What do you get when you add two nurse practitioners, a healthy serving of science, a heaping scoop of kindness, a dash of fun, and a microphone? The Whole Pineapple podcast takes a whole-person approach to fertility. Join co-hosts Ruby Booras and Anne Judge as they discuss a variety of fertility and wellness-related topics including nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness, stress management, toxic habits, environmental exposures, mental health, sleep, sexual health, relationships, self-ca ...
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Snack 86: Mindful Goodbyes
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Change is hard, especially when they involve endings of things we’re sad to see go. And we’re definitely sad to see The Whole Pineapple go. In this very special, final (for now?) episode, Ruby, Anne, Jamie, and podcast producer Shannon Perry reflect on how difficult it can be to say goodbye. But as A.A. Milne says in the voice of Winnie the Pooh, “…
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Episode 46: The End of Sex with Hank Greely
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Sorry, folks, it’s official: it’s the end of sex.* Henry “Hank” Greely, Professor by courtesy of Genetics at Stanford School of Medicine, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences, is very interested in how new biomedical technologies impact assisted reproduction. He’s authored two bo…
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Episode 45: Fertility Preservation & Gender-Affirming Care
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Fertility preservation for those undergoing gender-affirming transition is an important area of reproductive medicine. In this episode, Anne and Ruby are talking with Dr. Lynn Davis about how fertility options may be dependent on age, the gametes involved (i.e. sperm or eggs) and the stage of gender-affirming care. Dr. Davis started her educational…
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Episode 44: Fertility Preservation after a Cancer Diagnosis
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A diagnosis of cancer or other serious condition is bad enough — dealing with tests, treatments, insurance, uncertainty, as well as the illness — but knowing that the condition or its treatments can also cause infertility…. It just feels so horribly unfair. The good news is for many, that diagnosis doesn’t have to equal the end of fertility. The la…
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Snack 84: Why Doesn't My Clinic Want Me To Take Herbs?
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The Whole Pineapple welcomes back Dr. Lee Hullender Rubin, specialist in acupuncture and integrative East Asian Medicine, this time to talk about herbs and East Asian medicine in general. While acupuncture may be the most well-known, East Asian medicine incorporates many different modalities of treatment. So let's talk integrative medicine. As Dr. …
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Episode 43: More Needles?!: Acupuncture & Fertility Treatments
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Dr. Lee Hullender Rubin wants you to understand acupuncture and how it can aid all kinds of issues, including infertility. The founder of Rosefinch Health, Dr. Lee is an award-winning doctor of acupuncture and a leader in the field of integrative reproductive medicine. She blends compassionate care with over two decades of clinical experience speci…
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Snack 83: Letting Go vs. Giving Up
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Note: This episode contains news on the future of The Whole Pineapple podcast, so be sure to tune in! There’s a difference between “letting go” and “giving up,” right? Giving up is relinquishing control; letting go is making the decision that this path isn’t serving you right now and it’s time to make a change. But even if letting go is your decisi…
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Snack 82: Equal Playing Field: Bonus Episode with OL Reign
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For women athletes, it can sometimes feel like the playing field is so tilted, they’re constantly running uphill to reach their goals. (Seriously, could this analogy BE any better?) There’s been progress, say our guests for this episode, OL Reign players Lu Barnes and Nikki Stanton, but parity is still a long ways off. The way women are (mis)treate…
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Episode 42: Having a Uterus Shouldn't Be a Penalty
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If, unlike Anne, you’re not already a season ticket holder for the OL Reign, and you do live in the Seattle area, maybe consider grabbing your seats now. Like most women’s sports, tickets are less expensive than the men’s and certainly less than they’re worth! In this episode, we hear from OL Reign players Lu Barnes and Nikki Stanton on the joys an…
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Snack 81: Book Review: Getting to Baby––A Food First Fertility Plan
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First, we’d like to apologize for the joke that starts this episode. This is what happens when good vegetables go bad…. ;) In this delicious snack, Ruby and Anne are chatting with Judy Simon and Angela Thyer about their new book, Getting to Baby: A Food-First Fertility Plan to Improve Your Odds and Shorten Your Time to Pregnancy. If you are conside…
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Snack 80: Microbiome: Balance & Bowel Movements
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OK, we knew the human gut had one of these, but the vagina too? What’s actually going on in there? Microbiomes are incredibly diverse ecosystems: we are more bacteria than we are human. Yep. Read that again — there are more bacteria in us than human cells. You, my friend, are a moving, breathing microcosm that is incredibly cooperative when you’re …
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Episode 41: Whole Person Fertility Care
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Scheduling to record with this guest was a bit of a journey of its own, but the end result was totally worth it! Registered Nurse, nutritional therapist, and former fertility patient Katy Bradbury understands the fertility journey as thoroughly as anyone can. But her own difficult experience had a genuine bright side: it led her into her career in …
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Snack 79: Fertility Through the Decades: Middle School to Menopause
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As anyone born with a uterus will tell you, living in a body equipped with one of these and all that goes with it comes with a special set of challenges. And many of us don’t really know all we need to know, so think of this episode as a sort of Owner’s Manual. So what do we need to know through the decades of our life? TEEN YEARS: Irregular period…
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Snack 78: How to Prevent Ectopic Pregnancies
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Ectopic pregnancies may be rare, but given how devastating and dangerous they can be, taking steps to prevent them is never a bad idea! For those worried about ectopic pregnancies, remember they generally amount to only 1-2 percent of pregnancies. For those who have had an ectopic pregnancy, that number may go up to 10 percent, but it’s still unlik…
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Episode 40: What Do You Mean My Pregnancy is Ectopic?
