Have you ever been told that your fertility labs are “normal,” yet you’re still wondering why you’re not getting pregnant?

Standard fertility testing gives us important information about hormones, ovarian reserve, ovulation, anatomy, and sperm. Sometimes, though, those results leave us with more questions.

Nora DeBora, functional fertility coach, holistic nutritionist, and host of the Ultimate Pregnancy Prep podcast, joins me on Health Youniversity to talk about what additional testing may tell us about the health of the body in which eggs and sperm are developing and pregnancy is trying to take hold.

We talk about hormone metabolism, the gut and vaginal microbiomes, recurrent BV, UTIs and yeast infections, inflammation, nutrient status, and the role of functional testing. We also discuss something I feel strongly about: testing should give us information we can actually use. More testing and more supplements aren't necessarily better.

This episode may be especially helpful if:

• your fertility testing looks normal, but you're still having difficulty getting or staying pregnant
• you've experienced recurrent BV, UTIs, or yeast infections
• you're taking multiple supplements and aren't sure which ones you actually need
• you've experienced pregnancy loss, a failed transfer, or a low AMH result and want to explore your health more broadly
• you're curious about functional testing and want to understand which tests may be useful and when

Our conversation is ultimately about looking at fertility within the health of the whole person and deciding which information can help you make meaningful changes before pregnancy.

Register for the free Root Cause Fertility Summit:
https://www.naturallynora.ca/registration?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturallynora.ca%2Fa%2F2148309419%2FPmHd57bK

Support your fertility journey with the Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity:
https://healthyouniversity.co/programs

Learn more about Nora DeBora and the Ultimate Pregnancy Prep podcast:
https://www.naturallynora.ca/

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

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Chronic inflammation may be an important and often overlooked piece of the fertility puzzle, particularly when infertility or pregnancy loss remains unexplained.

Dr. Jan Rydfors, Stanford-trained OB-GYN and founder of the Freyja Early Pregnancy Loss Clinic, joins me on Health Youniversity to explore the connection between inflammation, reproductive health, implantation, and early pregnancy.

We talk about some of the factors that can drive chronic inflammation, including insulin resistance, stress, gut health, endometriosis, and adenomyosis, and why addressing these issues before conception may help create a healthier foundation for pregnancy.

This episode may be especially helpful if:

• your labs look normal, yet you're still having difficulty getting or staying pregnant
• you've experienced more than one pregnancy loss without a clear explanation
• you're wondering what insulin resistance, gut health, or endometriosis may have to do with fertility
• you're preparing for IVF or a frozen embryo transfer and want to support your health beforehand
• you want practical steps you can take now to improve your preconception health

We also discuss AMH, progesterone support, reproductive immunology, and some of the emerging ways inflammation may be measured.

Support your fertility journey with the Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity:
https://healthyouniversity.co/programs

Learn more about the Freyja Early Pregnancy Loss Clinic:
https://freyjaclinic.com/

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

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If Somatics, Transformational NLP, and Internal Family Systems all sound like alphabet soup for psychology, read on.. 

Dr. Emily Fox, clinical psychologist, healer, and guide joins Health University to break down three modalities that address the root cause of an imbalanced emotional pattern.

If you’re interested to learn how healing old patterns can reshape your relationship, your future baby and your family's legacy, this episode is for you.  

Especially  if:

• you being told  "just relax" and feeling dismissed for your experiences
• you want to understand why you keep squaring off with the the same triggers 
• you're curious what are Somatic Therapy, Transformational NLP, and Internal Family Systems 
• you're navigating fertility, IVF, pregnancy, or postpartum and feel disconnected from  your own body
• you want practical modalities that work faster than years of talk therapy

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here: https://healthyouniversity.co/programs

Learn more about Dr. Emily Fox's practice, Reveal and Remember, by clicking here. 

Schedule a Free Consultation call with Emily here

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08U9QJf...

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Skincare is much more than a beauty routine. What you put on your skin affects your system, hormones included.

