Fertility Awareness Methods

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    The CoupleBeads Method

    By Kristen Curran • September 7, 2024
    What sets it apart from the Rhythm Method
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    What you need to know about the TwoDay Method

    By Kristen Curran • September 3, 2024
    Who it does, and doesn’t, work best for
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    “The most worthwhile thing in the world:” Catherine Pakaluk, author of Hannah’s Children, on her book and her own fertility awareness journey

    By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • August 31, 2024
    Fertility awareness can better serve both the 5 percent and the 95 percent
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    Why I chose the Creighton Method for family planning  

    By Caitlin Estes • June 6, 2024
    …and then became a Certified FertilityCare Practitioner!
  • ‘So much more than family planning’: Finding freedom in Fertility Awareness

    By Melayna Alicea • March 14, 2024
    FAMs helped me get help for endo, conceive, and carry my children to term
  • Pros and cons of Mira, Inito, Kegg, and other femtech devices

    By Clare Sharp • February 29, 2024
    Someday, understanding your health might be as easy as peeing in the toilet
  • My experience with 28, the #1 cycle syncing app 

    By Madison Ayers • February 29, 2024
    A new app aims to help women organize their lives around their cycles
  • The 28 app is a fresh approach to menstrual health – but it shouldn’t replace your fertility awareness method  

    By Renee Walton • February 29, 2024
    Use 28 for workouts and meal planning, not for family planning
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    FAM Basics: The vagina and vaginal health

    By Kristen Curran • August 10, 2023
    The vagina’s role in sex, menstruation, childbirth
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    FAM Basics: The uterus

    By Kristen Curran • June 9, 2023
    The uterus doesn’t just matter when you’re pregnant (or trying)