This is a guest post that I wrote for Hannah Ransom’s blog: Holistic Hormonal Health. I interviewed Hannah on The Fertility Friday Podcast, and we talked all about Fertility Awareness and how it can be used in conjunction with barrier methods such as condoms, and we talk in depth about the withdrawal method for birth… Read More »
A day in the life. What it’s really like to use Fertility Awareness
It can feel pretty daunting when you contemplate switching to a natural method of birth control. Going off the pill is probably one of the scariest decisions you can make. It shouldn’t be so scary, but after so many years of being told that we can get pregnant so easily many women won’t even consider going… Read More »
6 Reasons why Fertility Awareness is perfect for control freaks!
1. You’ll know the exact date that you ovulated every cycle By taking your basal body temperature each morning you’ll be able to pinpoint your ovulation date after you’ve ovulated. Your temperature won’t predict your ovulation date, but after your basal body temperature rises and stays up, you’ll know that you ovulated the day before… 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 »
Why Fertility Awareness?
The fertility awareness method is an effective way of tracking fertility signs and can be used when trying to get pregnant and also as a method of contraception either alone or in combination with the barrier method of your choice. The 3 signs that are primarily used to track fertility are cervical mucus, basal body… Read More »