Woven Well

SUMMER BREAK is upon us! Woven Well will be back with more new episodes July 5th! Choosing to learn a fertility awareness method can feel scary and daunting -- but what about when you're in a very busy, stressful season of life? Is it worth it to try? Should you wait until things slow down? These are good, valid questions! I asked client, Claire, to share a bit of her story and exp

How can I afford fertility awareness education? Does my insurance cover it? Are there more affordable methods? Can I get a fertility awareness scholarship? How can I pay for NFP (natural family planning)? This episode gives practical suggestions to how to pay for your fertility education (including insurance specifics and options for those who don't have insurance coverage), becaus

NOTE: This episode is not appropriate for all audiences, due to use of anatomical terms and discussion related to genital contact. Please be aware. After delivery, women have a 6 week check up with their OBGYN when they are given the "all clear" to return to intercourse. But is it really the right time? What if things don’t feel “all clear??” How do you know what’s normal h

I'm frequently asked how clients can share fertility suggestions with their friends. They want to share the exciting things they're learning through their own fertility education process, but don't want to overstep or say the wrong thing. This is especially true when it comes to IVF alternatives. Many ladies talk to friends who hate the IVF process, and yet their friends aren't sur

Client, Sarah, joins me today to talk about her story of years long infertility and how working with the right providers along the way allowed her to welcome to her son last summer. She fully believes that if she had not had the supportive, knowledgable, and humble providers that she did, she would not be where she is today. Hear what tools her providers used, how she partnered wit

Progesterone is an incredibly vital reproductive hormone that's responsible for many aspects of overall health. When it's not doing what it should be, it stands out! Issues like PMS/PMDD, implantation failure, early miscarriage, and postpartum depression can all be due to low progesterone! In order to address these issues at their source, it's best to first learn as much as we can

Dr. Sarah Pederson joins us to talk about fertility tests that are often ignored in traditional approaches to women's health, but are key to getting to the root cause of issues related to women's health. We started off the episode talking about issues related to infertility, but quickly came to the conclusion that these tests were not only beneficial when trying to get pregnant, bu

Did you know that abstinence is a part of fertility awareness methods or natural family planning? Many ask: WHY?! Is this really the BEST way? The ONLY way? Fair questions! This episode starts the conversation about why abstinence is used in fertility awareness based methods (FABM) and natural family planning (NFP) and why it's worth considering for confidence, success, and even yo

This episode focuses on Ashley, a Woven client, and her journey to overcome PMDD with the help of Creighton Model System and NaProTechnology. Hear about her 10 year journey to have it accurately diagnosed, frustration over limited options, and how the Creighton System and NaProTechnology drastically changed how she understood premenstrual dysphoric disorder (not premenstrual syndro

Chronic Endometritis doesn't always have many symptoms, yet it can affect your cycle health and contribute to infertility and pregnancy loss. What is this silent condition and how can you know if it's affecting you? This episode explores what endometritis is, how to diagnose and treat it, while also explaining its differences from acute endometritis (and endometriosis, which is a s