Purpose Beyond Motherhood

Today, we invite you to meet Vanessa Grant. Vanessa is a wife and mother of two. For the first time publicly, she shares her story with us of faith and hope amidst the pain of loss.

At Vanessa’s 10 week appointment in her second pregnancy, the ultrasound revealed that she was carrying twins. As the doctor assessed the ultrasound, Vanessa could sense that something was off. Her doctor informed her that she was carrying monoamniotic twins, meaning they were identical, and sharing the same amniotic sac & placenta. 

Monoamniotic Twins, or MoMo Twins, are extremely rare, making up less than 1% of all births in the United States. This meant that Vanessa and her babies would need to be monitored closely.  It became difficult to find a doctor that was comfortable treating her due to the rarity of this condition.

This was only the beginning of what would be a long and rocky road. Over the next 8 weeks, Vanessa and her husband would face challenging decisions that no parents should ever face. At 18 weeks, she received the devastating news that she had lost both of her babies and would have to deliver them. 

Throughout her journey, Vanessa remained steadfast in her faith and leaned on God for strength. She shares with us today how she found hope in the most difficult time of her life. Vanessa’s story is powerful and inspiring, and we are honored to share it with you today.

Episode Highlights: 

• Meet Vanessa.
• The ultrasound that changed everything.
• Seeing a fetal specialist.
• Seeking treatment. 
• Facing difficult decisions.
• The last ultrasound.
• Delivering at 18 weeks.
• Finding hope after loss.
• Things that were helpful during the dark times.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and :

• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected] 
• Visit the Twelve 12 Ministries Shop

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Caitlin Estes is the Owner and Certified FertilityCare Practitioner at Woven Natural Fertility Care. After completing her Master of Divinity degree, God opened her eyes to women’s needs in the area of fertility. She began supporting women in 2017 and soon achieved the highest level of training in her field as a Certified FertilityCare Practitioner. She's passionate about women’s health and God’s presence in it.

Like you, Caitlin believes that each woman deserves to understand her body and her fertility and to be honored and respected in the process. When she’s not working with women, you can find her reading a good book, hiking with her husband and dog, or learning pickleball.

Please join us in listening to this enlightening conversation with Caitlin about the Creighton Method and God’s complex creation. 

Episode Highlights: 

• Meet Caitlin Estes.
• How Caitlin became passionate about fertility & family planning.
• Exploring the Creighton Method.
• Learning more about NaPro.
• God has beauty in every story.
• Whole body health and how it affects fertility.
• God’s complex Creation.
• Advocating for your health and experience.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and Caitlin Estes:

• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected] 
• Visit the Twelve 12 Ministries Shop
• Visit Woven Fertility’s Website
• Listen to the Woven Well Podcast
• Find the Woven Well Podcast on Instagram
• Find Woven Fertility on Instagram

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“Occasionally weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God and embrace the life you have.” - John Piper

Today’s guest, Lisa Robertson is sharing her beautiful redemption story with us. Lisa lives in Ohio with her husband, biological daughter, and 3 adopted sons. She is the Executive Director of Hope Bridge, and organization that aids single moms, foster care & adoption, and aging out youth.

It’s apparent to see how God was preparing Lisa throughout her journey to step into her role at Hope Bridge. After getting pregnant early in her marriage and ending up having an emergency hysterectomy just days after giving birth to her daughter, the life Lisa thought she would have now seemed impossible. During recovery, she was faced with the reality that she may never be able to give her husband a son.

As Lisa shares about her journey through IVF, foster care, and adoption, you will see her beautiful redemption story unfold. Sometimes motherhood, and even our lives, end up looking differently than we had expected.. but in our obedience to God’s calling on our life, He is faithful to work all things out for our good.

Episode Highlights: 

• Introduction to our guest, Lisa Robertson.
• Background on Lisa.
• Early marriage and pregnancy.
• Lisa’s health crisis after returning home.
• An unexpected hysterectomy and the physical, mental, and emotional healing process.
• Pursuing IVF after having a hysterectomy.
• The sermon that changed everything.
• Lisa’s journey through foster care and adoption.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood, Lisa Robertson, & Hope Bridge:

• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected] 
• Find a Support Group!
• Refined - enter code FRIEND for 50% off
• Join Virtual Small Group - Virtual Bible Study
• Visit the Twelve 12 Ministries Shop
• Lisa’s IG Handle: @lisa_messintoamessage
• Hope Bridge IG Handle: @hopebridgeohio
• Hope Bridge Website

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Hey Friends! We’re excited to have Bailey Henry on the show with us today. She is a wife, mother, author, speaker, and a women’s health advocate. A self-proclaimed ‘walking work of progress’ - Bailey is a beacon of hope to the infertility & loss community.

