Fertility Awareness Based Methods: Filling the Gap in Sex Education
The FACTS elective attracts a broad spectrum of medical students interested in fertility awareness, with a vast range of baseline knowledge of the methods and their efficacy.
Comparing Urinary Hormone Monitors, Tools That Help Women Achieve and Avoid Pregnancy
For decades, researchers have sought ways to help women and couples more easily identify their window of fertility. They have examined cervical mucus observations, basal body temperature, and urinary hormone measurements to better track women’s ovulation.
Temperature Regulation in Women and the Effects on the Menstrual Cycle
More than a hundred years ago, researchers discovered that slight changes in the woman’s core body temperature reflect the various phases of the female cycle.
From Dabbling with Different Methods to Embracing Marquette
This month we are featuring research summaries and patient interviews highlighting the various fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) that people may choose to use for family planning.
For FABMs to be most effective, women need proper education
Though there are many types of fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) to use when looking to achieve or avoid pregnancy, it is important that women and couples are properly educated and instructed on how to use each method.
A Medical Student’s Experience using FABMs
: For our last blog post in National Men’s Health Month, we are highlighting an interview with a couple who eventually found a fertility-based method that worked for them after trying several different methods.
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