Posts Tagged ‘fertility awareness’
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 MorePeakDay Young Adult: Fertility Awareness and Cycle Charting
Young women today are looking for more than just quick fixes to their health questions. They want real knowledge, practical tools, and confidence when it comes to understanding their bodies. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the PeakDay Young Adult Series, The Young Adult series is a brand-new program created to empower young, unmarried women…
Read MoreOur Daughters Deserve Better
It happens way too often. I’ll hear from one of the young women learning NFP from CCL who would like help reviewing their chart. That’s the good part. The frustrating part is that they often don’t know enough to help me answer their questions. Our daughters deserve better. One example is a 29-year-old woman who…
Read MoreLearning NFP? Start with Sympto-Thermal
OK, you’ve been hearing about fertility awareness-based methods. You like that they are safe and healthy. But how do you know which method to learn? You could search online to find advice or surveys that help match a method to your personality, lifestyle or needs. There’s good logic behind that. But I recommend everyone start…
Read MoreOur Take on Natural Cycles°
Recently, Bloomberg released an in-depth interview of the creators of the “birth control app,” Natural Cycles, checking in after a recent PR crisis that shook their reputation. This has brought increased attention to an entire array of fertility monitoring apps — including our own CycleProGo — and period tracking apps that don’t provide fertility awareness…
Read MoreCleveland Professionals Get the FACTS
On Saturday, February 23, more than 80 area doctors, medical students and passionate laypeople gathered at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel just outside Cleveland, Ohio. The issue at hand was women’s health, but not the way society at large tends to think of it. This conference wasn’t about increasing popular access to contraceptives or abortion. Quite…
Read MoreFirst FA App Receives FDA Approval
On August 10, 2018 FDA granted approval to Natural Cycles as a software application for contraception. This marks the first time the FDA has approved a fertility charting medical device for use as a contraceptive. Previous devices have been approved as aids to conception but carried the caution they are not to be used for…
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