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Managing Your Fertility

by Bridget Busacker

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About the show

An evidence-based women’s health podcast on menstrual cycles, hormones, fertility awareness, and informed consent. Hosted by Bridget Busacker, MA, a women’s health communicator trained in public health and journalism, each episode blends research, expert interviews, and lived experience - from miscarriage and postpartum to hormonal imbalance. Topics include cycle charting, infertility, endometriosis, intimacy, and restorative reproductive medicine, so you can understand your body and make confident health decisions. https://www.managingyourfertility.com