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Woven Well: Natural Fertility Podcast — 219 episodes

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Ep. 218: Pelvic Floor Isn't Just for Pregnancy: Preventative Tips & At Home Therapy with Dr. Erin Suellentrop, PT, DPT

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Ep. 217: What Are Bioethics and Why Do We Need Them in Reproductive Technology? with bioethicist, Katelyn Walls Shelton

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Ep. 216: Birth Control Didn't Provide the Relief It Promised, with Kaleigh Van Middendorp

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Ep. 215: Treating complex recurrent pregnancy loss through restorative reproductive medicine, with Amanda Frederick, NP

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Ep. 214: Midwifery Before and Beyond Pregnancy & Postpartum, with Hamilton Yarbrough

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Ep. 213: Stewarding Your Cycles & Fertility as a Gift with Laura Ducote, FCP, FNP

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Ep. 212: Traditional Chinese Medicine explains period blood clots, with guest Emily Keuntz, M.S., L.Ac.

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Ep. 211: Bethany's "One & Done" Endo Surgery for RPL with RESTORE Endometriosis (Client Story)

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Ep. 210: What to Look for in an Endometriosis Surgeon for a "One and Done" Surgery, with Dr. Patrick Yeung

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Ep. 209: The Meaning of Sex for Singles and Married Couples, with Dr. Juli Slattery

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Ep. 208: Unexplained Secondary Infertility Didn't Sit Right With Her, So She Got Answers. Client Story: Magan

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Ep. 207: NAC to improve PCOS, endometriosis, and more

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Ep. 206: Am I Doing Too Much? Is It Time to Stop? How Can I Know?

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Ep. 205: Why this IVF Mom Would Never Again Recommend IVF, with Dr. Susan Caldwell

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Ep. 204: Eating Close to Nature for Health and Wellness, with Chandis, RDN

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Ep. 203: Vaginal Health 101 with Dr. Sarah Pederson

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Ep. 202: Cycle Syncing emotionally and creatively with client, Abby

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Ep. 201: Why is Creighton better than basal body temp or others? (Listener Question)

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Ep. 200: Step by Step Gameplan for Starting a Fertility Awareness Method/NFP in 2026

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Ep. 199: Cradled in Glass, IVF documentary with filmmaker Savannah Crossfield

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Ep. 198: OB put her on *3* birth controls instead of healing her hormonal problem

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Ep. 197: Natural Birth Control for the Postpartum Season, with Laura Ducote

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Ep. 196: My Wife Wants to Use Natural Family Planning: A Primer Episode for Husbands (and Fiancés)

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Ep. 195: Strength Training for Healthy Hormones, with Nate Johnson

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Ep. 194: Crafting your Women's Health Dream Team, with Chiara Estes

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Ep. 193: Releasing rigidity & embracing curiosity for your cycles, fertility, and beautiful female body, with client, Kelley (Part 2)

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Ep. 192: Releasing rigidity & embracing curiosity for your cycles, fertility, and beautiful female body, with client, Kelley (Part 1)

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Ep. 191: Infertility is More Than a Medical Term, with Paula

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Ep. 190: Unblocking Fallopian Tubes for Natural Conception with Dr. Naomi Whittaker

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Ep. 189: Low Dose Naltrexone for PMS, Endo, PCOS, and more with Restorative Reproductive Medicine CNM Ashley Jensen

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Ep. 188: Advocating for holistic PCOS care with client, Lexi

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Ep. 187: Stuck in frustration about women's health or your fertility journey? You may be in the learning zone.

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Ep. 186: Foolproof Game Plan for Stopping Birth Control and Restoring Your Healthy Cycle, with Dr. Monica Minjeur, Restorative Reproductive Medicine

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Ep. 185: Getting the Most out of Your Creighton FABM Chart at the Doctor's Office, with Laura Ducote

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Ep. 184: Learning to Thrive When Unexpectedly Childless, with Elizabeth Tiglau-Guss

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Ep. 183: Natural conception after unsuccessful IUIs and years of infertility, with Woven client, Amanda

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Ep. 182: Why are women still complaining about birth control??

