Episode 95

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14th Aug 2025

Unexplained Infertility Is a Myth? | The Truth About Natural Fertility, Testing & Hormone

Join Jennifer Edmonds, fertility mentor and host of Your Journey to Fertility, and Dr. Aumatma, licensed Naturopathic Doctor, board-certified Naturopathic Endocrinologist, and host of the Egg Meets Sperm podcast, for a powerful conversation on the science and soul of fertility.

Together, they explore how to combine evidence-based medicine with holistic tools like mindset work, nutrition, mindfulness, and Eastern medicine to support your path to parenthood. With decades of combined experience, Jen and Dr. Aumatma have guided thousands toward healing, reconnection, and renewed hope.

About the Hosts:

Jennifer Edmonds is a fertility mentor and mind-body specialist with over 15 years of experience supporting women on their journey to motherhood. Through her podcast Your Journey to Fertility, she blends science with holistic practices to help women overcome infertility, reconnect with their bodies, and reclaim hope.

Dr. Aumatma is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and board-certified Naturopathic Endocrinologist with over 18 years of experience helping couples conceive. She is the creator of The Restorative Fertility Method, founder of Madre Fertility, and a two-time best-selling author. Her work has been featured on ABC, FOX, CBS, MindBodyGreen, and more, and she has trained hundreds of practitioners worldwide in her holistic fertility approach.


💥 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

  • The truth about age & fertility: Why 35 is not the "cut-off" it's made out to be
  • Why “unexplained infertility” is a lazy diagnosis: Discover the real reasons your doctor might be missing
  • Survival vs. reproduction: How stress, inflammation, and internal imbalances signal your body to delay pregnancy
  • The 6 Key Functional Tests Every Fertility-Seeking Couple Should Know About:
  1. Full hormone panels with metabolite testing
  2. Sperm quality deep dives (not just basic motility/morphology)
  3. Blood sugar & inflammation markers
  4. Vaginal and gut microbiome assessments
  5. Nutrient absorption analysis
  6. Cycle mapping to understand hormone flow across the month
  • Male fertility matters: Why “your sperm looks fine” isn’t always true—and how lowered standards are misleading couples
  • The untold risks of repeated IVF cycles: The ethical and long-term health questions we need to be asking

🔎 Whether you’ve been labeled with “unexplained infertility,” are considering IVF, or want to conceive naturally, this episode delivers the science-backed tools and empowering mindset shifts that can change everything.

🌱 Holistic, root-cause fertility care is possible—and in many cases, the answers are already inside your body. You just need to know where to look.

🧠 Your Body Isn’t Broken. It’s Communicating. Let’s Listen.

🎧 Tune in now for a radically different conversation on fertility, hormones, and hope.


Here is Jen's podcast link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/your-journey-to-fertility/id1712772826


Jen's Fertility Course:

https://www.elementpilatesyoga.com/yoga-for-fertility-course


Follow Jen on:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jen.elementpilatesyoga/


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About the Podcast

Egg Meets Sperm
Because Fertility takes TWO.
Egg Meets Sperm: Because Fertility Takes Two.

Attention: Women and couples in their 30s & 40s, CEOs, high-achieving badasses. If you're struggling to conceive, there is likely a reason. On Egg Meets Sperm, Dr. Aumatma interviews leading experts in fertility & wellness to help you on your journey to parenthood.
Starting Season 3: Dr. Aumatma will also offer a short, informative masterclass. If you want to get answers to your burning questions, send them here: https://www.speakpipe.com/EggMeetsSpermPodcast

This podcast is for you if:
* You are a BADASS - which also means you're a high-achiever, sometimes with a tendency towards wanting control, being a "boss" and carrying the world on your shoulders
* "infertility" makes you feel powerless and hopeless
* You're not sure there's anything you can do to help get your pregnant
* You are seeking alternatives to IVF, IUI, and Ovulation induction
* Your hormones are all over the place
* You have been diagnosed with PCOS, Endometriosis, Unexplained infertility
* You've suffered from Pregnancy loss and were told it's normal
* You and your partner are a power couple that wants to bring an incredible child into this world
* You are into natural & holistic approaches
* You want to do everything in your power to get pregnant
* You have experienced a loss and are ready to take your power back

Let's GO! Let's get you FertileAF so that you can have the family you dream of!

About your host

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Aumatma Simmons