For the Love of Hormones- Miscarriage, Hormone Balance, Progesterone, TTC, Cycle Tracking, Conception, Holistic Health

"This app told me I ovulated." Sister, I hear it constantly — and every time, I have to fight the urge to roll my eyes. Because here's the truth: an algorithm cannot tell you what your body is actually doing. Today I'm breaking down why fertility apps so often get it wrong, and what real, God-given science actually reveals about your ovulation.

We start by grounding ourselves in Matthew 6:25–34. We let go of the worries, deep concerns and anxiousness that is connected to our bodies and our desire for a baby. And then dive into the incredible fertility science God revealed to researchers back in the 1950s.

Episode Highlights:
Why fertility tracking apps and algorithms so often get ovulation predictions wrong
Grounding our fertility anxiety in Matthew 6:25–34 before we get into the science
The 1950s discovery that gave us modern fertility awareness methods — and its surprising origin story
What FEMM (Fertility Education and Medical Management) actually teaches, and why real charting education matters
The biomarkers that truly reveal ovulation: cervical mucus, basal body temperature, mittelschmerz, cycle phase length, and LH
Why the only 100% way to confirm ovulation is an ultrasound — and how charting gets you remarkably close
An update on the Fertility Framework program waitlist, reopening this fall

Resources & Links:
✨ Tell me what my hormones are saying: bekahyawn.com/quiz   

✨ Join Fertility Framework: Fertility Framework is currently closed for some exciting revisions — I'm making updates I can't wait for you to see! If you're ready for deeper support, personalized cycle guidance, and faith-filled encouragement, get on the wait list to be the first to know when the doors reopen this fall. This is a space where you AND your husband can learn the science of your cycle while keeping God at the center of your fertility journey and growing toward Him together. Read the testimonies and join the wait list here: bekahyawn.com/course    

✨If you would like personal support on your journey but are not sure how to get started, book a free 10-minute consult with me here: bekahyawn.com/consult

You just saw the two lines. Before you call your doctor, before you tell your husband, before you do anything else — I believe there's one thing you're called to do first. In today's episode, I'm walking through the spiritual first step every woman needs after a positive pregnancy test, anchored in the story of Mary's "yes" to the angel Gabriel in the Gospel of Luke.

Episode Highlights:
Why the very first response to a positive test shouldn't be a phone call or a plan
The story of Mary and Gabriel in Luke 1:26–38, and her response of total surrender
What "fiat" means, where the word comes from, and why it's central to how I coach women through fertility and pregnancy
How Hannah's story in 1 Samuel shows us what it looks like to give a long-awaited child back to God
Why your spiritual state directly impacts your physical body, your emotional health, and your baby
A caution against seeking answers from Google, "crazy AI searches," or the wisdom of the world before seeking God first

Resources & Links:
✨Pregnant? Check out the Pregnancy Framework course which walks you through it all: nutrition, lab work, supplementation, what to ask your provider, and the spiritual surrender we talked about today. bekahyawn.com/pregnancyframework 

✨ Join Fertility Framework: If you're ready for deeper support, personalized cycle guidance, and faith-filled encouragement, come join me inside Fertility Framework! This is a space where you AND your husband can learn about the science of your cycle while keeping God in the center of your fertility journey and growing towards Him together. Read the testimonies & enroll here: bekahyawn.com/course   

✨If you would like personal support on your journey but are not sure how to get started, book a free 10-minute consult with me here: bekahyawn.com/consult

This week I'm joined by Amy, one of my former doula clients, for her very first podcast — and it is such an honor to share her story with you. Amy walks us through two miscarriages, the holistic root-cause care that helped her family heal in between, and the beautifully unusual, deeply prayerful birth of her son, Andrew.

From a centuries-old Marian devotion to a hospital room filled with Gregorian chant and prayer intentions for other women still waiting — Amy's story is a picture of what it looks like to hold suffering and hope together.

