Ep 980 | The Secret, Ethical Alternative to IVF | Guest: Catie VanDamme

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Today, we're sitting down with Catie VanDamme, contributor to the Federalist. She discusses her experiences with ob-gyn doctors who pushed IVF as the only way to get pregnant due to her diagnosed endometriosis and reveals how one of her doctors even questioned if she really wanted to be a mother at all, leaving her in tears. She also reveals what helped her conceive — charting her cycle with NaProTECHNOLOGY, a holistic and natural method that worked with her body. We give some encouragement for women who might be struggling with infertility and explain God's role in it all. --- Timecodes: (00:45) Finding out about fertility issues (12:15) Growing prominence of IVF (18:29) Second and third doctor experience (33:02) NaPro Technology (42:00) Morality of IVF (53:05) Restorative reproductive medicine --- Today's Sponsors: NetSuite — gain visibility and control of your financials, planning, budgeting, and inventory so you can manage risk, get reliable forecasts, and improve margins. Go to NetSuite.com/ALLIE to get your one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. Focus on the Family — the new podcast, "Practice Makes Parent" brings you real, practical, and biblical advice. Tune in every Wednesday on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting platform. America's Christian Credit Union — go to AmericasChristianCU.com/SWITCH and start doing business with people who share your values. Fearless Army Roll Call — Go to FearlessArmyRollCall.com to reserve your spot at Jason Whitlock's upcoming annual Role Call event in Nashville, Tennessee! --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 876 | How LGBTQ Activists Are Redefining Infertility | Guest: Katy Faust (Part One) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relatable-with-allie-beth-stuckey/id1359249098?i=1000628613840 Ep 695 | Why Children's Rights Trump Adults' Feelings | Guest: Katy Faust https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relatable-with-allie-beth-stuckey/id1359249098?i=1000583336623 Ep 554 | IVF, Embryo Adoption, & Surrogacy: Answering the Hard Questions | Guest: Jennifer Lahl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relatable-with-allie-beth-stuckey/id1359249098?i=1000549207733 Ep 552 | "Big Fertility" & the Truth Behind The Surrogacy Industry | Guest: Jennifer Lahl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relatable-with-allie-beth-stuckey/id1359249098?i=1000548511958 --- Links: The Federalist: "Fertility Doctors Refused To Treat Me Holistically Because IVF Is Their Cash Cow" https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/18/big-fertility-should-stop-pushing-ivf-on-women-as-the-first-and-only-option-for-making-a-baby/ --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Katie Van Dammy was diagnosed with endometriosis when she was a teenager and then at the age of 29 doctors told her that the only way for her to have a child would be to go through IVF But she decided to go a different route.
0:14.8	She is here today to talk about what she learned
0:17.4	and what God taught her through her fertility journey
0:21.0	and what eventually led her to conceiving her baby boy naturally.
0:26.7	This is an amazing conversation you've got to listen to the whole thing.
0:30.2	You are going to be so educated but also so encouraged by her testimony.
0:35.4	Without further ado, here is Katie. Katie, thanks so much for taking the time to join us. I really appreciate it.
0:51.6	Thank you. Can you just tell everyone who you are and what you do?
0:55.6	Yeah, so I am Katie Van Damme. I am married to my husband Kevin and we have a son named Thomas. He's one year old. I am an
1:07.3	LPC so a licensed professional counselor in Texas and I've been doing that for a couple years.
1:16.0	It's really a great opportunity to get to sit with people.
1:20.1	And I first saw your story in the federalist and the headline is,
1:24.8	Fertility doctors refused to treat me holistically because IVF is their cash cow.
1:32.1	Okay, so this came out on March 18th.
1:35.0	So just take us back.
1:36.6	Tell us about your story and how you first
1:40.6	interacted with the doctors who tried to get you to go through IVF.
1:44.0	Yeah, yeah. So my husband and I got married in 2020 and we knew that we wanted to start a family eventually.
1:54.0	I back in my like late teens early 20s I found not I had into
2:01.4	metriosis, which is a disease that affects women and their fertility,
2:08.4	all that good stuff.
2:10.4	Very painful and wound up having to go through lots of different things with doctors and wound up having surgery,
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