Natural Womanhood: Get to know & love your body with fertility awareness

The Magazine of Fertility Awareness and Women’s Health

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Study finds abortion pill complication rate may be grossly underestimated

In 2023, medication abortions comprised 63% of all abortions nationwide,

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

May 13, 2025

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Motherhood is a marathon: Reflections on training for life as a mom and an ultrarunner

With ultrarunner + mom of 4, Emily Blain

byIsabelle Adams

May 10, 2025

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Should you try grounding?

Can walking barefoot on the earth really boost your health?

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

May 8, 2025

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If it’s not a UTI, it might be interstitial cystitis

And what's the connection with hormonal birth control?

byMadison Ayers

May 6, 2025

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5 facts you haven’t heard about Opill

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How Restorative Reproductive Medicine Helps Solve Common Gynecological Issues Better than Birth Control

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10 Reasons to Consider Getting off Birth Control and Starting Fertility Awareness Instead

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Natural Womanhood Movie Review: When the Bough Breaks

Our take on Brooke Shields' postpartum depression and psychosis documentary

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

9 minute read

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Marijuana for period pain: Hope, hype, and the need for better evidence

Is it true that CBD suppositories improve period pain?

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

8 minute read

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What you should know about tubal factor infertility

Causes and treatment options

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

8 minute read

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Do you need a salpingectomy?

Reasons to surgically remove the fallopian tubes

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

4 minute read

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Fallopian tubes primer: Why we have them and what can go wrong

(and where conception actually happens!

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

9 minute read

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Is red light therapy worth all the Instagram hype?

What the research says might surprise you

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

6 minute read

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Discover natural alternatives to birth control that won’t hurt your body! Learn the pros and cons of fertility awareness, and the best way to learn a fertility awareness method, with this FREE guide

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Know Your Body

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Could your skincare products raise your breast cancer risk?

Parabens and phthalates are prevalent in makeup, body care products

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

March 29, 2025

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Can massage or pelvic floor therapy relieve constipation?

Looking beyond laxatives

byMelayna Alicea

March 22, 2025

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You’ll discover a wealth of information about your reproductive health, fertility, and menstrual cycles, as well as resources on natural alternatives to birth control.

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Fertility Awareness

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What happens when you combine fertility awareness education with a functional nutrition approach?

Integrating the best of both worlds

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

March 18, 2025

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Learning about their cycles helps female athletes achieve longevity in sport

What I wish I'd known when I was still competing

byLeanne Jarvis

March 13, 2025

From birth control user to FACTS founder: How Dr. Marguerite Duane discovered fertility awareness

Her journey was both professional and personal

byGrace Emily Stark

February 15, 2025

Wondering if your cycles are normal?

Use our Cycle Symptom Checklist to review your menstrual cycle health, then print it out to share with your doctor.

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Low Dose Naltrexone: Could it be a wonder-drug for hormonal disorders?

What we do and don't know

byLeanne Jarvis

April 19, 2025

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The Telltale Chart: Patterns and symptoms that point to PMS

What FEMM, Boston Cross Check, and CCL instructors told us

byMelayna Alicea

April 15, 2025

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What is metabolic syndrome and how can it affect fertility?

The good news: It's reversible

byMadison Ayers

April 12, 2025

The Natural Womanhood Podcast

In this episode, Grace interviews Katie Collins, who leads Natural Womanhood’s pilot Natural Marriage Group in North Carolina. Learn more about these innovative new NFP support groups, where couples can go to talk about the ups and downs (and everything in between) of NFP with other couples who are also struggling, or to hear encouragement from those who’ve seen the difficulties through to the other side. Designed to help couples live out the radically counter-cultural lifestyle of natural family planning, Natural Womanhood’s Natural Marriage Groups are the NFP support group you’ve been dreaming of!

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For our previous podcasts and interviews click here.