It’s my turn to bless one reader with a free enrollment for the 12-week multimedia eCourse to help women prepare for a natural pregnancy, achieve a long sought after pregnancy, or simply keep one’s body healthy by attending to what a woman’s body needs.  Donielle of Naturally Knocked Up is offering an online course starting July 12th that will cover a plethora of topics, such as:

1. Cleansing Your Body
2. Natural Living (includes homemade cleaners and personal products)
3. Exercise (yoga video!!)
4. Fertility Awareness
5. Real Nutrition
6. Super Foods for Fertility
7. What Not to Eat
8. Herbs and Fertility (including men’s issues)
9. Alternative Treatments for Infertility (NOT assisted reproductive technologies, but the natural ways)
10. Stress
11. Tips for Increased Fertility
12. Where to Start

What is an eCourse, Anyway?

An eCourse is designed to be a bit like a college course, but less intimidating, less expensive, and very flexible. You can complete the coursework at your own pace since all the classes will be available to you for life. The course material comes out once per week and includes text (like the college textbook or coursepack), audio (the lecture) and video (the hands-on approach).

If you’re the lucky winner, I might recommend trying to keep up with the coursework at the pace at which it’s introduced, because the last facet of the eCourse is the exclusive, members only online forum. There you can ask questions of the teacher (like office hours) and interact with other people (moms, this is the “real world” that we don’t always get inside our houses). If you’re working on the same material as the other students, you’ll be able to get timely advice.

No matter your pace, “professor” Donielle will always be available to work with you. She’s very approachable, personable and knowledgeable. I wish I had time to take the course myself just to watch her in action!

As a Catholic, natural family planning is very important to me, as is respecting life at all its stages. I’ve queried Donielle about various issues, and from what I can tell, this course will not touch on anything that is contrary to Catholic teaching. It’s an incredible resource for many women, both those who are struggling with infertility and those who just want to be as naturally healthy as they can, either to best care for the family they have or to conceive a child someday far in the future. UPDATE: a reader emailed to inform me that yoga is against Catholic teaching because it is a religion, not just exercise. An interesting thought, one which we’ll all have to make our own decisions on when that week of the course comes along. As for me, I do use yoga as a form of exercise – but I won’t be saying “namaste” to anyone anytime soon.

Here’s a quick synopsis from Donielle:

This course isn’t just for those who have trouble conceiving! While I do cover issues pertaining to infertility, this course is for any woman of childbearing age. While I fully believe that the Lord is the one who controls our fertility and health of ourselves and our little ones, I also believe that it is our responsibility to do what we can to create a hospitable and healthy environment for a baby to grow into. The health of women before pregnancy is imperative to having a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby.

I cover everything from the natural cleansing of our bodies, to exercise, nutrition, stress management, alternative medicine for infertility, and natural living. I’ll also focus on how to do all of this without breaking the bank! This course will also offer a multi-media format including: text, podcasts, and videos as well as including a forum in which I’ll be able to have direct interaction with those who take the course.

How to Enter

I’m testing out a new system for this giveaway. Rather than leave your entry in the comments section, you can go to a survey page and enter them all at once without having to re-enter your name and email. I think it will be quicker for you and I know it will make my comments less hazardous for myself.

(If you miss me, and you’d just like to leave a comment on this post, feel free to tell me what you think of the new system or ask a question about the eCourse. Comments on this post are not, however, entries into the giveaway.)

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY.
THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED; THANKS FOR ENTERING!

There are 9 possible entries! Here’s what you can do to win:

1. Mandatory Entry: Visit the eCourse description and tell me one of the four organizations to which Donielle will donate a percentage of the course fees.
2. Subscribe in a reader or via email to Kitchen Stewardship (or tell me if you already do).
3. Subscribe to Naturally Knocked Up in a reader or by e-mail.
4. Follow @kitchenstew and @donielle on Twitter AND tweet this:
   I’m entered to win @donielle ‘s eCourse on natural fertility @kitchenstew http://bit.ly/95cWQL ($96 value) #realfood #fertility
5. “Like” Kitchen Stewardship on Facebook.
6. “Like” Naturally Knocked Up on Facebook. (note: Donielle will give away an extra scholarship to the course if she hits 1,000 Likes!)
7. Email 5 friends about this giveaway along with the link to it. (Email subscribers can forward their message.)
8. Stumble or Digg your favorite post or recipe at Kitchen Stewardship (you can use the Share This icon at the bottom of the post). What is Stumble?
9. If you have a blog or website, post about this giveaway linking back to this post.

I will use random.org’s integer generator to choose the winner.  The giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere.  Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, July 9th, and I’ll post the winners the very next day.

If you missed the last Monday Mission, click here.

Kitchen Stewardship is dedicated to balancing God’s gifts of time, health, earth and money.  If you feel called to such a mission, read more at Mission, Method, and Mary and Martha Moments.

Disclosure:  I did not receive anything to run this giveaway.  I am an affiliate of NKU’s eCourse, which means I receive a commission if you purchase the course starting here at KS. See my full advertising disclosure here.

Gratituesday at Heavenly Homemakers, Things I Love Thursday at The Diaper Diaries and Real Food Wednesday at Kelly the Kitchen Kop always have great posts linking up!