaul (Mahajan)

Director, Mother & Child Hospital
Scientific Director, Ferticity Fertility Clinics

Dr. Lubna Pal

Section Chief
Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Michael Eisenberg

Director, Male Fertility
Stanford School of Medicine

Dr. Eve Feinberg

Medical Director, REI
Northwestern Medicine

Dr. Eric Forman

Medical & Laboratory Director
Columbia University Medical Center

Dr. Natan Bar-Chama

Director, Male Reproductive Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Peter Schlegel

Chairman of Urology
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Former President, ASRM

Dr. Angela Aguilar, MD, MBS (Health)

Professor 3, University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital
Past President, Philippine Society for Reproductive Medicine

Dr. Scott Morin

Medical Director
RMA of Northern California

Dr. Alexander Quaas

Reproductive Endocrinologist
Former Director, University Hospital Basel

Dr. Christian M. Becker

Associate Professor, Oxford University
Co-Director, Oxford BSGE Endometriosis Centre

Dr. William Buckett

Division Director, McGill University Medical Center
Montreal, Canada

Dr. Meera Shah

Reproductive Fertility Specialist
Nova Fertility

Dr. Dominique de Ziegler

Consultant Universitaire, Hopital Foch, Université de Paris Ouest

Dr. Dominique de Ziegler

University Consultant, Hopital Foch, University of Paris

Dr. Sheeva Talebian

Reproductive Endocrinologist
CCRM New York

Dr. Brian Levine

Practice Director
CCRM New York

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What you'll learn

These lessons cover important topics for anyone whether you're thinking about having a family later on, if you're just starting to plan a pregnancy, or if you've been trying unsuccessfully to conceive, and you want to understand more. We cover important subjects like: How to get pregnant? What problems can make it hard to get pregnant? What are the chances of getting pregnant naturally each month, and how does that change for different age groups? How long should it take to get pregnant? How should you time intercourse for pregnancy? We explain diagnostic fertility tests—how they can find problems, and their strengths and weaknesses. And we walk through every major fertility treatment, and how each treatment can solve different problems you might encounter.

Course Syllabus5 Lessons1h 36m

  1. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. What You Need to Conceive
    2. Women’s Role in Reproduction
    3. Men's Role in Reproduction
  2. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. Sex Isn't Happening at the Right Time
    2. The Ovary Isn’t Releasing Eggs
    3. Eggs Aren't Good Quality
    4. Fallopian Tubes Aren’t Working
    5. Not Enough Sperm Where It Needs to Be
    6. The Uterus Can’t Support a Healthy Pregnancy
    7. Hormonal Disruptions Preventing Pregnancy
    8. Unexplained Reasons
  3. Lesson 3 (24 min)
    Getting Pregnant
    In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. How Long Should It Take to Get Pregnant?
    2. When Should I Have Sex to Get Pregnant?
    3. How to Accurately Monitor Your Cycle to Time Intercourse
    4. How Often Should I Have Sex to Get Pregnant?
    5. Trying to Conceive When Coming Off Birth Control
    6. How Can I Improve My Chances of Getting Pregnant?
  4. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. When to See a Doctor If You're Trying to Conceive
    2. Diagnostics: Finding What’s Not Working
    3. Diagnostics for Eggs or Ovarian Reserve
    4. Evaluating Fallopian Tubes
    5. Evaluating the Uterine Cavity
    6. Evaluating Sperm
  5. In this lesson we'll cover:
    1. Different Fertility Treatments Solve Different Issues
    2. Ovulation Induction
    3. Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
    4. Donor Sperm
    5. In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
    6. Gestational Surrogacy
    7. Donor Eggs
    8. Uterine Fibroids