When it comes to fertility awareness and charting your cycles, there will be times that you feel like you just can’t be bothered.
You will have different motivations for charting at different times in your life, and your interest in it will wax and wane over the years.
Sometimes that can lead to guilt and worry, but I’m here to tell you that it’s okay!
Using the fertility awareness method while travelling can sometimes be a bit tricky.
Depending where you’re going and what you’re doing you may or may not be able to create an accurate chart.
I’m here to give you some tips on how to use fertility awareness most effectively when travelling.
One thing I like to make clear to my clients is there is a responsible way to use the fertility awareness method that helps promote good sexual health and does not spread sexually transmitted infections (STIs) around. Many people don’t
You must be thinking I’ve lost my mind, right? Not teaching the rules?! Won’t that lead to a ton of unwanted pregnancies? I admit, the title is there to shock, but in no way would I ever compromise the efficacy of the method.
I’ve always talked about the “rules” of fertility awareness, but a client recently made me aware that the “rules” could be off-putting for some folks. Read on to see why and how I have changed the language I use around this.
Identifying the sensation when you wipe your vulva is incredibly important for fertility awareness to be effective.
Unfortunately, a lot of popular fertility awareness apps don’t have space to record this, so people who have only learned from a book or an app may be misinterpreting their fertile days.
Read on to see why it’s so important and how to improve your charting.
You may be thinking there’s just one method of fertility awareness, after all, most of what we see online is about the sympto-thermal method.
In reality there are a ton of different options and all of them are valid choices – it’s up to you to decide what works best for you. Read on to see what the different options are.
I think we’ve all been in the situation where we’re not sure if our birth control method is working, had a condom burst, or had unprotected sex then regretted it.
Previously, if you didn’t want to be pregnant, you would have to assume you were fertile every single day and take emergency contraception (EC) regardless of when it happened. But now, since you’re using the fertility awareness method, you can know exactly when EC is needed and when you can relax and not have to think about it.
I’m a bit late to this, but I want to acknowledge that October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
Pregnancy loss occurs in all kinds of ways, including miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, or death shortly after birth, and regardless of how or why it happens, it’s important to acknowledge and support the families that are experiencing this.
One of the amazing things about practicing the fertility awareness method is it can help identify and even fix some common causes of infertility.
The fact is that, sadly, many people who think they are infertile actually aren’t, and think they are in an unchangeable situation when they can actually do a lot to improve their chances of pregnancy. Here are some common situations where this can happen.
Do you know a heavy period is a sign of hormonal imbalance and it can be addressed naturally through nutrition and lifestyle?
Unfortunately many people don’t realize they have a period that is too heavy because the number of pads or tampons used each cycle isn’t something that’s usually discussed. Or, they think this is just they way their body works and they suffer through it. Read on to learn how heavy is too heavy and what you can do about it.