When you’re charting your cycles you can confirm ovulation has passed when you see three temperatures higher than the previous six. The difficulty with this is that a lot of women don’t have a clear temperature shift and it can be confusing. This is especially important for women trying to avoid pregnancy so they can consider themselves to be infertile again and confidently go back to unprotected sex.
Here are five tips for dealing with erratic temperatures.
Today (December 1) is World AIDS Day. A day to remember that people around the world are still living with HIV and still dying from AIDS-related illnesses.
How is HIV related to fertility awareness? All women have decisions to make regarding contraception, planning for pregnancy, being sexual with their partners, and their relationship with their bodies, and these are all impacted by living with HIV.
When most women think about their menstrual cycle the main thing that comes to mind is their periods – which makes sense as it’s the most obvious thing happening. But it’s important to know that ovulation, while often overlooked or ignored, is incredibly important for your health.
Read on to see exactly why ovulation is good for you and what it does for your health (other than getting you pregnant).
One of the most common myths about the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) is that it doesn’t work to prevent pregnancy. And when women are learning how to use it they always want to know how effective it is. At perfect use, it’s 99.6% effective, as good as hormonal contraception! (something a lot of people don’t know).
So how do we know this? Science! Keep reading to see the research that backs this up.
I was recently asked if I teach women to understand their cervical mucus or if I only teach temperature charting. What I want every woman to understand is that cervical mucus is Queen when it comes to practicing fertility awareness methods (FAM)!
In fact, did you know that there are some methods of FAM that only use mucus?
As I said in my How To Chart (Quick & Dirty Version) article, the practice of using Fertility Awareness Methods (FAM) involves monitoring your body’s signs of fertility.
The three signs of fertility that can be monitored are cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and cervical position. I now want to explain in a bit more detail how this works and why you need to look at these particular body signs.
So you’ve heard about charting your fertility or using the fertility awareness method (FAM) and you’re wondering what it actually looks like. Is it easy or hard? Take a lot of time or a little?
While it may seem a bit overwhelming, I promise you that it’s really simple, and once you get into the habit of doing it it’ll be as simple as brushing your teeth.
Here’s how to chart in three easy steps.
I keep talking about cervical mucus, so I want to make sure that it’s clear what I’m referring to.
Cervical mucus is a type of fluid that your body makes when you are fertile (close to ovulation). This is a magical fluid because it allows sperm to live up to five whole days inside the woman’s reproductive tract. This is why it’s so important to know what it is and how to interpret it, because knowing this will allow you to know when you can (or cannot) get pregnant in each menstrual cycle.
So what is the fertility awareness method (FAM) and why am I so excited about it?
At its most basic level, fertility awareness is a form of body literacy (reading your body) so that you can understand your fertility. This means that you will understand when you are fertile (able to get pregnant) and infertile through each menstrual cycle (it’s only a few days around ovulation and I can teach you how to know when these days are!). By knowing this you will have a more complete picture of your health, because you will understand your hormonal balance and what’s going on inside your body every day.
What can you get out of this? Why should you bother with fertility awareness?
Welcome to the first post of my blog! I am so excited to share my ideas and knowledge with you and I look forward to some great discussions!
In this first post I want to tell you a bit about myself and what you can expect out of this blog or if you sign up for my newsletter.
First of all, here’s a bit about me.