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Podcast: Taco Bout Fertility Tuesday
Episode: The Scariest Part of IVF—And Why It Terrifies Me as a Doctor
Description: Send us Fan MailThere’s a lot to worry about in IVF: Will you get enough eggs? Will your embryos be normal? Will the transfer work?But for Dr. Mark Amols, there’s one part that truly keeps him up at night—fertilization.In this deeply personal episode of Taco Bout Fertility Tuesday, Dr. Amols shares why fertilization is the most unpredictable and emotionally gut-wrenching step in the entire IVF process. You’ll get a crash course in reproductive biology—meiosis, pronuclei, 0PNs, 2PNs, and more—and learn what really happens the...