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Ep. 181: Cycle Health for Single Women

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Ep. 180: Preventing Period Shame in Young Girls with Dr. Julia Sadusky

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Ep. 179: Could undiagnosed autoimmunity affect my fertility? with functional and osteopathic physician, Dr. Mary Davis

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Ep. 178: Dealing with PCOS as a single woman, with Jen

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Ep. 177: 5 hacks to balance hormones fast, with Dr. Kela Smith

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Ep. 176: What stress is doing to us (and our cycles)

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Ep. 175: Gut health, blood sugar, and hormone balance, with Rita Johnson, NTP

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Ep. 174: Faith over fear during pregnancy and labor, with Laura Ducote

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Ep. 173: Naturally healing hormonal acne without birth control with Maddie

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Ep. 172: What causes vaginismus and how pain free intimacy is possible for all, with Jess Seitz, OT

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Ep. 171: The New Reproductive Rights (and why women deserve them)

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Ep. 170: Estrogen’s major impact on physical strength and long term health, with Laura Ducote

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Ep. 169: Doc took med student off birth control weeks before her wedding...how she handled it successfully (and peacefully!)

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Ep.168: Mental + emotional changes on birth control that are not okay, with Grace

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Ep.167: Pregnancy is possible with low AMH levels with restorative reproductive physician Dr. Codruta Pandaleche

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Ep. 166: How balancing minerals transforms your period and fertility, with Tori Black

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Ep. 165: Using a Fertility Awareness Method on your honeymoon??

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Ep. 164: Insulin Resistance impacts more than your fertility and its affecting younger women -- what can you do?

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Ep. 163: Healthy pregnancy in 3 cycles after being told IVF was her only hope, with Loren

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Ep. 162: How to preserve your fertility (no egg freezing required!)

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Ep. 161: A restorative reproductive physician's top Women's Health supplements, with Dr. Amy Hogan

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Ep. 160: What every college student should know about women's health with Grace

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Ep. 159: Nagging uncertainty about birth control revealed undiagnosed health issues, Courtney's story

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Ep. 158: The 3 biggest mistakes when using fertility awareness methods

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Ep. 157: Is the Copper IUD the best non-hormonal birth control for me? with Rick Fischer

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Ep. 156: Using DHEA to naturally increase hormones & fertility, with Laura Ducote

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Ep. 155: "How I got pregnant when IUIs didn't work" -- Braelyn's story

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Ep. 154: Were Christians against birth control for centuries?

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Ep. 153: How Theology of the Body can help you discern when to have a baby, with Jen Settle

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Ep.152: Do PCOS cycles work with fertility awareness methods?

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Ep. 151: Naturally Increasing Progesterone, with Courtney Warday, RD

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Ep.150: Progesterone Resistance

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Ep. 149: Fertility Journey Transformation with the Creighton System, Callie & Josiah's story

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Ep.148: 5 ways to boost your natural fertility

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Ep.147: Emotional healing after IVF, with Shiloh IVF Ministry

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Ep.146: Practicing Peace when Christmas is really hard

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Ep.145: Radically different approach to infertility - Lindsey & Dan's Story

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Ep. 144: Theology of the Body, with Jen Settle

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Ep. 143: Preventing Miscarriage by optimizing Thyroid with functional med/NaProTechnology, with Amanda Frederick, FNP

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Ep. 142: Cervical Mucus for Fertility Awareness

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Ep. 141: Healing after Birth Control - Grace's Story

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Ep. 140: Isn't Natural Family Planning a Catholic thing?

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Ep. 139: Preventing scarring, adhesions, and repeat endometriosis surgery, with Dr. Naomi Whittaker

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Ep.138: Faith-informed fertility decisions, with Fr. Michael Novotny

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Ep. 137: Fertility Myths 003

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Ep. 136: "I can't participate in Creighton" -- Anna's Story

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Ep. 135: Can I trust Natural Birth Control?

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Ep. 134: Realistic Cycle Syncing for Every Woman, with Megan Faller

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Ep. 133: 4 Tips for Success with Creighton Model Charting

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Ep.132: Severe period pain at 14 -- Hope's Story

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Ep. 131: Reversing Estrogen Dominance & its Symptoms // Estrogen Dominance 101

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Ep.130: Convincing your OBGYN to use Fertility Awareness Methods, with Dr. Marguerite Duane

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Ep. 129: Is the RESTORE Act good for women?

