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In this episode of The Healthspan Collective, host Nicole Doran sits down with Ronit Menashe and Vida DelRahim, best friends and co-founders of WeNatal, for a conversation that reframes everything most women have been told about fertility. After experiencing parallel pregnancy losses and being given no real answers, these two former Nike executives went deep on the research and discovered something that changed everything: male factor can contribute to up to 50% of pregnancy loss, and nobody was talking about it.

Ronit and Vida built WeNatal out of their own heartbreak, their access to functional medicine, and a genuine obsession with getting the science right. This episode covers everything from Hashimoto’s and MTHFR to sperm health, trimester zero prep, and why the prenatal vitamin most women are taking is probably missing the things that matter most. It is also one of the most honest conversations about building a mission-driven brand, navigating loss, and what it actually looks like to go all in on something you believe in.

What We Cover:

• Why male factor contributes to up to 50% of pregnancy loss and what to do about it
• What trimester zero is and why the three months before trying to conceive matter more than most people realize
• The science behind WeNatal’s formulation including methylfolate for MTHFR, choline dosing, vitamin D, and the iron vs calcium debate
• The connection between Hashimoto’s, thyroid health, and pregnancy loss that most OBs are not catching
• How chronic stress and fight or flight physiology can quietly work against fertility and what actually helps
• What it looks like to build a brand with your best friend and the lessons that came the hard way

Chapters:
00:00 Why Fertility Is 50/50 and Not Just the Woman’s Problem
02:52 Two Miscarriages, No Answers, and a Research Deep Dive
07:28 What Trimester Zero Actually Is and Why It Matters
13:42 What Most Prenatals Are Missing and How WeNatal Fixed It
21:31 MTHFR, Methylfolate, Choline, and the Nutrients That Actually Move the Needle
25:43 Thyroid Health, Iron, Vitamin D, and Advocating for Optimal Labs
33:09 The Male Fertility Wake Up Call and the Sperm Three Month Cycle
38:33 Toxins, Plastics, Sleep, Stress, and the Pro Fertility Basics
42:56 Gratitude Journaling, Mindfulness, and the Mind Body Connection in Fertility
52:02 Building WeNatal: First Year Reality, Lessons, and What They Would Tell Their Younger Selves

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