Infertility, Lent, and the God Who Doesn’t Leave There is a particular kind of ache that comes with secondary infertility. I have shared my story before but in this season of Lent I tend to find myself going back to the time where all I felt I was doing was waiting. That time in my life was: It is quiet. It is confusing. And sometimes it felt lonelier than primary infertility. Because I already had a child. I'd seen two pink lines before. I knew what my body could do. And y

A little Advent encouragement for anyone suffering in their fertility journey

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Pelvic floor therapy can be a gentle and powerful tool in restoring balance, bodily integration, and wholeness to women in any stage of life.

You can control the way you think about these things which means you can control your experience of these things. This changes everything.

Learn more about my journey to becoming a Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner

Learn more about my journey to reproductive health and healing through the Creighton Model FertilityCare System and NaProTECHNOLOGY.

When healing for infertility, PCOS, or other aspects of life seem to take too long, here is what you can do about it.

I am writing this blog (or at least beginning to write it) from the cry room of my parish’s church. After another fast and furious Monday morning full of Vacation Bible School drop-off, Aldi’s, tutoring, and more VBS, I am hoping to receive some unmerited grace and Divine inspiration from our Lord ever-present in the tabernacle (grace is always unmerited and unearned as it is pure gift from God, but this time perhaps a little more “unmerited” since I have known that I needed

Miscarriage comes with immense emotional and mental turmoil. The feelings associated with losing a baby can be overwhelming.

How to have difficult conversations

"When you know so intimately what can go wrong, it's hard to believe everything will be alright."- DOTTIE SODERSTROM

I struggled with infertility for years due to hormonal contraceptive use, but eventually found hope and healing.

“I have PCOS so I never will be able to have kids.” This statement, and statements similar to it, break my heart. Some women express their sorrow while in their teens or early 20’s, single, engaged, or years into marriage when they discover that they have been diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). The look or the way they discuss their fertility goes the same: the sadness in their eyes or what you can hear in their voices coupled with the self-defeat that pregnan

When most people think of Creighton Model Fertility Care they think "NFP" and "family planning" and "marriage preparation". Those are all valid but one of the beautiful things about Fertility Care is that it goes far beyond these applications and is about true women's health for a reproductive lifetime . This begins with puberty and ends with menopause. There are so many varied seasons to a woman's reproductive healthcare. Each season comes with its own unique needs. One co

It was a typical Monday night bedtime routine. I was attempting to lead the kids through their bedtime prayers while my husband was retrieving our oldest from her Monday night activity. Per usual, I was wiped out from a day that became busier than it needed to be and was consequently short on patience, thinking of all the things I still needed to finish before the day was over. So while my other three littles were busy with their typical bedtime antics, I was hustling throu

This is an excerpt I wrote back in December 2022: “This comes to you after a lot of tears. And I mean a lot. Phone calls, frustration, losing my cool at times. Sometimes suffering and bearing the weight of difficulties is just a lot. Through tears, I’ve been given a lot. In the past few months I’ve made more emergency room visits than I have in my entire life with conditions that just aren’t appropriate to say in a blog. I’ve watched results come back with numbers deceasing,

Anxiety is one of the most common problems I see when I work with couples, especially in women. Daria previously discussed how anxiety can affect charting and gave tips on how to overcome those struggles. Today, I want to share my story and talk about the link between anxiety, depression, and hormones. I was standing in a K-Mart (that tells you how long ago this was) when I suddenly got light-headed and started having tunnel vision. A little while later I was being transport

Pills in a cup I'm a little granola crunchy. Ok. I lie. I'm a lot of granola crunchy . Western medicine has failed me so many times that I could dedicate an entire website to it. But Western medicine is the reason my son is alive and I'm a HUGE fan of NaPRO Technology , so I'm not anti-Western medicine. I just tend towards going a natural route first. I completely understand why women turn to dietary changes (for the record I am 100% on board with that) and supplements to cu

Before starting this blog, I want to wish you a very happy Independence Day to you and your family. As I was reflecting on what a July 4th blog post would look like, it struck me that, as Americans, we understand and embrace a culture of independence. It's written in the core of our country and drives everything from bucking political systems to striving for individuality in our clothing, technology, and work. After further reflection, I really started to understand how Ferti