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Ep. 128: Healing irregular cycles and reversing PCOS -- Emily's Story

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Ep. 127: Hope for Southern Baptists with Infertility

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Ep.126: Functional Fertility Treatment, with NaProTechnology OBGYN Dr. Melissa Weidert

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Ep. 125: Client Story - Claire (Learning NFP in a Challenging Season)

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Ep. 124: How to Pay for Fertility Awareness Education -- Affordable NFP!

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Ep. 123: Postpartum Intercourse Essentials, with Dr. Steph Perez

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Ep. 122: IVF Alternatives for friends

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Ep.121: Client Story - Sarah (Power of the Right Providers)

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Ep.120: All About Progesterone

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Ep.119: Fertility Tests that shouldn't be skipped! with Dr. Sarah Pederson, OBGYN

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Ep.118: Is Abstinence really necessary for NFP?

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Ep.117: Client Story - Ashley (Overcoming PMDD)

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Ep. 116: Explaining Chronic Endometritis

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Ep. 115: Massage for Fertility & Women's Health, with client Jaclyn Brown, LMT

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Ep. 114: Which Fertility Monitors are worth it?

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Ep. 113: Inflammation's Impact on Women's Health & Fertility, with Chiara Estes, RD

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Ep. 112: Implantation Bleeding

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Ep. 111: Client Story -- Melissa + Lance (Single to Newlyweds)

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Ep. 110: Should we have a/nother child?

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Ep. 109: Should all Christians adopt?, with guest, Kelley Ramsey

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Ep. 108: Choosing a Natural Family Planning (NFP) Method

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Ep. 107: Reproductive Immunology & Pregnancy Loss, with Dr. Cynthia Mangubat

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Ep. 106: Creighton vs. NaProTechnology - What are they?

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Ep. 105: Client Story - Maci (Patient Advocacy)

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Ep. 104: The Fertility Resolutions You Need

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Ep. 103: Embracing Fertility

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Ep.102: Client Story - Rebecca (Secondary Infertility)

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Ep. 101: Medical Trauma in Fertility with Rebecca Henderson, LCSW

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Ep. 100: Q&A with Host, Caitlin

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Ep. 99: Client Story - Anna (Infertility: Update)

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Ep. 98: Why don't I have a period?

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Ep. 97: Ovarian Cysts, with Dr. Naomi Whittaker, MD, CFCMC

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Ep. 96: Theological Considerations with IVF

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Ep. 95: Benefits of Pregnancy Resource Centers for all, with Sarah (RN)

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Ep. 94: Your Body's Not Bad

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Ep. 93: Client Story - Hannah

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Ep. 92: Glucose is for Everyone

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Ep. 91: Ovarian Wedge Resection, with Dr. Christine Hemphill

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Ep. 90: God's Invitation to Connection

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Ep. 89: Honoring Learning Differences in NFP, with Elizabeth Kauffeld, CFCP, CFCE

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Ep. 88: Should we try medicated cycles?

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Ep.87: What about Single Women? with FCP Intern, Elizabeth Randall

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Ep. 86: What you should know now about Menopause

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Ep. 85: Uterine Fibroids, with Dr. Ashley Womack

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Ep. 84: Early Pregnancy with NaproTechnology

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Client Story - Katie Caroline (Postpartum)

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Living with Regret

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Client Story: Emily + Kirk (Vasectomy Reversal)

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Intimacy with NFP (Natural Family Planning)

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Thyroid Health

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Client Story: Carolyn (Single, Endo)

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Ep. 77: When to take a pregnancy test

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Ep. 76: Insulin Resistance & Weight Loss, with Emily Cornelius

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Ep. 75: What is your Period telling you?

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Ep. 74: Client Story - Karlyn (Advocating)

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Ep. 73: What if I have mucus every day?? (Continuous Mucus)

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Ep. 72: Naprotechnology, with Dr. Pakiz

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Ep. 71: Advocating in the Dr.'s Office: Pelvic Exam

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Ep. 70: Self Compassion with Kristina Tucker, LPC

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Ep. 69: AMH - Can it tell you if you're infertile?

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Ep. 68: Welcome Woven Affiliate, Elizabeth!

