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The postpartum season can be challenging for women, navigating the days with a new baby and little sleep. Many couples who hope to prevent another pregnancy or space children after giving birth face tough birth control decisions. Natural Family Planning (NFP) and Fertility Awareness Methods (FAM) are good options for natural birth control during the postpartum period, whether a woman is breastfeeding or not.

For couples using NFP or FAMs, the postpartum season can be an especially challenging time to read and interpret fertile signs. With the right support and instruction, however, the postpartum season can be an excellent time for growth in your relationship, and in confidence in your method of NFP. A trained instructor in your method can help you gain this confidence, and help ensure that you correctly identify things like your first postpartum ovulation symptoms.

Below you’ll find articles about postpartum health in general, and as it relates to fertility awareness methods of natural family planning.

Click here for information about postpartum depression.

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    A guide to trace minerals for preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum health
    By Madison Ayers • April 4, 2024
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    If you developed depression after taking birth control, you might be at higher risk of postpartum depression later on
    By Alex Rico • November 3, 2023
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    The Fourth Trimester Guidebook: Your Postpartum Mental Health Matters
    By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • February 3, 2022
    This is the third installment in our Postpartum Guidebook series. This article marks the third installment in our…
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    The Fourth Trimester Guidebook: Postpartum Healing and Exercise
    By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • January 28, 2022
    This is the second part in our Postpartum Guidebook series. Author’s Note: neither Natural Womanhood nor I personally…
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    The Fourth Trimester Guidebook: Postpartum Nutrition
    By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • January 21, 2022
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    If you need to have a Cesarean, ask about vaginal seeding
    By Cassondra Moriarty • November 20, 2021
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    Concerned about postpartum mental health and milk supply? Think twice about your birth control choice (especially LARCs)
    By Cassondra Moriarty • October 1, 2021
    You just had a baby. And maybe, you’re thinking “I am definitely not ready for another one!” (These…
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    Everything You Need to Know about Postpartum Bleeding, aka Lochia
    By Cassondra Moriarty • December 31, 2020
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    Video: Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: a restorative approach to recovery
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