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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark — What If Your ‘Unexplained Infertility’ Isn’t Unexplained at All? | Illie Balaj @healthillie
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What If Your ‘Unexplained Infertility’ Isn’t Unexplained at All? | Illie Balaj @healthillie

Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark · 85

You have read about her infertility journey in People Magazine and watched her viral TikToks where Illie Balaj lays out why she believes women deserve better than IVF. After a year of being thrashed and trashed in comments by IVF moms for daring to question the status quo, Illie worked with Dr. Gavin Puthoff, a NAPRO…

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“Who else thought Alex was pregnant? 😅😅 ... congrats, Illie!!!”

— @taylor-brookehill7073 · YouTube comment

“I'm a little bitter right now. I truly question the need for most medical doctors, especially those in fertility, obstetrics, and pediatrics. At least to the extent that we are told to utilize them. It seems many of them make their money by…”

— @Ra20233 · YouTube comment

“Alex, do an episode on male infertility next!! It's so understudied and many male fertility doctors/urologists quickly send you off to IVF. It's so frustrating! 😬”

— @GraceEllis-k6k · YouTube comment

“We did the IVF. 3 rounds. Nothing. I think I might have silent endometriosis. We tried for 13+ years. Im 43, even if I got the endo fixed/surgically repaired am I too old? I dont know. But, Im waiting on an appointment for Match to see. I d…”

— @Diniecita · YouTube comment

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