Dr. Mark Hyman

Welcome to Office Hours.

This is our dedicated one-on-one space to go deeper, get clearer, and explore what truly moves the needle for your health.

I'm Dr. Mark Hyman, and each week we're going to pull back the curtain and share the insights, the research, the lessons that don't always make it into our conversations with guests.

Because at the end of the day, you are the CEO of your own health.

And for many of you, your family's health too.

And you might not feel it all the time, but you have far more power and agency than you realize.

Today we're diving into one of the most personal and the most emotionally charged topics I get asked about, fertility.

Now, so many of you have written in with questions about unexplained infertility, irregular or missing menstrual cycles, hormone imbalances, PCOS, endometriosis, miscarriages, and what you can actually do to prepare your body for conception.

Now, these questions are deeply real, and they often come with frustration, confusion, and heartbreak, especially when the answers feel limited or incomplete.

And yet, what I want you to know is this.

You have far more influence over your fertility than you've likely been led to believe.

So today we're walking through your listener submitted questions and breaking down what's really driving infertility and what the challenges are today.

From metabolic health issues, to inflammation, to nutrient status, to stress, to environmental toxins.

My hope is that this conversation is going to give you clarity and hope and also practical steps you can start using right now.

whether you're actively trying to conceive or whether you're simply planning to have a baby in the future.

Let's start at the beginning here.

Having babies, really important.

This is where I see the most confusion, the most fear, and sadly, the most misinformation.

The question is, what's actually driving infertility?

Why is infertility on the rise?