Through her journey, Bailey has clung to her faith and has seen the graciousness of God through all of the pain. Living in Mississippi with her husband, son, and dog, she has set out to share her story and let other women know they are not alone in their struggles.

As you listen to Bailey’s words, we hope you are encouraged and feel seen. Tune in and join us as she shares her story of infertility, loss, and adoption and walking hand in hand with the Holy Spirit through it. 

We love you and are praying for you as you navigate this road alongside us.

Episode Highlights: 

• Background on Bailey.
• Bailey’s infertility journey.
• The beauty of adoption.
• The love and graciousness of God.
• Walking hand in hand with the Holy Spirit.
• Find more on Bailey.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and :

• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected] 
• Find a Support Group!
• Refined - enter code FRIEND for 50% off
• Join Virtual Small Group - Virtual Bible Study
• Visit the Twelve 12 Ministries Shop
• Visit Bailey’s Website Here!
• Purchase Bailey’s Book: Having A Baby & Other Things I’m Bad At
• Visit Bailey’s Blog Here
• Get The Miscarriage Guide

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Discovering hope and purpose after pregnancy loss looks different for everyone. 

For today's guest, it looked like creating polymer clay earrings. 6 years ago, Rachel Lohman suffered a pregnancy loss. Like many of us, this obviously wasn’t what she had anticipated the beginning of her motherhood journey to look like.

On the road to healing, Rachel started making polymer clay earrings. She was just looking for a creative outlet, but when she shared photos of her new hobby, friends quickly took an interest. Her outlet transitioned into a business, and she now uses her platform to highlight other loss moms’ stories.

Rachel & her husband have since had a daughter, and her first book Miscarried Hope - Journeying with Jesus Through Pregnancy & Infant Loss, releases on August 29, 2023. She hopes that her book will help other loss moms and be the resource she was looking for and craving after her miscarriage. 

Tune in to hear Rachel’s story and learn more about her beautiful ministry.

Episode Highlights: 

• Background on Rachel
• Discovering purpose
• The pressure to start a ‘thing’
• Telling Loss Moms’ stories
• Creating a resource

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and Rachel Lohman

• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected] 
• Find a Support Group!
• Refined - enter code FRIEND for 50% off
• Join Virtual Small Group - Virtual Bible Study
• Visit the Twelve 12 Ministries Shop
• Visit Hope Again Collective’s Website
• Hope Again Collective on Instagram
• Pre-order Rachel’s Book Here
• Visit Rachel’s Website Here!

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Welcome back, friends! We are so excited to share Holly’s talk from our last Refined Conference with you. Holly shares how the Lord carried her on her journey through infertility and loss. 

In her speech, Holly touches on inviting the Lord in your pain, trusting His timing, advocating for yourself with your doctors, and maintaining healthy relationships as you walk this road.  One of the enemy’s biggest tactics against women is to get them stuck in isolation. This journey is hard, but we don’t have to stay isolated from our friends and loved ones. Even if they haven’t experienced pain in the same way as us, they can be great sources of comfort and inspiration.

We hope you will join us in listening to Holly’s story and that you will glean strength and feel supported no matter what step of this journey you are on. 

Episode Highlights: 

• Background on Holly.
• They thought it would be easy.
• Beginning of Holly’s fertility journey.
• You are your biggest advocate.
• Endometriosis diagnosis.
• Going in for IVF Consult.
• Praying for eggs and embryos.
• Experiencing pregnancy & miscarriage.
• Hosting Mother’s Day after miscarriage.
• Back to IVF.
• Getting pregnant again.
• Holly’s birth story and complications.
• Utilizing declaration cards.
• Invite the Lord in your pain.
• Maintaining healthy friendships.
• Key Takeaways.
• Prayer of blessing.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and :

• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected] 
• Refined - enter code FRIEND for 50% off
• Join Virtual Small Group - Virtual Bible Study
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Welcome back to the Purpose Beyond Motherhood podcast. Today on the show, we are so excited to have Dr. Katrina Gallagher with us. Dr. Katrina has an incredible testimony about how God has the final word. 

As a teen, young Katrina was not having regular menstrual cycles. Her doctor put her on supplemental hormones to chemically induce her period at 19. As time went on, she began chiropractic school and learned about the disruption those supplemental hormones cause to natural hormone production. 

