Tag: motherhood

• Trusting God Through Autism, Infertility, and Unanswered Prayers with Jenna Erlandson

  

  Eps. 36 Date: January 20, 2026 Title: The Long Wait: Trusting God Through Autism, Infertility, and Unanswered Prayers with Jenna Erlandson Summary: In this episode of This Unexpected Life, Carrie Holt talks with Jenna Erlandson, a mother of six, about her journey through infertility, postpartum depression, and receiving an autism diagnosis for her son. Jenna…

  carriemholt

  Podcast

  Anxiety, Autism, Children with autism, depression, Infertility, motherhood, Parenting autistic children, Postpartum depression, Season 2, This Unexpected Life Podcast

• My Story

  

  I was 20 weeks pregnant with our third son when our world was shattered with a prenatal diagnosis of Spina Bifida (specifically myelomeningocele- he was born with an open hole in his back), Hydrocephalus, and Chiari II Malformation of the brain. Life further took a turn for the worse just two weeks later when he…

  carriemholt

  Diagnosis, Stories

  faith, motherhood, parenting, special needs