Learn the Fertility Awareness Method with Laura

The Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) is an evidence-based method of naturally managing fertility and tracking the menstrual health by observing the body’s biomarkers—the changing signs of the body over the menstrual cycle. I teach the symptothermal method, which involves tracking cervical mucus and basal body temperature daily to confirm the opening and closing of the fertile window each cycle. You can then use this information to avoid pregnancy with high efficacy, time intercourse to increase chances of conceiving naturally and gain insights into your hormonal health.

How can you use FAM?

1. Use FAM as a highly effective non-hormonal birth control method
   Are you tired of the negative side effects from hormonal contraceptives? Or maybe you’re sick of relying on condoms. FAM offers a non-hormonal birth control option that has comparable effectiveness to the pill. FAM supports you to identify your fertile window each cycle, which tells you which days are safe for unprotected sex and which days are not. This allows you to develop true reproductive sovereignty, feeling empowered to manage your fertility on your own.

2. Use FAM to support conception
   Contrary to what you may have learned in school, you cannot get pregnant every day of the month. The biological fertile window is actually only 6 days each cycle. So if you are having sex aimlessly on random days, chances are a lot of those days are not actually fertile days! FAM helps you target your fertile window and increase your conception chances. In addition, FAM can help you get a picture of your hormonal health to identify healthy and unhealthy cycle markers that are important to explore when preparing for pregnancy.

3. Use FAM to support your menstrual & overall health
   Charting your cycle supports you in developing body literacy and can help you identify hormonal imbalances and underlying health issues, providing a roadmap to address painful periods, PMS, irregular cycles, and more. Charting offers a picture of your monthly cycle markers, which we can use to assess your hormonal health.