“After several months of learning to chart, she felt empowered to make more informed choices about family planning. She knew more about her own body than ever before.”

“After several months of learning to chart, she felt empowered to make more informed choices about family planning. She knew more about her own body than ever before.”
“FABMs provide women with significant control over their family-planning decisions, enabling them to time pregnancies to unique family situations.”
“Testosterone should be avoided in the treatment of male infertility, [as] exogenous testosterone inhibits production of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), further preventing spermatogenesis.”
“Everything began making sense through her charting,” Elizabeth said. Eventually she connected with a second doctor trained in NaPro … (and) has finally begun to receive answers to years of questions.”
“I realized how essential it is for women to have a comprehensive understanding of their menstrual cycle and how it relates to their overall health. ‘I wish I had known this sooner.’”
“We tried for four years to have our son. It would have been so much nicer to have had the information we needed sooner.” —Katie
“With growing numbers of women seeking careers in medicine, the potential impact of this choice on their fertility is an increasingly important topic … [as] 1 in 4 (24.1%) female physicians will experience infertility.”
People “expect periods to be painful.” In retrospect, she believes that these comparisons misled her about the severity of her own symptoms. She later underwent an exploratory laparotomy, which revealed endometriosis.”
“To anyone interested in trying FABMs: give it at least 3 cycles or 3 months. Check in with your partner to see how things are going … make the mental commitment for a short period of time. It’s hard but worth it.”
“As clinicians, it is critical that we educate ourselves to then be able to point patients in the direction of FABMs to better understand their fertility.”