Knocked Up

IVF Watch · 46 min · Oct 2026

Pregnant After IVF: What Happens Next? With Dr Scott Shemer

A positive pregnancy test after IVF can bring enormous joy, but it can also open the door to an entirely new set of questions and anxieties. Is every IVF pregnancy considered high risk? Will you need additional monitoring? Does conceiving through assisted reproduction affect how or when you give birth?

IVF Watch · 48 min · Sept 2026

Breast Cancer, Fertility and IVF: What Every Woman Should Know

How does a breast cancer diagnosis affect fertility, pregnancy and future family planning? And does IVF increase your risk of developing breast cancer?

Pregnancy Watch · 38 min · Sept 2026

What Your Fertility Ultrasound Is Really Looking For

What can a fertility ultrasound actually tell you about your chances of becoming pregnant? In this episode of Knocked Up, Dr Raelia Lew speaks with a specialist obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound doctor to uncover what expert fertility scans can reveal about your reproductive health.

IVF Watch · 39 min · Aug 2026

10 IVF Rounds, No Embryos: Finding Motherhood Through Embryo Donation

After 10 rounds of IVF using her own eggs without creating a single embryo, Fiona O'Neil and her husband faced an incredibly difficult question: were they willing to let go of genetic parenthood to experience life as parents?

Male Fertility Watch · 36 min · Aug 2026

What Really Happens to Your Embryos in an IVF Lab?

What happens to your eggs, sperm and embryos once they enter an IVF laboratory? In this episode of Knocked Up, Dr Raelia Lew speaks with senior embryologist Alex about the science, precision and human care behind every stage of embryo development.

IVF Watch · 30 min · Aug 2026

IVF Without Two Weeks of Injections? Inside IVM

What if eggs could be collected before they mature and developed outside the body, potentially reducing the medications, time and physical burden involved in conventional IVF?

IVF Watch · 42 min · July 2026

What IVF Nurses Wish Every Patient Knew

What happens behind the scenes during an IVF cycle, and who supports patients through the uncertainty, injections, scans and pregnancy-test results? Dr Raelia Lew sits down with IVF nurse Lucy Elam to explore the essential role fertility nurses play throughout treatment.

Fertility Preservation Listen · 31 min · Mar 2026

Beyond Fertility...

In this episode we explore the often unspoken final chapter of fertility, the moment when individuals or couples begin to consider moving on.

Donor Conception Listen · 23 min · Mar 2026

The Many Paths to Parenthood

What happens when the path to parenthood looks different from what you imagined? In this episode of Knocked Up, CREI fertility specialist Dr Raelia Lew explains donor conception and the extraordinary ways families can be created through donor sperm, donor eggs or donor embryos.

Ovulation Induction Listen · 33 min · Mar 2026

Understanding the Difference Between OI and IUI

If you're not ovulating regularly, or you've been trying without success, ovulation induction (OI) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) are often the first treatments discussed before IVF.

Gynaecology Listen · 19 min · Feb 2026

BV, the Vaginal Microbiome and Fertility

Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is one of the most common vaginal conditions in women of reproductive age, yet many women are unsure how it may affect fertility.

Hormones Listen · 32 min · Feb 2026

Progesterone: The Pro-Pregnancy Hormone

Progesterone is often called the "pregnancy hormone", but what does that actually mean for your body and your fertility?