Episode Highlights
Amy's story of two early losses — her son Gabriel and daughter Kiara — and the question of "is this the cross the Lord has for me?"
Why she and her husband Chris sought root-cause fertility care right away instead of waiting for "recurrent" loss criteria
The Our Lady of La Leche devotion — a centuries-old prayer for conception — and finding out she was pregnant ten days after starting it
Navigating hyperemesis gravidarum, a broken foot, and a bucket-list trip to Italy in the third trimester
Building a birth team: a holistic OB, a low-intervention hospital-based OB, and a doula
Inside the birth: 30 hours of quiet labor, a mid-labor nurse switch, and 3.5 hours of pushing
Offering up each contraction and push as a prayer intention for other women walking through infertility
Amy's encouragement for women healing after loss, and for women preparing for birth

Resources & Links:
✨”Husband-Coached Childbirth: The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth” by Robert A Bradley and Ashley Montagu

✨”Made for This: The Catholic Mom's Guide to Birth” by Mary Haseltine

✨ Hallow Prayer App

✨ Join Fertility Framework: If you're ready for deeper support, personalized cycle guidance, and faith-filled encouragement, come join me inside Fertility Framework! This is a space where you AND your husband can learn about the science of your cycle while keeping God in the center of your fertility journey and growing towards Him together. Read the testimonies & enroll here: bekahyawn.com/course   

✨If you would like personal support on your journey but are not sure how to get started, book a free 10-minute consult with me here: bekahyawn.com/consult

Postpartum Fertility, FIAT - Let It Be & the Return of Your Cycle
Got baby fever while you're still breastfeeding? You're not alone — and today I'm walking you through what's actually happening hormonally in your body during this postpartum, nursing season, plus how to say "fiat" (let it be) to God's timing for your next pregnancy.

We start with Ecclesiastes 3:1 and Mary's own "fiat" to Gabriel, then get into the nerdy fertility science. What is prolactin and how can it suppress ovulation? What does weaning actually do to your hormone timeline? And what about other root-cause issues — such as the thyroid, gut, adrenals, inflammation — and can they keep your cycle from bouncing back?

Episode Highlights:
Why prolactin can suppress your ovulatory hormones (FSH, estrogen, LH, progesterone) while breastfeeding
What actually happens hormonally when you wean — and why it can take 2 to 6 cycles to fully reset
The Mary "FIAT" framework for surrendering your fertility timeline to God's plan
Root-cause yellow flags to watch for postpartum: sleep, gut health, inflammation, mood, and stress hormones
Why charting your biomarkers matters even before your cycle has returned
A personal, slightly hilarious story about how Bekah's second son was conceived — and what she'd do differently now

Resources & Links:
✨I’m sharing a free thyroid labs resource that can help you uncover a major root issue many women never get fully tested for, click here: bekahyawn.com/thyroidlabs 

✨ Join Fertility Framework: If you're ready for deeper support, personalized cycle guidance, and faith-filled encouragement, come join me inside Fertility Framework! This is a space where you AND your husband can learn about the science of your cycle while keeping God in the center of your fertility journey and growing towards Him together. Read the testimonies & enroll here: bekahyawn.com/course   

✨If you would like personal support on your journey but are not sure how to get started, book a free 10-minute consult with me here: bekahyawn.com/consult

If you're in the two-week wait right now, fighting the urge to control every detail, this one's for you. I'm sharing the story of a mom and her exhausted toddler on a plane — and what it taught me about how hard it is to actually surrender to Jesus instead of just white-knuckling through the waiting.

We sit with Matthew 11:28 — "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" — and I get honest about a prideful pattern in my own prayer life I'm still unlearning: thinking that praying the "right" way will get me the outcome I want. Then I walk you through a practice that's been reshaping how I pray through the waiting: the Surrender Novena.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
A listener review from Sydney on finding hope through the Fertility Framework course
The plane-ride parable: a toddler fighting his mom's arms until he finally surrenders into rest
Sitting in Matthew 11:28 and hearing Jesus' invitation as if for the first time
Why the mind, body, and spirit are connected — and why addressing your spirit first changes everything else
A confession: the pride of thinking "praying it right" earns a specific outcome from God
What the Surrender Novena is and how to begin praying it this week
A closing prayer over every woman carrying the weight of "is this the time?"

Resources & Links:
✨Get my Faith Driven Fertility Booklet: bekahyawn.com/booklet 
✨ Join Fertility Framework: If you're ready for deeper support, personalized cycle guidance, and faith-filled encouragement, come join me inside Fertility Framework! This is a space where you AND your husband can learn about the science of your cycle while keeping God in the center of your fertility journey and growing towards Him together. Read the testimonies & enroll here: bekahyawn.com/course   
✨If you would like personal support on your journey but are not sure how to get started, book a free 10-minute consult with me here: bekahyawn.com/consult