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Ep. 67: For Men: How & Why your Creighton Participation Matters

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Ep. 66: Fertility Myths 02

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Ep. 65: Nicole Clark & Twelve 12 Ministries (Infertility/Loss)

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Ep. 64: Unexplained Infertility

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Ep. 63: Postpartum/BF Nutritional Needs, with Rebecca Slane, RD

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Ep. 62: Body Talk - Kid Conversations

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Ep. 61: Client Story - Carsyn (Trust)

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Ep. 60: LUF Syndrome 101

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Ep. 59: Can I really use Creighton myself??

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Ep. 58: Why Egg Quality is Key, with Dr. Elisa Yao

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Ep. 57: Why & How Gut Health Affects Fertility, with Chiara Estes, R.D.

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Ep. 56: Advocating in the Dr.'s Office: Transvaginal Ultrasound

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Ep. 55: Client Story - Lauren (having a big family)

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Ep. 54: Practical New Year Fertility Resolutions

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Ep. 53: Is the Receptiva test best for Endometriosis diagnosis?, with Dr. Nicholas Kongoasa

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Ep. 52: Sherelle's Story (Infertility Community)

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Ep. 51: How important are our bodies, really?

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Ep. 50: Client Story - Leslie (Honeymoon Baby)

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Ep. 49: Advent Reflection & Fertility

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Ep. 48: Struggling with Infertility during the Holidays, with Kerri-Anne Brown, LMHC

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Ep. 47: Thanksgiving for Fertility

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Ep. 46: Nutrition Tips for Every Woman, with Tracy Mann RD

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Ep. 45: The Reproductive Continuum

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Ep. 44: Client Story - Anna (Anovulatory)

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Ep. 43: IVF is not your only option

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Ep. 42: Processing Pregnancy Loss, with Kerri-Anne Brown, LMHC, GC

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Ep. 41: Client Story - Julia & Donald Paul (Engaged)

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Ep. 40: We're engaged! What should we know about family planning?

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Ep. 39: Should I be taking supplements?

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Ep. 38: Prayer Guide for the Female Body

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Ep. 37: Infertility 101

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Ep. 36: Advocating in the Dr.'s Office: Asking Good Questions

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Ep. 35: Client Story - Rachel + Evan (Avoiding Pregnancy)

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Ep. 34: Is Contraception a Faithful Choice for Christians?

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Ep. 33: Client Story - Anna (Young, Single)

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Ep. 32: 5 Teen cycle issues you shouldn't ignore

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Ep. 31: The Napro Difference, with Laura Ducote, F-NP, CFCP

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Ep. 30: Fertility Myths 01

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Ep. 29: Should we think theologically about fertility? with Dr. Cameron Jorgenson

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Ep. 28: When your body feels broken

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Ep. 27: What to expect before & during miscarriage, with Arden Cartrette

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Ep. 26: Miscarriage 101 - common causes of miscarriage

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Ep. 25: Client Story - Kate (Unexpected Pregnancy)

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Ep. 24: Postpartum Fertility 101

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Ep. 23: Understanding Blood Sugar & Fertility with Dr. Brittannie Chester, PhD, RDN, LD, CDCES

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Ep. 22: Menstrual Products & Menstruation + GIVEAWAY

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Ep. 21: Client Story - Anna (Infertility)

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Ep. 20: Nutrition for PCOS with Tracy Mann, RD

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Ep. 19: PCOS 101

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Ep.18: Nurturing Intimacy while practicing NFP and beyond

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Ep. 17: Client Story - Kadie & Ethan

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Ep. 16: PMS 101

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Ep. 15: Dealing with Fertility-focused anxiety, with Ashley Yeager, LICSW

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Ep. 14: Navigating your biggest fertility fears

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Ep. 13: Growing your family, Pt. 2 with Karla Thrasher

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Ep. 12: Growing Your Family, Part 1

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Ep. 11: Ikea's Story - Endometriosis

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Ep. 10: Endometriosis 101

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Ep. 9: Pelvic Floor 101 with Dr. Rachel Moran (Part 2)

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Ep. 8: Pelvic Floor 101 (Part 1)

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Ep. 7: 5 Conversations for Couples using NFP

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Ep. 6: The Pill - Facts about Birth Control

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Ep. 5: Client Story - Mary

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Ep. 4: BASICS - Can you avoid pregnancy naturally?

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Ep. 3: BASICS - Reproductive Hormones

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Ep. 2: BASICS - Fertility Method of Choice: Creighton

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Ep. 1: BASICS - How your body works

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Ep. 0: Welcome