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.
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?
This is a question I often see asked in fertility awareness discussion boards online. “When did I ovulate?” they want to know.
The truth is, we’ll never know exactly when we ovulate unless we have an ultrasound scan of our ovaries every day — and who would want to do that?! So how do we know when we’re infertile after ovulation if we can’t actually pinpoint ovulation?
I am so excited to be writing about the official launch of Blue Poppy Health! Read on to learn more about my exciting updates!!
Our culture is constantly telling women they need to have babies before 30, and that after 35 it’s all downhill. Well I’m here to tell you that’s not the case!
One thing people don’t realize is that how fertile you are can change, improve, or decline at any age. It’s entirely possible that your fertility at 35 might be better than what it was at 25!
Is 2016 going to be the year you take charge of your fertility and start practicing the fertility awareness method (FAM)? There’s never been a better time than now to learn how your body works and take control of your health.
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.
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?