Birth Control
Fertility awareness methods
Hear real people share their very real experiences with different methods of birth control.
Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Andre, 29, fertility awareness
"Fertility tracking is free… it doesn’t cost a thing."
Oct 11, 2011
Fertility awareness is au naturel family planning.
Andre appreciates that there’s nothing to take, use, or buy (except maybe a thermometer or period-tracking calendar app). His wife simply keeps track of her menstrual cycle to determine which days she can get pregnant and which days are safe for as much spontaneous sex as they want.
But simply keeping track of your cycle is not exactly simple. As Andre points out, this is a great method for he and his wife, but it does require women to intimately know their body and what it’s supposed to do throughout the entire menstrual cycle.
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Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Angela, 22, fertility awareness methods
"I like that it forces you to get in tune with your own body.
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Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Lindsay, 20, fertility awareness methods
"I've been charting and tracking for about three years."
Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Rachel, 26, fertility awareness methods
"It doesn't mean "sexless" during those "unsafe" days."