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WHOOP Podcast

How to Support Fertility with Dr. Natalie Crawford

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, WHOOP SVP of Research, Algorithms, and Data, Emily Capodilupo, sits down with Dr. Natalie Crawford, OB-GYN and leading voice in fertility education, to unpack the science behind fertility, the menstrual cycle, contraception, and long-term health. Together, Emily and Dr. Crawford explore why fertility is more than just about having kids—it’s a vital sign for overall wellbeing. Dr. Crawford breaks down how hormonal birth control works, the misconceptions it often carries, an...

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0:00.0

I talk about these lifestyle changes and anti-inflammatory approach because it is what we can control.

0:05.1

The idea that your fertility is just luck is really a false narrative because learning more about your body,

0:10.3

getting a diagnosis earlier, knowing what's wrong so you can intervene and then taking control

0:14.3

of what you can is really important. But there is for everybody a time period where no fertility

0:19.7

treatment will work.

0:21.3

And all of us, our eggs, our chromosomes in that nuclear side,

0:25.5

they do accumulate damage with age and at some point we might be past the point of no return.

0:30.9

If we could change that, that would really change how we view reproduction.

0:35.2

And at least for my patients, it would change the trajectory

0:37.8

of their fertility journey immensely.

0:46.5

Hey everybody. I'm Emily Capital Lupo, Woop Senior Vice President of Research Algorithms and Data.

0:52.5

And today I am joined by the incredible Dr. Natalie Crawford.

0:56.2

Dr. Crawford, thank you so much for being here with me today. Emily, thank you so much for having me.

1:00.9

I'm thrilled to be here. So we're going to jump in and start with a rapid fire round of questions.

1:07.5

Love it. So true or false? You can have a regular period and still be hormonally imbalanced.

1:14.3

True.

1:15.4

True or false.

1:16.4

Stress is one of the most common yet overlooked contributors to infertility.

1:21.2

True.

1:22.2

True or false.

1:23.1

Hormonal birth control gives your body the same kind of cycle it would have naturally.

1:27.7

False.

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