Michelle Doan, founder of Emani Vegan Cosmetics, joins Health Youniversity to talk about clean skincare and why it belongs in your fertility toolkit.

The conversation covers what your skin microbiome does, why fragrance is one of the most overlooked hormone disruptors, and how fermentation makes skincare ingredients easier for your skin to absorb. 

This episode is for you if:

• you're trying to reduce your toxic load 
• you want to know what's actually in your skincare
• you're curious how fermentation helps your skin absorb ingredients better
• you're in perimenopause and your skincare routine doesn’t work anymore
• you're rebuilding your relationship with your body 

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here: https://healthyouniversity.co/programs 

Learn more about Emani Vegan Cosmetics by clicking here.

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💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

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📸 Instagram: @dr.susan.fox

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Fertility and perimenopause conversations usually get technical fast. This one takes a different approach.

Katrina Valente is a feminine embodiment mentor and tantra and relationship coach with nearly three decades of experience helping high achieving women step out of burnout and back into their bodies. This conversation with Dr. Susan Fox explores what happens when women spend years living in pure masculine drive.

The conversation covers her own burnout story, the years spent working instead of building a family, and the five habits that keep her youthful and radiant now. It also gets into why the program runs 12 weeks, and why boundaries might be the most underrated tool a woman has. 

This episode is for you if: 

• you've wonder if you're drive is driving you to burnout 
• you're heading into perimenopause and want to prepare 
• you’re fatigued, have brain fog, or feel like something's off
• you're curious what "divine feminine" means
• you want everyday habits that work 
• you've had a burnout moment and are trying to make sense of it

Learn more about the Valente Method here: https://www.katrinavalente.com/the-valente-method-course

Check out Secrets to Eternal Youth here: https://www.katrinavalente.com/secrets-to-eternal-youth 

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here: https://healthyouniversity.co/programs

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08U9QJf...

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It’s common to think about hormone tracking as conception tools, but your hormones don't clock out once you’ve had a baby or are entering perimenopause. 

Rose MacKenzie, Clinical Manager at MiraCare, returns to Health Youniversity to talk about the benefits of tracking hormones during perimenopause.

She explains why one hormone test can miss important patterns and why the standard ”day 21” blood draw can be on the wrong day. She also explains why a high FSH result matters for a lot more than just fertility. 

This episode is for you if:

• you're in your mid 30s to mid 40s and want to know the state of your hormones 
• you've been told your FSH or AMH numbers "aren't great" 
• you've had a blood test come back confusing 
• you're curious how  tracking hormone over a cycle provides better data
• you think perimenopause deserves your and your medical team’s attention 
• you're supporting a patient, partner, or friend through this stage

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here: https://healthyouniversity.co/programs

Learn more about MIRA Fertility Tracking at miracare.com 

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08U9QJf...

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While the definition is broader, the term “family planning” has long meant contraception.

Dr. Leonard Lopoo wrote Wanting Children, a deep dive into 50 years of U.S. family policy and why it was never built with fertility in mind. He joins Dr. Susan Fox to talk about what pronatalism actually means, and why the goal was never just more births.

Dr. Lopoo explains the difference between wanting a policy that increases births and wanting a policy that supports the families already trying to have them. He also busts the myth that IVF is simply too expensive to cover nationally, and talks about the five year rule that quietly runs out the clock on women trying to qualify for help.

This episode is for you if:

• you've ever paid taxes without realizing it shapes your fertility choices
• you're curious what "pronatalism" actually means and why it's suddenly everywhere
• you've hit a wall with insurance that won't cover ovulation meds, let alone IVF
• you're a policymaker, physician, or med student who wants the 30,000-foot view
• you're weighing genetic testing and want the ethics laid out plainly
• you want to understand why this is so much harder in America than it needs to be

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here: https://healthyouniversity.co/programs 

Wanting Children by Leonard M. Lopoo: Available through University of Chicago Press, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08U9QJf...