6 years into taking hormones, she made the decision to stop. 3 years went on, and she was still not having a natural cycle. At this time, Dr. Katrina immersed herself in church and started seeking the Lord in a deeper, more intentional way. She began to notice that many of her chiropractic patients were seeing breakthroughs in their fertility journey.

Dr. Katrina’s husband, Corey is also a chiropractor, so she decided to start getting adjusted on a regular basis, along with eating a clean diet of foods that supported hormone production. In seeking the Lord, she began hearing ‘by His stripes I am healed’. She knew that God was working on her body, and hope was being planted in her heart.

Listen today to hear Dr. Katrina’s story of how that hope grew and what seemed impossible in the natural became reality through God’s grace. Dr. Katrina now owns a chiropractic & nutrition center for women and children, and is helping thousands experience extraordinary lives.

Episode Highlights: 

• Dr. Katrina’s background
• Chemically induced cycle
• Learning in Chiropractic School
• Seeking the Lord and getting hope
• Receiving a miracle
• Triada Chiropractic was born

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and Dr. Katrina:

• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected] 
• Triada Chiropractic Website
• Triada Chiropractic Facebook
• Triada Chiropractic Instagram
• Triada Chiropractic on TikTok
• God’s Plan for Pregnancy by Nerida Walker
• Supernatural Childbirth by Jackie Mize

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Today, we are talking with Dr. Irini Fambro about our authority in Christ, and how it translates in our lives. Dr. Irini is an author, speaker, consultant, business owner, and podcaster. 

In this episode, we are diving deeper into our God given authority, speaking truth over our lives, our identity in Christ, taking thoughts captive, and more.

We live in a broken world where the enemy runs rampant. In his attack against the Kingdom of God, he will use any ground we allow him to take. We must be aware of our authority in Christ and be ready to put up our shields of faith in times of spiritual attack.

Tune in for encouragement and truth spoken by the wonderful Dr. Irini Fambro.

Episode Highlights: 

• Intro to Dr. Irini Fambro
• Understanding your God-given authority
• Taking care of your territory
• Speaking truth
• Our identity in Christ
• Take your thoughts captive
• Shields of Faith

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and Twelve 12 Ministries:

• Join us at our next Event 
• Visit the Twelve 12 Ministries Shop
• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected]
• Follow Dr. Irini Fambro on Instagram

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The enemy has a target, and his target is the Kingdom of God. Our identity in Christ is under attack, and we are losing sight of God’s design for men and women. He designed men to be hunters, warriors, & kings and women to be collectors, connectors, & queens. The enemy is constantly at work to emasculate men. He wants to blur the line between male & female and eradicate the roles God has created. 

In today’s episode, we are chatting with Holly’s mom, Cristie Penn about God’s goodness and His design for us as the Kingdom of God. Cristie is a powerhouse for Jesus. She is the author of Keys of Truth: Unlocking God’s Design for the Sexes. 

This was such an eye-opening discussion for us about the roles of men & women, and we are so excited to share it with you.

Episode Highlights: 

• Introduction to Cristie
• He was there the whole time
• Hearing God
• The enemy has a target
• The Kingdom of God
• Identity in Christ
• Hunters, warriors, and kings
• Collectors, connectors, and queens
• The emasculation of men
• Women are highly adaptable

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood and Cristie Penn:

• Register for Refined! 
• Visit the Twelve 12 Ministries Shop
• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: [email protected]
• Keys of Truth Testimonials
• Keys of Truth: Unlocking God’s Design for the Sexes
• Keys of Truth 13-Week Study Guide

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Including our spouse in our infertility journey can be difficult. We want them to know what to say & not say, and what to do & when to do it... But we aren’t the only ones experiencing this journey. Our spouse is hurting too, so we must keep that in mind while navigating our own hurts and show them grace.

Communication is so crucial during this time. In today’s episode, we sit down with Lizelle Fischer, licensed professional counselor, and friend to discuss including our spouse in our infertility journey. Lizelle has some great advice and experience to share with us.

We learned a lot of helpful tips during this conversation, and we believe you will too! 

You are not alone!

Episode Highlights: 

• Intro to Lizelle Fischer
• How to include your spouse on your infertility journey
• Things to remember in regard to your spouse in your infertility journey

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on Purpose Beyond Motherhood:

• Register For Refined on April 29th! 
• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
• IG Handle: @twelve12ministries
• Facebook: @twelve12ministries
• Email: info@twelve12ministries
• Purchase our Declaration Cards!

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