Early Fertility Testing and Low Ovarian Reserve | Stefany Bare

As a Woman

Natalie Crawford

Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Natalie Crawford, board-certified OBGYN and REI, is joined by Stefany Bare, a former patient and friend, to share her fertility journey. From the unexpected diagnosis of low ovarian reserve to navigating a second attempt with a deeper understanding of her body, Stefany’s story highlights the importance of early testing and trusting your intuition. This conversation offers insight, empowerment, and reassurance for anyone navigating their own fertility path. Key Topics: 1. Early Fertility Testing - Listening to your body's signals - When and why to seek professional help - Understanding basic fertility markers 2. Emotional Landscape of Fertility - Managing stress and expectations - Protecting mental health during treatment - Building support systems 3. Personal Fertility Journey - Unexpected challenges with conception - Navigating medical treatments - Maintaining hope and perspective 4. Empowerment Through Education - Learning about reproductive health - Asking the right questions - Becoming an advocate for your own care Pre-order Dr. Crawford's debut book, The Fertility Formula, now! ⁠https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/book⁠ Follow Stefany Bare on IG @stefany.bare Want to receive my weekly newsletter? Sign up at ⁠⁠⁠⁠nataliecrawfordmd.com/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive updates, Q&A, special content, and freebies If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow the podcast to be notified of new episodes every Tuesday. Plus, be sure to follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@nataliecrawfordmd,⁠⁠⁠⁠ check out Natalie’s YouTube channel Natalie Crawford MD⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you're interested in becoming a patient, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fora Fertility. Join the Learn at Pinnacle app ⁠to earn FREE CE Credit for listening to this episode! This episode is brought to you by The Pinnacle Podcast Network! Learn more about Pinnacle at learnatpinnacle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	very often, especially the younger you are, if you get this diagnosis, it feels really overwhelmed.
0:06.0	I can speak from experience. I know that pregnancy, especially your first pregnancy, can be a time
0:11.2	that's really overwhelming. I think it related my ed count to someone that was like 41 or 42.
0:16.1	That's all I saw. So I'm like, my mom went into menopause in my mid-40s. I'm like,
0:19.8	I got to hurry. Like what? A lot of urgency kind of like, it mom went into menopause in mid-40s. I'm like, I got to hurry.
0:36.9	I'm like, a lot of urgency kind of like, it really alarmed me. And then when I sat down with you, I remember it was virtually at first. You gave the whole concept of the vault. And that is when it all really came together in my head and it gave me a little bit of peace. I'm like, okay. It really clicked for me when we talked about family size.
0:39.6	And that's what I felt validated to move forward with treatment.
0:40.6	Even though we weren't at that year marker, I was like, well, we want multiple kids. I don't know what the future holds.
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1:48.1	Welcome back to the As a Woman podcast. I'm Dr. Natalie Crawford and today I'm joined by someone
1:52.5	incredibly special to me, my former patient and friend, Steph Bear. She is bravely sharing
1:57.7	her fertility journey. She was young, healthy, and proactive when she started
2:02.2	trying to conceive, but early testing revealed something that she didn't really expect, low ovarian
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