PRECONCEPTION

Maybe you're just beginning to think about getting pregnant. Maybe your TTC journey has been difficult and long. Or maybe you have lots & lots of questions about increasing your chances of conceiving and just want some good, practical answers.

Contrary to *inaccurate* popular belief, charting your cycle should not cause you stress. And, having sex on days 12, 14, 16, and 18 of your cycle may lead to a pregnancy... or it may not. Charting your cycle will allow you to answer the question you ask yourself at the end of everyday,

"Am I fertile? Yes or No?"

In May 2013, a study was published that said:

“Poor fertility-awareness may be a contributing cause of infertility.”

Why?

Because of women seeking assisted reproductive technologies (ART) to get pregnant over 87% of them could NOT correctly identify the days during their cycle in which sex could lead to a pregnancy… over 87%!!!

If you chart your cycle using the Sympto-Thermal Fertility Awareness Method, you have the potential to be one of the 12.7% that can correctly identify the days during your cycle that sex could lead to a pregnancy. The range of fertile days can be as short as 1 day and up to 6 days (with the typical fertile window being just 3 days).

The study went on to say:

Most women who are having trouble conceiving attempt timed intercourse within what they believe to be the fertile window of the menstrual cycle.
The majority of women attending assisted reproductive technology clinics cannot accurately identify the fertile window of the menstrual cycle.
Fertility-awareness education is lacking in primary health care.