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Ectopic pregnancy is when the pregnancy implants outside the uterus, most often in the fallopian tubes. As much as 1-2 percent of pregnancies end up in this category, even when the pregnancy results from IVF. In this episode, Ruby and Anne talk with Dr. Amy Criniti, another member of the Seattle Reproductive Medicine team, about some of the questio…
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Snack 77: Starting Over
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x Sooooooooo…. Whether it was your choice or not, whether it’s for a happy reason or a difficult one, starting over can be one of the most difficult things we do as adults. New job, new home, new realities can mean uncertainty and disruption. So how do we get our heads and hearts ready to take on the challenges of change? In this episode, Anne and …
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Snack 76: How to Help When Everything You Say is Wrong
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Phew! Ruby, Anne, and counselor Suzi Mohn are going to fix All The Things today, so the rest of us can relax by the pool. OK, maybe not, but they certainly can help, so listen up! Today’s question is: How can you support your partner in a difficult fertility journey? Often, the one who will not be carrying the baby feels a little helpless and usele…
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Episode 39: What's Love Got to Do With It?: Relationships & Infertility
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Individual and family couples counselor Suzi Mohn has helped families navigate crises for years, and she knows how important support can be during a fertility journey. Infertility can put a huge strain on relationships — stress, financial worries, blame and guilt, turning pleasure into obligation, differing expectations or goals, etc. etc. are all …
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Snack 75: Happy Birthday Louise Brown!
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July 25, 1978 was a great day, and not just because July 25 is Ruby’s birthday. This particular day in 1978, the first IVF baby, Louise Brown, was born! IVF is a lot different now than it was then — a lot was learned on the way to this first successful human pregnancy, and a lot has been learned since. In this snack, Ruby and Anne are talking about…
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Snack 74: How to Advocate for Access to Care
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With laws and regulations changing so fast and all over the place, it can feel overwhelming and futile to try to do anything at all. But it’s important that we don’t give up and let decisions be made for us. What can people who aren’t professional lobbyists do to make our voices heard? According to Sean Tipton, you can do exactly that – you can mak…
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Episode 38: The Politics & Policy of Assisted Reproductive Technology
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Content warning: there are mentions of abortion, incest, and rape in this episode. Advocacy is on the menu for today’s episode — and to quote our Season One guest Lara Hayden in episode 13, listen up to learn how we can all “be prepared, not scared.” Sean Tipton, Chief Advocacy and Policy Officer for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (…
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Snack 73: Talking Yourself (& Your Vacuum) Off a Cliff
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How do you stop “catastrophizing”? And if it’s not clear from context, “catastrophizing” is the art/science/self-destructive spin-out of getting stuck in what Bridget Jones referred to as a “negative thought bog,” like getting mired in a swamp of despair. Like “doom scrolling,” catastrophizing is that rut of negativity you just can’t seem to fight …
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Snack 72: Listener Story: Julie's with Termination of Pregnancy for Medical Reasons
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We often refer to fertility as a “journey” — but sometimes it can feel like a slog through disappointment, bewildering medical terminology, treatments, surgical termination, physical and emotional pain, and more horrors that you really don’t need us to list out. One of the hardest parts may be feeling so isolated, like no one’s journey has been as …
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Episode 37: Termination of Pregnancy for Medical Reasons
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Content Warning: This episode focuses on pregnancy loss and termination of pregnancy for medical reasons. If you’re not in the right head space to hear this episode, we suggest you skip ahead and come back if and when you’re ready. Please take care of you. Worst-case scenarios suck. There’s no way around that. But one way to make it suck slightly l…
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Snack 71: Exor-Cyst: Demystifying the Common Ovarian Cyst
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Q: What is a cyst? A: It’s a pocket of fluid. Q: Why do I have cysts? A: Because you have ovaries. Q: Is it bad? A: Great question. Let’s talk. Not all cysts are bad news. In fact, bodies with ovaries generate cysts pretty regularly as part of the menstrual cycle. For example, what you see on an ultrasound isn’t the egg; the egg is inside a “follic…
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