Fertility Awareness Methods

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  • Why do so many doctors prefer birth control to fertility awareness methods? A primary care physician shares her insights

    By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • February 1, 2024
    Words of wisdom from a doctor who used to prescribe birth control
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    Sports and the female body: A response to TIME magazine, Part I

    By Madison Ayers • November 29, 2023
    How sports fight young female athletes’ natural physical development
  • “Below the Belt:” A Natural Womanhood Movie Review

    By Clare Sharp • November 10, 2023
    What we liked (and didn’t like) about a new endometriosis documentary
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    Teens and sex: Rescuing a generation—how abstinence and the Success Sequence can help Gen Z experience long-term success and fulfillment

    By Madison Ayers • October 27, 2023
    Part 2 of a Natural Womanhood series on teen sex.  In part I of our teens and sex…
  • ivf increase stillbirth risk, ivf stilbirth, ivf and stillbirth risk

    Does IVF increase stillbirth risk?

    By Jasmine Adams • October 20, 2023
    Women deserve to know the risks
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    6 tools for your best labor ever

    By Cassondra Moriarty • October 12, 2023
    Whether or not you seek an unmedicated birth, there are many tools that can help your labor go…
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    Cause or cure? Why birth control isn’t the best solution for teen acne

    By Kristen Curran • September 29, 2023
    Being a teen is hard. There’s pressure to figure out what you want to do with the rest…
  • Caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco products during pregnancy: What we know (and what we don’t)

    By Alex Rico • September 15, 2023
    How does life change after achieving a pregnancy? Most mothers-to-be find themselves questioning their daily habits (and expecting…
  • Study: Menstrual disturbances in female cancer patients often go unaddressed

    By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • September 8, 2023
    At Natural Womanhood, we frequently reference the menstrual cycle’s significance as a “fifth vital sign,” especially— according to…
  • off switch for sperm, male contraception, male contraceptives, male birth control, birth control for men

    The “off switch” for sperm made headlines—but is it all it’s cracked up to be?

    By Kristen Curran • September 1, 2023
    Why we’re doubtful it would work, and if men would even use it