📸 Instagram: @dr.susan.fox

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A new Lancet study on IVF add-ons made headlines, and acupuncture was one of the treatments under review.  Dr. Lee Hullender Rubin joins Dr. Susan Fox to discuss what the study actually found, what it got right, and what it missed.  Dr. Lee explains that 

• studies using one or two sessions on transfer day was an insufficient dose.
• research was done on fresh embryo transfers, but almost nobody does fresh anymore.
• “sham acupuncture” isn't placebo..

This episode is for you if:

• you saw the headlines and want the full picture
• you’re planning IVF and considering acupuncture 
• you’re thinking acupuncture on embryo transfer day will help
• you want to understand what "sham" acupuncture is and why it matters

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here: https://healthyouniversity.co/programs 

Want to know more about the latest IVF acupuncture study? Read the full article here: https://www.rosefinchhealth.com/blog/acupuncture-ivf-major-new-study-fuller-story 

Website: https://www.rosefinchhealth.com/ 

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08U9QJf...

📸 Instagram: @dr.susan.fox

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Ever wonder why one glass of wine leaves you fine and the next one wrecks you? Paul Lagerstedt invented ALKAA® , a patented sachet you drop right in your glass to pull out the compounds in alcohol that makes you feel bad. He joins Dr. Susan Fox to talk about what's behind that post-drink crash, and how it affects you if you're trying to conceive, going through IVF, or dealing with perimenopause. 

Paul explains the difference between absorbing and adsorbing. He also busts the myth that vodka and tequila are the "clean" drinks, and talks about the alcohol tax most of us pay with that morning-after “blah” feeling. 

If you could treat the glass to remove toxic compounds, would you?

This episode is for you if:

• you've noticed alcohol hits you harder than it used to
• you're trying to conceive but want to enjoy your social life at certain times in your cycle
• you're in perimenopause and drinks just don't sit right anymore
• you want one simple thing to try tonight

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here: https://healthyouniversity.co/programs 

Website: https://alka.com/

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08U9QJf...

📸 Instagram: @dr.susan.fox

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Every single cell in our body needs glutathione.  Most of us are low without knowing it. 

Dr. Gina Nick is a naturopathic physician, researcher, and the world's leading expert on glutathione, which she has penned “Vitamin G”.  She joins Dr. Susan Fox to talk about why this master antioxidant keeps showing up at the center of unexplained infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and autoimmune dysfunction that standard labs keep missing.

She explains that glutathione lives inside the mitochondria of every cell, what happens when environmental toxins and aging deplete it, and why the form you take matters as much as the amount. More is not always better with this one. 

They also get into perimenopause, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, what Tylenol does to your glutathione levels, and why this conversation matters for male factor fertility too. 

This episode is for you if 

• you've been told your infertility is unexplained and something still doesn't feel resolved 
• you've had recurrent losses or failed transfers and want to know what else to look at
•  you have a known or suspected autoimmune condition 
• you're preparing for an IVF cycle and want to know what you can do before, during, and after
•  you're in your late thirties or early forties and starting to notice perimenopause symptoms you want one simple, practical thing you can start today.

Support your fertility journey with Preconception Plan at Health Youniversity. Learn more here:  https://healthyouniversity.co/programs 

Website: https://drgina.com/

💻 About Susan Fox: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/about

Take your 5-Element Fertility Quiz:  http://yourfertilityquiz.com/

Detox to De-Stress:  View the FREE Masterclass on the importance of detoxification to prepare for a healthy pregnancy:  https://susanfox1.easywebinar.live/gentle-detox

Learn about our program entitled Your Fertile Health: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/programs

Schedule a Fertile Health Assessment: https://www.healthyouniversity.co/your-fertile-health-call

Let us journey with you as you navigate your fertile health. Connect with me:

🎧 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-youniversity-with-dr-susan-fox/id1592763186 

🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08U9QJf...

📸 Instagram: @dr.susan.fox

💗 Facebook: ...