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

A couple of weeks after one of my miscarriages, I called my doctor about some intense stomach pain, and she asked me a simple question: "Are you ovulating?" I had no idea. I couldn't even tell you what ovulation was, let alone whether it was happening in my body.

That phone call started me down the path that led to everything I teach today. In this episode, I walk you through the ovulation cycle the way I teach it inside Fertility Framework: the four main hormones, what a healthy ovulatory and luteal phase look like, the three things conception actually requires, and how long I recommend charting after a loss before trying again. And we anchor it all in Psalm 139:14, because you are fearfully and wonderfully made, even in the most broken season.

Episode Highlights:

• The phone call that made me realize I didn't know what ovulation was
• Psalm 139:14 and holding onto your God-given design in a hard season
• Why we call it the ovulation cycle, not the menstrual cycle
• FSH, estrogen, LH, and progesterone: how four hormones work together to release an egg
• The corpus luteum, and why progesterone is literally "pro-gestation"
• What healthy cervical mucus and a healthy luteal phase look like
• Good sperm, good egg, good mucus: the three keys to conception
• How many cycles I recommend charting after a miscarriage before trying again

Resources & Links:

✨ Join the newly updated Fertility Framework for a limited sale price of $497 that ends this Friday: 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 

Your app says you ovulated. Your OPK lit up. But did your body actually ovulate? In this episode I'm sharing why period apps and ovulation predictor kits can't confirm ovulation on their own, how relying on their predictions can cause you to miss your fertile window, and why I believe the final word on your fertility should come from the body God designed and the wisdom He gives you, not an algorithm.

Episode highlights:

• Why period apps predict ovulation from past cycles instead of what your body is doing right now
• The outdated "day 14" assumption and why your follicular phase naturally varies cycle to cycle
• What an LH surge really tells you, and why it doesn't prove ovulation happened
• How tools like Inito can support fertility awareness without replacing it
• How timing intercourse around an app's guess can mean missing your fertile window
• Bringing prayerful discernment back into how you understand your cycle

Resources & Links

✨ Hormone Reset Boot Camp. October 5th and 6th. Free, but spots are limited. Sign up here: bekahyawn.com/bootcamp    

✨Initio Code for 15% off: SETFREE15 - Get it here: https://www.inito.com/ (I may earn a small commission at no cost to you)

✨ 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 

Do you feel like a completely different person the week before your period? Irritable, anxious, exhausted, maybe snapping at your husband over nothing? Friend, that might be more than "just PMS." It could be low progesterone.

In this episode, I'm walking through the top three low progesterone symptoms to watch for when you're trying to get pregnant. But first, we're starting where I always want to start: with our faith. What's happening in our bodies is so connected to what's happening in our souls, and it is really hard to bear the fruit of the Spirit when your hormones are boiling over.

Episode highlights:

• Two questions to bring to the Lord when you suspect low progesterone (Psalm 139:23–24)
• Why being fully surrendered to God doesn't make hormone imbalance easy to live with
• The "pot of boiling water" analogy that helped my husband understand what I'm going through
• Symptom #1: PMS the week before your period, including mood swings, anxiety, headaches, tender breasts, and poor sleep
• Symptom #2: Spotting and brown bleeding
• Symptom #3: A short luteal phase (luteal phase defect) and how to recognize one
• Your homework: a one-on-one meeting with Jesus, and an honest conversation with someone you trust

Resources & Links:

✨ Hormone Reset Boot Camp. October 5th and 6th. Free, but spots are limited. Sign up here: bekahyawn.com/bootcamp    

✨ 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've ever wondered whether your infertility or your losses mean you're somehow cursed by God — sister, I need you to hear this episode. Today we're going all the way back to Genesis 3 to unpack what the "curse" actually was, who it fell on, and why sorrow and conception being connected in Scripture doesn't mean you've been singled out or exiled.

We'll also walk through Revelation 12 and talk honestly about the spiritual warfare that surrounds fertility, pregnancy, and birth — not to scare you, but to give you perspective and put you back on your knees in prayer instead of in fear.

• Why the curse in Genesis 3 fell on the serpent and the ground — not on the man and the woman — and what that means for you
• Unpacking Genesis 3:16 in the King James Version: "sorrow" as hardship, and why it's directly connected to conception
• Why women facing infertility and miscarriage are absolutely included in this passage — even though it doesn't always feel that way
• Genesis 3:15 and Revelation 12:17: the enmity between the woman's offspring and the enemy, and what it means for your fertility journey
• Why Satan has a strategy against the unborn — and why that should build your faith instead of your fear
• Building your fertility journey on the foundation of Christ before any protocol, chart, or lab test

Resources & Links:

✨ Hormone Reset Boot Camp. October 5th and 6th. Free, but spots are limited. Sign up here: bekahyawn.com/bootcamp    

✨ 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

Growing up, I thought brown spotting was just a normal part of my period. I didn't know any different. Until I learned that for most women, it's actually a sign your body is asking for help. In this episode, I'm breaking down when brown bleeding is genuinely no big deal, when it crosses the line, and what it might be telling you about your hormones, especially your progesterone.

• The small window where brown spotting is truly normal — and where it isn't
• Why brown bleeding often points back to low progesterone
• The biomarkers your body uses to "talk" to you all cycle long
• How stress, sleep, adrenal health, and thyroid function all feed into your hormones
• Why this is about more than symptoms — following Jesus in the middle of your fertility journey
• A prayer over your body, your cycle, and your healing

Resources & Links:

✨ Hormone Reset Boot Camp. October 5th and 6th. Free, but spots are limited. Sign up here: bekahyawn.com/bootcamp    

✨ 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

"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