Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month is September. This affects about 5% of women yet many don’t know they have it, and those who do know often are misguided about what it means. I’m here to debunk some of the myths and help get the truth out there.
This Valentine’s Day I want you to take a moment to think about how you can show yourself more love in your daily life.
A huge part of my work is empowering people to truly understand how their bodies work, and I see this, and what often follows from it, as the best gift you can give yourself in life.
This is my last post of the year!
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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 of the most common confusions when first learning the Fertility Awareness Method is figuring out what the heck vaginal cell slough is and how it differentiates from mucus.
This often leads to people over-interpreting mucus and thinking they are fertile for many more days than they really are and having inaccurate charts. Read on to find out how to distinguish these two – it’s actually really easy!
Having a healthy menstrual cycle is about far more than just how regular it is and how long it lasts.
And unfortunately, the vast majority of women don’t know what to look for to figure this out.
The common myth is that if your cycle is about 28 days and fairly regular, and if the pain isn’t unbearable or flow too heavy, that everything is fine. In reality, there’s a lot more to it.
Well, that is the question, isn’t it?!
There seems to be some debate, and I’ve heard it from my own clients, about whether or not it’s possible to practice fertility awareness for contraception accurately and effectively by using mucus only.
I have to tell you that temping is not intrinsically better than not temping! But there’s a big caveat here: it all depends on how you were trained.
Reusable menstrual products are the greatest invention ever! I’ve been using them for about 15 years now and would never go back to disposables.
There are so many great benefits from using them that you will soon get over the squeamish factor (and possibly even look forward to your period and think your menstrual blood is cool!).
There are so many apps, devices, and discussion groups floating around the interwebs these days that it’s enough to make a person wonder if they can really be successful with charting on their own. What app should you use? What discussion board will be most helpful? Can you really do it without some kind of device to back you up?