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Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (Revised Edition)
Toni Weschler
Rating: 5.0/5 Stars
Rank: 265
This comprehensive book explains in lucid, assured terms how to practice
the fertility awareness method (FAM), a natural, scientifically proven but
little-known form of birth control (which is not to be confused with
the woefully ineffective "rhythm" method).
Author Toni Weschler
has been teaching fertility awareness for almost 20 years, and it's only
just now gaining in popularity.
As the book explains, by using simple
fertility signs including peaks in morning body temperature and changes in
cervical position and cervical mucus, it's possible to determine when
ovulation is taking place.
Fertility awareness is therefore useful for not
only couples who are trying to conceive, but for those who are aiming to
avoid pregnancy without the use of chemical contraceptives.
It will be of
special interest to those women who have suffered from infertility; many
FAM practitioners have told the author that by filling in the detailed
charts in the book, they've realized that they were chronically
miscarrying, even when their doctors told them they weren't conceiving at
all. As the book explains, by charting body temperature, it's simple to
tell when pregnancy has occurred--and when there's danger of miscarriage.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility also explains how to choose the sex
of your baby by timing intercourse according to certain fertility signs.
It
also features thorough, easy-to-understand explanations of hormones, the
menstrual cycle, and menopause, along with fertility tests and treatments
and their long- and short-term side effects, plus a topnotch resource
section.
Recommended for any woman who wants to better understand her
body. --Erica Jorgensen--This text refers to the
Paperback edition.
About the AuthorToni Weschler is a nationally respected women's health educator and
speaker with a master's degree in Public Health.
She founded Fertility
Awareness Counseling and Training Seminars (FACTS) in 1986, and has
lectured at hospitals, clinics, and universities since 1982.
She recently
helped develop cycle-tracking software as an adjunct to her book,
Taking Charge of Your Fertility.
The TCOYF Fertility Software is
available at TCOYF.com. She is a frequent guest on television, radio, and
Internet Web sites, where she continues to advocate the dissemination of
Fertility Awareness education as an empowering body of knowledge for all
women of reproductive age. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
Editorials
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Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (Revised Edition)
Toni Weschler
![]() | | | Amazon.com | | This comprehensive book explains in lucid, assured terms how to practice
the fertility awareness method (FAM), a natural, scientifically proven but
little-known form of birth control (which is not to be confused with... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Co-authors of The New Our Bodies, Ourselves | | This beautifully written guide to a woman's fertility signs....packed with
knowledge, wisdom, humor a must for the bookshelf. --This text
refers to the
Paperback edition. |
![]() | | | HarperPerennial | | Are you unhappy with your current method of birth control? Or are you
demoralized by the fertility treadmill you've embarked upon in your quest
to have a baby? Do you experience confusing signs and symptoms at various
times... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (Revised Edition)
Toni Weschler
![]() | | | Wow, I'm amazed | | (Atlanta GA USA) September 17, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | I purchased this book on a whim after my OB/GYN of seven years had assured
me I would have problems getting pregnant because of my age (then 40) and
the irregularity of my cycles. Because I'd never tried to get pregnant... read full review |
![]() | | | A must-read for all women! | | (Germantown, MD) February 21, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | I only wish that I had discovered this book 20 years ago. It's amazing to
me how little I truly understood the hormonal changes that my body goes
through each month. Toni Weschler's highly informative book has made... read full review |
![]() | | | Excellent information - but take with a grain of salt | | (Seattle, WA) February 22, 2005 - 3.0/5 stars | | If you are anything like me, you were about 12 years old when you learned
everything you know about the female body. Of course back then we were
more concerned about guessing who had gotten their period so far and too
busy... read full review |
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