The Fertility Awareness Workbook

Fertility Awareness is key to understanding sexual and reproductive health at all life stages. It can be used to either plan or avoid pregnancy. Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs) are highly effective when motivated couples are taught by trained practitioners. These methods are in demand for ecological, medical, cultural, religious and moral reasons. The ability to control fertility naturally is a lifestyle choice. The Complete Guide to Fertility Awareness provides the science and methodology suitable for health professionals and a general audience. It covers reproductive physiology and the fertility indicators: temperature, cervical secretions and cycle length calculations. It explores ways to optimise conception and to manage conception delays. Case studies and self-assessment exercises are included throughout. The book addresses the scientific credibility of new technologies including fertility apps, home test kits, monitors and devices. The Complete Guide to Fertility Awareness offers: evidence-based information for general practitioners, practice nurses, school nurses, midwives, sexual health doctors and nurses a unique perspective on subfertility for gynaecologists and fertility nurses an authoritative source of reference for medical, nursing and midwifery students a straightforward and practical reference for new and experienced FAM users the core text for the FertilityUK Advanced Skills Course in Fertility Awareness

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR FIFTH VITAL SIGNIn The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack reveals the key to understanding your menstrual cycle and using that knowledge to monitor, measure, and improve your health. Your menstrual cycle isn't just about having babies-it's a means to understanding your health and fertility as you never have before. Now, in this companion workbook to The Fifth Vital Sign, Lisa empowers you to put these tools to work. By recording and interpreting the information your menstrual cycle is telling you, you can find a path to improved health and gain a better understanding of your fertility and your cycle. With three full years of charting pages, the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook, Fahrenheit Edition provides a customizable paper charting system that will work with any charting modality.Here's what you'll find inside: How to chart your cycle and increase your fertility awareness; Answers to the most common questions about charting your 3 main fertile signs: cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and cervical position; 36 beautifully designed and fully customizable paper charting pages (in Fahrenheit) - enough to cover you for 3 full years of charting; Cycle summary pages that allow you to monitor your average cycle length, luteal phase length, ovulation date, and other cycle details. Pick up your copies of both right now to start using your fifth vital sign to improve your life! ABOUT THE AUTHORLisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner. She teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and overall health monitoring. In her work, Lisa draws heavily from current scientific literature and presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization.

MENSTRUATION ISN'T JUST ABOUT HAVING BABIES Your menstrual cycle is a vital sign, just like your pulse, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure. And it provides you with essential information about your health.The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility brings together over 1,000 meticulously researched scientific references in a textbook-quality guide to understanding your menstrual cycle. In this book you’ll learn: –What a normal cycle looks like; –The best way to chart your cycle and increase your fertility awareness; –How best to manage critical aspects of your health, including better sleep, exercise and a healthier diet; –Natural methods for managing period pain and PMS; –How to successfully avoid pregnancy without the pill; and –How to plan ahead if you do want to get pregnant. The Fifth Vital Sign aims to better connect women with their menstrual cycles, to break the myth that ovulation is only important when you're ready to have a baby. READ THE FIFTH VITAL SIGN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR HEALTH AND FERTILITY Whether children are a part of your future plans or not, your health matters. Start learning more now, and take control of your health. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner. She teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and overall health monitoring. In her work, Lisa draws heavily from the current scientific literature and presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization.

This new edition for the twentieth anniversary of the groundbreaking national bestseller provides all the information you need to monitor your menstrual cycle—along with updated information on the latest reproductive technologies Are you unhappy with your current method of birth control? Or demoralized by your quest to have a baby? Do you experience confusing signs and symptoms at various times in your cycle? This invaluable resource provides the answers to your questions while giving you amazing insights into your body. Taking Charge of Your Fertility has helped literally hundreds of thousands of women avoid pregnancy naturally, maximize their chances of getting pregnant, or simply gain better control of their gynecological and sexual health. Toni Weschler thoroughly explains the empowering Fertility Awareness Method (FAM), which in only a couple of minutes a day allows you to: Enjoy highly effective and scientifically proven birth control without chemicals or devices Maximize your chances of conception before you see a doctor or resort to invasive high-tech options Expedite your fertility treatment by quickly identifying impediments to pregnancy achievement Gain control and a true understanding of your gynecological and sexual health This new edition includes: A fully revised and intuitive charting system A selection of personalized master charts for birth control, pregnancy achievement, breastfeeding, and menopause An expanded sixteen-page color insert that reflects the book’s most important concepts Six brand-new chapters on topics including balancing hormones naturally, preserving your future fertility, and three medical conditions all women should be aware of

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR FIFTH VITAL SIGNIn The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack reveals the key to understanding your menstrual cycle and using that knowledge to monitor, measure, and improve your health. Your menstrual cycle isn't just about having babies-it's a means to understanding your health and fertility as you never have before. Now, in this companion workbook to The Fifth Vital Sign, Lisa empowers you to put these tools to work. By recording and interpreting the information your menstrual cycle is telling you, you can find a path to improved health and gain a better understanding of your fertility and your cycle. With three full years of charting pages, the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook, Celsius Edition provides a customizable paper charting system that will work with any charting modality.Here's what you'll find inside: How to chart your cycle and increase your fertility awareness; Answers to the most common questions about charting your 3 main fertile signs: cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and cervical position; 36 beautifully designed and fully customizable paper charting pages (in Celsius) - enough to cover you for 3 full years of charting; Cycle summary pages that allow you to monitor your average cycle length, luteal phase length, ovulation date, and other cycle details. Pick up your copies of both right now to start using your fifth vital sign to improve your life! ABOUT THE AUTHORLisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner. She teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and overall health monitoring. In her work, Lisa draws heavily from current scientific literature and presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization.

Explains the fertility cycle and the symptoms of fertility, and explains how to use this technique in conjuction with other methods of contraception.