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Why Fertility Education Matters
At Dakota Hope Clinic, nurse and fertility educator Janis Neumann sees firsthand how little many young women know about their cycles. “I have found that many do not even keep track of their periods,” she says. “When they begin to understand, it empowers them.” Information that Empowers To bridge that gap, Janis introduces girls to…
Read MoreStart to Chart: Smarter Fertility and Healthier You
Have you ever wished you understood your cycle better? So many women go through life with little more than a vague sense of what their monthly rhythms mean for their health, energy, and fertility. The truth is, your body is giving you valuable information every single day—you just need the tools to understand it. That’s…
Read MoreWhat is the Mother Daughter Your Body & Cycle Program?
When it comes to helping our daughters understand their bodies, many moms wonder: Where do I even start? The Mother Daughter: Your Body & Cycle program was created to answer that question. It’s a flexible, practical, and faith-informed course that helps moms and daughters learn together about fertility, the menstrual cycle, and whole-body health. This…
Read MoreHelping Our Daughters Embrace the Beauty of Their Bodies
Every mom wants to give her daughter the best start as she approaches womanhood. Yet, so many young women, at some point in life, discover something about their fertility and ask, “Why didn’t I know this earlier?” Whether it’s when they encounter challenges with their cycles, face fertility struggles, or take a Natural Family Planning…
Read MoreA Story of Cycles, PCOS and Hope
Lying on a restaurant bathroom floor is not how I saw myself helping my mom spend her birthday but that’s how it went. As my mom sat next to me putting cold paper towels on my head, I laid in the fetal position with terrible cramping. I have always had awful cramps. From the time…
Read MoreNew Booklets for Better Fertility Health
Marilyn Shannon has been saying in Fertility, Cycles & Nutrition since 1990, “Many cycle problems can be alleviated — or even solved — simply through better nutrition or body balance.” Couple to Couple League has recommended her book to countless women and men over the past 30-plus years. Significantly, our NFP Teaching Couples and Fertility…
Read MoreNFP Uncensored: PCOS
NFP Uncensored is a series of candid accounts of the way NFP informs every aspect of life. You can follow the posts by searching for “NFP Uncensored” here in the Living the Love blog (use the search bar on the right-hand side of this page), or by searching #NFPUncensored on social media. Lying on a restaurant bathroom…
Read MoreBirth Control Options [stink]
There isn’t a birth control option for women that doesn’t suck, and that’s a problem. This was the headline of a Cosmo article I came across (not linked because of the article’s distasteful language), and I have to say I wholeheartedly agree. The article was a first person account of a young woman who chose a Paraguard…
Read MoreNature Cycles for a Reason, So Does Your Body
The Autumn Equinox has come and gone and fall is upon us! September 22 at 10:21 a.m. was the official beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and a day in which we received a split even amount of daytime and nighttime, 12 hours each. National Geographic tells us that this even split in the day is linked to…
Read MoreUnderstanding Irregular Cycles
Cycle irregularity and infertility are related as a continuum, and therefore the self-care for irregular cycles and infertility is the same. Several common causes of cycle irregularity and infertility may be seen on the chart. Short luteal phase, thyroid problems, and underweight or low body fat all affect the charted signs. It’s possible for more…
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