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Fertility Awareness Method for Natural Birth Control, Natural Conception, and Body Literacy. Colleen Flowers loves teaching individuals and couples about their reproductive health and fertility from a natural & holistic perspective!
An viable alternative to hormonal contraception is the Sympto-Thermal Fertility Awareness Method (STFAM). I recently discussed the side-effects of synthetic hormones used in contraception like the Pill when I celebrated my 100th Fertility Awareness Method chart.
I love teaching more and more women how to avoid pregnancy naturally! We can meet one-on-one or at my next class on Thursday, July 18 at 6pm. Register at Blossom Wellness Center by calling 303-954-9399 ($40/person, $50/couple).
If you’re new to learning the Fertility Awareness Method to avoid pregnancy, I recommend that during the first 2 or 3 cycles of charting that you abstain or use male condoms until you can confidently (and accurately!) identify your fertile days and infertile days.
If you’ve never used condoms before… or it’s been awhile… or just to make sure you’re following each and every step correctly, this video by a National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps member is great!
There are 2 things I would add to the end of the video. First, when withdrawing the penis after ejaculation… hold the bottom of the condom so that semen doesn’t leak out onto her vulva. Second, when removing the condom from the penis… do it far, far away from her vulva (like on the other side of the bed or in the bathroom) so that semen doesn’t drip on it. Condom effectiveness will be lowered if any semen comes in contact with her vulva!
Want to know more about condoms or avoiding pregnancy without hormones or devices? Come to my next Natural Birth Control class on Thursday, July 18 at Blossom Wellness Center.
Yay! The iPhone app, Kindara, that uses the Fertility Awareness Method is getting great press here in Denver, Colorado on FOX31 News. I’m thrilled to see a media piece that gives such a positive and accurate report :)
WHAT: “Avoiding Pregnancy without Hormones or Devices" Class
WHEN: Saturday, June 1 at 9:30am
WHERE: Blossom Wellness Center
WHO: Ladies & Couples who want high effectiveness with no side-effects
HOW: Call 303-954-9399 to register by Thursday, May 30
It’s Earth Day 2013! And “What’s the ‘greenest’ birth control" you ask? Abstinence! (Okay, well… aside from abstinence?) The Fertility Awareness Method!
Charting your cycles is eco-friendly because:
There’s no packaging! (aside from your thermometer and paper charts if you use them)
It’s hormone-free… the same way we like our dairy and meat to be hormone-free! (And fish and reptiles appreciate less Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in the water too.)
It’s highly-effective! The perfect-use effectiveness is 99.6% and typical-use effectiveness is 98.2%. (http://tiny.cc/opsk6)
While it doesn’t offer any protection against STIs like condoms can, I believe the Fertility Awareness Method to be a ‘greener’ choice than all the other choices out there.
Learn how to “green your birth control" at the Natural Birth Control class I’m teaching next Tuesday, April 30 at 6pm (www.BlossomWellnessCenter.com).
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Kindara is an iPhone app that is based in Boulder, CO. They offer women who are charting their cycles using the Fertility Awareness Method a way to enter and record their fertility data. Right now Kindara is in the process of improving the app using a focus group and want YOUR help!
Interested? Follow these links if you’re trying to get pregnant or if you’re trying to avoid pregnancy.
When women chart their fertility signs using the Fertility Awareness Method, we’ve already learned from a recent blog post "Why Cervical Fluid is #1!"
Taking her basal body temperature first thing in the morning usually lets a woman know if she has or hasn’t ovulated yet. It doesn’t tell her if her fertile time has started (which is VERY important) but it can tell her that her fertile time has ended (another important factor). If she’s trying to get pregnant and she sees her temp has gone up, it’s often too late to have sex for conception. If she’s avoiding pregnancy, she’s fertile for the 5 or so days BEFORE her temp goes up… and there’s no way to predict the future!
Also, getting accurate morning temperatures is of the utmost importance. If her temps are inaccurate (she slept in, drank alcohol the night before, got up to pee in the middle of the night, is coming down with a cold, etc.), then her chart is inaccurate. If her chart is inaccurate, then any information we try to extrapolate from it will probably be wrong.
Want to know more?!? Contact me… or better yet, come to a class!
Disclaimer - Pssst! I’m not a doctor. I’m an educator. So think of me like a book that can talk and provide you with some pretty awesome education about your reproductive health! Read more about Terms & Conditions…
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