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‘So much more than family planning’: Finding freedom in Fertility Awareness
By Melayna Alicea • March 14, 2024FAMs helped me get help for endo, conceive, and carry my children to term -
FAM Basics: The vagina and vaginal health
By Kristen Curran • August 10, 2023The vagina’s role in sex, menstruation, childbirth -
FAM Basics: The uterus
By Kristen Curran • June 9, 2023The uterus doesn’t just matter when you’re pregnant (or trying) -
What are FAMs? A Natural Womanhood Exclusive Video Interview with Dr. Marguerite Duane, MD, of FACTS
By Grace Emily Stark • June 9, 2023“In the beginning, it might be really challenging [to learn a fertility awareness method]. [Similarly to learning to… -
FAM Basics: Your hormones during a natural cycle vs. your hormones on the Pill
By Amy Fathman, DNP, FNP-BC • February 3, 2023“The average number of children U.S. adults think is ideal is 2.7. To achieve this family size, a… -
FAM Basics: What is the Corpus Luteum?
By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • October 21, 2022If you’re new to fertility awareness methods (FAM), you may have heard the term “corpus luteum” tossed around… -
FAM-friendly apps to help your teen understand her cycle and learn basic charting
By Jasmine Adams Piescik • August 26, 2022If there’s ever an easy decade to be a woman, the teenage years are not it. Confronting the… -
Birth control pills almost killed me, so I rely on fertility awareness for family planning. What happens to women like me if FAM coverage gets eliminated?
By Samantha Stephenson • October 14, 2022The first time I almost died, it was a surprise. I woke up on a Saturday morning and… -
FAM Basics: Why you really need to learn from a fertility awareness method instructor
By Cassondra Moriarty • June 23, 2022A personal note from the author: I am a Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) instructor, which means that I… -
FAM Basics: What can charting your menstrual cycle tell you about your hormonal health?
By Cassondra Moriarty • June 10, 2022Over and over again at Natural Womanhood we’ve emphasized how charting your cycles gives you a vital window…