When Male Fertility Factors Matter: One Couple's Path Through Loss to Parenthood

The Home of Fertility with Liz Walton & Helen Zee

The Home of Fertility with Liz Walton & Helen Zee
When Male Fertility Factors Matter: One Couple's Path Through Loss to Parenthood
Sep 20, 2025 Season 2 Episode 8
Liz Walton and Helen Zee

What happens when you've done everything "right" on your fertility journey, but the missing piece hasn't been discovered? Natasha's powerful story reveals the often-overlooked factor that finally led to her son's birth after four heartbreaking losses.

From the moment her husband Ryan purchased a conscious conception book as a gift for her, their approach to creating life took a meaningful turn. Together they moved away from mechanical, scheduled intimacy toward reconnecting with the spiritual essence of creating new life from love. But despite their aligned intentions and impeccable lifestyle choices, pregnancy losses continued to devastate them.

The breakthrough came when they insisted on DNA fragmentation testing—a male fertility assessment their doctors had repeatedly dismissed as unnecessary. This advocacy revealed significant issues that, once addressed through targeted supplements and lifestyle modifications, paved the way for their natural conception success.

What makes Natasha's story particularly valuable is her wisdom about maintaining what she calls the "relationship container" throughout the fertility journey. Rather than putting life on hold, she and Ryan chose to get married in Vegas and continued nurturing their connection—creating a foundation of joy rather than deprivation. This conscious decision to keep living fully while navigating fertility challenges represents a profound shift from the common tendency to postpone happiness until after achieving pregnancy.

For anyone experiencing the emotional overwhelm of fertility struggles, Natasha's insights about nervous system regulation and the importance of external support provide practical guidance. Her evolution from conscious conception to conscious pregnancy to conscious parenting demonstrates how maintaining spiritual connection throughout the journey creates resilience.

Whether you're just beginning your fertility journey or feeling stuck in repeated disappointments, this conversation offers the genuine hope that comes not from empty platitudes but from someone who's walked through the darkness and emerged holding their miracle in their arms.

What questions has your fertility team not explored? How might strengthening your relationship container support your path forward? Sometimes the missing piece lies in someone else's story.