As a Woman

Natalie Crawford, MD

The Fertility, Hormones, and Health Podcast with Dr. Natalie Crawford

Navigating your hormones shouldn’t feel like guesswork. Hosted by double board-certified fertility physician Dr. Natalie Crawford, this podcast cuts through the noise to bring you science-backed insights on fertility, hormone health, and reproductive wellness without the overwhelm.

Whether you're trying to conceive, managing a diagnosis like PCOS or endometriosis, or simply want to understand your cycle and feel better in your body, you're in the right place. From IVF to perimenopause, egg quality to inflammation, each episode delivers real education and actionable tools plus expert interviews and powerful patient stories.

This is your trusted resource for the truth about your body and your roadmap to feeling empowered in your health as a woman.

Any and all guest statements and opinions are a reflection of their own experience and do not reflect the views or opinions of Natalie Crawford MD, As a Woman Podcast, or Pinnacle Podcast Network.

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S3 · E68
Tuesday · 23 min
Fertility Q&A: IVF Add-Ons, Sperm DNA Testing, and More
Which IVF add-ons and fertility tests are actually worth considering, and what should you know before your next embryo transfer?
S3 · E68
September 22 · 43 min
Food Toxins & Fertility: What Actually Matters with Nutritionist Courtney Swan
Food labels can make almost anything look healthy, but what is actually in the food we eat? With growing concerns about ultra processed foods, additives, seed oils, and pesticides, many women are left wondering what truly matters for their hormones and fertility.
S3 · E66
September 15 · 30 min
How to Get Pregnant After Age 35
Trying to conceive and wondering whether it is too late to get pregnant after 35? Being labeled “advanced maternal age” can make one birthday feel like a fertility cliff. But trying to get pregnant at 35 and 40 are not the same conversation, so should you keep trying on your own, get tested now, or discuss treatment before more time passes?
S3 · E65
September 8 · 55 min
Endometriosis: What Nobody Tells You About Symptoms, Treatment, and Fertility with Dr. Mallory Stuparich
In this episode of the As a Woman podcast, Dr. Natalie Crawford talks with Dr. Mallory Stuparich, a board-certified OB/GYN and fellowship-trained minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon specializing in endometriosis and complex pelvic pain.
S3 · E64
September 1 · 29 min
Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: Why Your Period Disappears and How to Get It Back
Your period has disappeared, but pregnancy and menopause are not the reason. Could stress, underfueling, or exercise be disrupting your brain-ovary connection, and what does your body need before your cycle can recover?
S3 · E63
August 25 · 24 min
Fertility Q&A: Failed IVF Transfers, IUI, Embryo Banking, and More
How do you know when to continue the same fertility treatment and when it is time to change course?
S3 · E62
August 18 · 38 min
Perimenopause Symptoms: The Early Signs You May Not Recognize with Dr. Alicia Robbins
Your periods are still regular and your labs may even look “normal.” So why aren’t you sleeping?
S3 · E61
August 11 · 26 min
Egg Quality: Can You Improve It Naturally in 90 Days? What Actually Helps?
Your eggs begin developing months before ovulation. So what can you actually do during that window to improve your egg quality?
S3 · E60
August 4 · 52 min
Will You Ever Want Sex Again? Low Libido, Hormones & Desire with Dr. Kelly Casperson
Low libido in women is often blamed on stress, aging, or relationship problems, but changes in desire may begin years before menopause and can involve hormones, medications, pain, sleep, blood flow, and the difference between spontaneous and responsive desire.
S3 · E59
July 28 · 26 min
FERTILITY Q&A: Ovulation, Recurrent Loss, IUI, PMOS, and More
When your cycles are regular, your ultrasound looks normal, or you have been pregnant before, how do you know when it is time to look deeper?
S3 · E58
July 21 · 52 min
The Biggest Birth Control Myths (and What's Actually True) with Dr. Fran Haydanek
For decades, women were handed a birth control prescription and sent home.
S3 · E57
July 14 · 26 min
The Biggest Fertility Myths That Could Delay Pregnancy
Host Dr. Natalie Crawford dives straight into the heavy cloud of misinformation surrounding reproductive health to uncover the real science behind your body.
S3 · E56
July 7 · 44 min
What Pregnancy Reveals About Your Hormonal Future with Dr. Amanda Horton
Host Dr. Natalie Crawford sits down with Double Board certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. Amanda Horton to unpack the hidden biological reality behind pregnancy complications.
S3 · E55
June 30 · 32 min
Sperm Health and Male Fertility
If you have ever assumed that navigating fertility is a journey meant solely for the female body, this conversation is here to completely change your perspective.
S3 · E54
June 23 · 53 min
What Nobody Tells You About Bringing Home a Newborn with Dr. Ari Brown
Bringing home a newborn can feel like stepping into a world you are completely unprepared for, whether your road to parenthood was seamless or shaped by years of fertility treatments.
S3 · E53
June 16 · 25 min
Fertility Q&A: PMOS (Formerly PCOS), Endometriosis, IUI vs IVF & More
Navigating the complex world of reproductive health can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to sort through the confusion alone.
S3 · E52
June 9 · 25 min
Sleep and Fertility: How Rest Shapes Your Reproductive Health
Welcome back to the As a Woman podcast, where host Dr. Natalie Crawford dives deep into a fundamental health pillar that many of us are guilty of sacrificing: sleep.
S3 · E51
June 2 · 50 min
The Rise of Breast Cancer in Young Women with Dr. Sangeetha Kolluri
In this episode, reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Natalie Crawford sits down with board-certified breast surgeon Dr. Sangeetha Kaluri to unpack a vital conversation around the rising rates of breast cancer diagnoses in young women.
S3 · E50
May 26 · 27 min
Fertility Q&A: Low AMH, Cycle Syncing Workouts, Overcoming Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, and More
On this week’s episode of the As a Woman podcast, host Dr. Natalie Crawford is joined by special guest Emily Whitlock for a rapid-fire Fertility Q&A session.
S3 · E49
May 19 · 27 min
Failed IVF Cycles
In this episode of the As a Woman podcast, host Dr. Natalie Crawford dives deep into the devastating reality of failed IVF cycles to explain why a negative result is not a personal failure, but rather a critical piece of biological data.

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