Fertility awareness method

I have been practicing the Fertility Awareness Method for over four years and have successfully taught individuals and couples how to use the method. Fertility Awareness is a viable alternative to hormonal birth control, as effective as condoms if used properly, and it can also be used to time intercourse with ovulation to achieve pregnancy. The method involves charting your waking temperature every day in order to pinpoint the exact day of ovulation.

I am offering a basic, introductory course that will teach you how to observe and chart your fertility signs whether you are trying to avoid or achieve pregnancy. It is a three hour session, with plenty of room for follow up sessions or consultations over the next six months to help you learn how to interpret your charts once you have them.

This method is effective, but should only be used by people who are monogamous, committed to it and willing to use condoms or a barrier method for at least eight days every month. It is best learned from a trained educator who uses the method herself and can identify pitfalls and problems for the individual or couple.

I regularly consult with a Fertility Awareness teacher who has been teaching the method for over 20 years, and I ask for her help when I need it (ie I will not pretend to know something I do not know). I am also affiliated with a few family doctors, midwives, and doulas, and am a doula myself. Please don't hesitate to ask me for more information or references.