Ask any woman who is trying to conceive what changes she has made in her life while she is trying to get pregnant and you’ll probably hear at least one of the following: I went off the pill I’m taking my prenatal vitamins I’m taking folic acid I’m eating healthy You may even hear… Read More »
Top 10 unexpected effects of coming off the pill
There are so many reasons women find themselves on the birth-control pill. Many women take the pill for acne, painful periods, heavy bleeding, ‘irregular cycles’, endometriosis and PCOS related symptoms. But the pill doesn’t treat the root causes of these symptoms it offers temporary relief, and even though the main reason for the birth control pill… Read More »
How To Check For Cervical Mucus
Cervical mucus is the single most challenging and also the most important aspect of the fertility awareness method. Cervical mucus tells you when you can get pregnant, and it also tells you a lot about your health. It can tell you whether or not you might have a cervical infection, and it can even serve… Read More »
Charting Basics – Using the Fertility Awareness method
So you decided to start charting your menstrual cycles! Congrats! It’s a big step. Deciding to come off the pill in favor of learning the fertility awareness method can be terrifying. It was hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that I wasn’t fertile all the time, but once I started… Read More »
4 Things You Never Knew About Your Menstrual Cycle
I love teaching women about the Fertility Awareness Method, and the most common reaction that I get from the women I work with, and the women who discover my podcast is “why didn’t we learn all of this in junior high school?” quickly followed by “every woman needs to know this stuff!” I’m sure you… Read More »
