# 104: Fertility Secrets: What Doctors Don’t Tell You About Baby Making – Dr. Aumatma Simmons

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Published: 2026-06-01T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Thyroid Pharmacist Healing Conversations, Dr. Izabella Wentz interviews Dr. Aumatma Simmons, a double board-certified naturopathic endocrinologist and fertility expert, about the hidden factors that can affect fertility and pregnancy outcomes. Together, they explore why fertility challenges are often a symptom of deeper imbalances – including thyroid autoimmunity, microbiome issues, mold exposure, hormone dysregulation, toxins, and chronic stress. They also discuss why so many women are told to “just keep trying,” why standard testing often misses key root causes, and what holistic fertility support can look like for people who want a more proactive and personalized path. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Fertility challenges are often a symptom, not the root issue. Dr. Aumatma explains that infertility is usually not one single condition, but a sign that deeper imbalances may be present. Issues like autoimmunity, mold, gut infections, hormone dysregulation, trauma, and environmental toxins can all send the body the message that it is not safe to reproduce. Safety matters more than perfection when it comes to fertility. One of the most important takeaways from this episode is the idea that the body needs to feel safe in order to conceive. When the immune system, nervous system, or hormones are stuck in survival mode, reproduction often gets deprioritized – even if lab work looks “normal” on the surface. Thyroid antibodies can affect fertility even when standard labs appear normal. We talked about how Hashimoto’s and thyroid autoimmunity can interfere with ovulation, pregnancy maintenance, and ovarian reserve, even before a person is diagnosed with overt hypothyroidism. This is one reason why a full thyroid workup – including antibodies – can be so i…

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