"That's somebody's dream‪"‬ Fertility: Let's Be Honest

Kimberly LaRocque, PhD, is the IVF laboratory director of a large fertility clinic in Colorado. Kimberly got her start in the surprising field of equine reproduction at Colorado State University before shifting to human embryology. Calisse asks Kimberly about the stresses of creating embryos with sometimes sub-optimal eggs or sperm, and Kimberly discusses the importance of putting her best efforts into each process every time. Kimberly details her work in horse embryology (including how to collect semen from a stallion!), and shares her thoughts on an Ohio clinic that lost thousands of embryos due to storage failures. Calisse asks Kimberly about the pressure of creating embryos for royal families, and Kimberly discusses her own fertility journey and explains why she gives a little tap on the incubator after storing the embryos she created.