Finding Fulfillment in Family Medicine with FABMs
“Dr. Blanke has cultivated a thriving medical practice over the last 20 years where he continues to work as a full-scope family physician and help patients meet their family-planning goals exclusively through FABMs.”
Labor Day 2024
“A reproductive life plan is a tool designed to help women and men identify their reproductive goals over their lifetimes, as well as take steps to achieve these goals.”
Women’s Attitudes toward Family Planning Methods: A Review of Research from Spain
“About 40% of patients indicated they would not utilize a family planning method that may have effects after fertilization but before implantation, and 57% would not use a method that has effects after implantation.”
Male Involvement with the Standard Days Method: A Review of Research
“In a review of studies on couples and family planning, interventions that involved both males and females were more effective compared to those aimed solely at women. This included improved outcomes in contraceptive use, pregnancy, and pregnancy avoidance.”
Efficacy of a Fertility Education Website: A Review
General knowledge of fertility increased immediately upon reading the ten posts online and remained high at the six-month mark.”
How First-Time Mothers Can Improve Their Milk Supply – and Why They
To kick off National Breastfeeding Month, we are featuring a cross-sectional study that examines the relationship between perceived milk supply and exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months postpartum.
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.