Birth Control
Fertility awareness methods
Hear real people share their very real experiences with different methods of birth control.
Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Rachel, 26, fertility awareness methods
"It doesn't mean "sexless" during those "unsafe" days."
Jan 04, 2010
Rachel read an article about fertility awareness that described the method simply: it’s all about knowing your body. So she decided to do a little “getting to know you” of her own.
After a year of tracking—and we’re talking about everything from hair greasiness and back pain to cervical mucus and basal body temperature—Rachel finally stopped using condoms and spermicide and started relying solely on fertility awareness.
Just because she can’t have intercourse when she’s fertile doesn’t mean she can’t be intimate with her partner. They just get more creative in that department—and who can’t use a little more of that?
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Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Andre, 29, fertility awareness
"Fertility tracking is free… it doesn’t cost a thing."
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."