{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F8a1c7531-9c64-48a0-a28d-ca7ff5952af2","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Testing at Home with Dr. Helen O\u2019Neill","description":"In this week\u2019s episode, we\u2019re talking all about testing your fertility at home. You\u2019ll hear a snippet of a previous chat we had with Exseed Health founder Morten Ulsted. Exseed is a male fertility test to be done at home and you can hear the full conversation here \r\n \r\nWe welcome, to the podcast, Dr. Helen O\u2019Neill \u2013 a lecturer in Molecular genetics and co-founder of Hertility. Hertility is an at-home hormone testing service for your fertility journey, which includes support from trusted fertility experts.\r\n \r\nHelen\u2019s motivation for starting Hertility was to provide women with a holistic expert service that takes into consideration all aspects of their reproductive health. Hertility considers 9 of the most common reproductive conditions such as thyroid, PCOS, and endometriosis, to mention just three. Hertility combines answers from a pre-testing questionnaire, that takes in to account any symptom in isolation or collection of symptoms among other aspects to decide on which hormones to check you for and then using this test information, along with your questionnaire, provides you with either a concrete diagnosis or a suspicion of a diagnosis for anyone of the 9 reproductive conditions.\r\n \r\nHertility doesn\u2019t just give you your result and leave you high and dry. They then provide support in understanding what your results mean for you and your pathway to care through interaction with fertility counselors or their team of clinical experts. You can clearly choose to take your results and share these with your GP to help move you forward on your fertility journey.\r\n \r\nHelen also chats about the concerns surrounding young women over-exercising and how this can impact significantly on their reproductive health. Over-exercising can, in some circumstances, lead to a condition called Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea (HA). With HA, women can experience the complete loss of a menstrual cycle and Helen discusses how often the lack of periods can be dismissed by a doctor when they\u2019re not trying to conceive yet, but this delay can have a devastating impact on their future fertility. Knowledge is power when it comes to fertility and making the decision to do home testing can be a liberating, empowering, and immensely reassuring experience.\r\n \r\nYou can find out more about Hertility and home testing here:\r\nSOCIALS:\r\nHertility Health \r\nFertility Poddy\r\nKate\r\nExseed Health \r\n See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c811999a-598f-4fe2-9dcd-9ba7892620ef/cover-image-km5syzsw-thefertpod.png"}