Whether they have benefited personally from using FABMs or learned about fertility awareness from their community or church, people like Deacon Patrick Sena keep FACTS moving forward. A retired engineer, he is a proud supporter of FACTS, and we are pleased to feature Deacon Sena and his family this month.
Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) are true methods of family planning: women and couples can use them to avoid or achieve pregnancy. The variety of methods offer women choices, since some rely on different biomarkers. This interview with a woman demonstrates there is no perfect reason to use FABMs. Read more!
This summary of research introduces the various fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) that can be used effectively for family planning and offers reassuring news regarding the effect of ubiquitous stressors on rates of conception. Read more in this research summary by Thomas Pacheco!
As healthy, loving relationships are celebrated with gifts and chocolate today on Valentine’s Day, we are highlighting the importance of knowledge and communication about reproductive health and family planning in women’s health. While on the FACTS elective, Carrie Shadowen reviewed this pilot study about a timely and practical tool for women’s health conversations. Read more!
This interview with a user of the Billings Ovulation Method emphasizes the need to educate physicians in training about fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) of family planning. Studies show that women are increasingly interested in more natural alternatives for family planning and reliable ways to track their fertility and health. Read more!
This is a summary of an in-depth review of the PROMISE and PRISM trials that sought to translate research into clinical practice. These two high-quality trials added power to the literature assessing whether micronized vaginal progesterone has a proven clinical role to prevent miscarriages in the setting of first trimester bleeding. Read more!
In family medicine and pediatrics, physicians have the opportunity to educate young women about their bodies, their normal physiology, and the joys and challenges of growing up. Sara Torres, a future pediatrician on the FACTS elective, interviewed a user of the Creighton Model whose life changed when she gave fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) a chance.
This is a review of research published in 2016 titled, “A population-based survey on family intentions and fertility awareness in women and men in the United Kingdom and Denmark.” The research results affirm the need for fertility awareness education in Western developed countries. Read more!
Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) are growing in popularity for family planning and for their clinical applications. Through this interview, Dr. Mara Penne met a user of multiple FABMs who then chose to become an instructor for the Fertility Education & Medical Management (FEMM), a sympto-hormonal method. Read more!
This is a review of research published in 2015 which aimed to define the different types of pain experienced by patients undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy for a variety of indications and with no previous diagnosis of endometriosis. Read more of the summary by Dr. Julianna Cervino.