Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement

Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement
by Toni Weschler

Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement
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Author: Toni Weschler
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 1995-07
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Harper Perennial

Book Reviews of Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement

Book Review: Every woman should have this book.
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this book because I saw so many positive reviews. I should say also that I hold a biology and biochemistry degree and am a med student. I didn't think there would be much to learn from this book, boy was I wrong. This book is nothing like what you'll learn in a text book, the information is far more detailed (in a very easy to understand way) and I learned a few things I know I'll never learn in med school. I think that every woman should have a copy of this book. I'm going to purchase copies for all my girlfriends. You'll learn things that your Gynecologist will simply never tell you and most importantly you'll be more comfortable with your body as a woman.

Further more, if you're trying to conceive, this book is worth its weight in gold. If you're a woman that is unhappy with the pill and its side effects, or hate the other invasive methods of birth control (diaphragms, IUDs, etc) this book teaches simple and effective ways of birth control by charting and understanding your body.

Many doctors use the 28 day cycle rigorously and tell you to have sex on the 14th day to conceive, but cycle length runs differently for each woman and some women have to try earlier or later to conceive because they may ovulate on day 12 or 21 for example. These perfectly normal healthy women are then told they have fertility problems and then get put on drugs like Clomid when nothing was wrong with them to begin with. Additionally, when pregnant, OBGYNs use the standard 28 day cycle pregnancy wheel to predict due dates, and if your cycle is different, your baby's due date will very likely be miscalculated.

This book is empowering. If you want to conceive or avoid getting pregnant or just want to understand your body, buy this book.

Summary of Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement

THE GROUNDBREAKING BESTSELLERNOW UPDATED AND REVISED

Are you unhappy with your current method of birth control? Or are you demoralized by your quest to have a baby? Do you also experience confusing signs and symptoms at various times in your cycle, but are frustrated by a lack of simple explanations?

This invaluable resource will help you find the answer to your questions while giving you amazing insights into your own body.

Taking Charge of Your Fertility has helped literally hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy naturally, or simply gain better control of their health and lives. This book thoroughly explains the empowering Fertility Awareness Method, which in only a couple of minutes a day allows you to:

  • enjoy highly effective and scientifically proven birth control without chemicals or devices


  • maximize your chances of conception before you see a doctor, or expedite your fertility treatment by quickly identifying impediments to pregnancy achievement


  • increase the likelihood of choosing the gender of your baby


  • gain control of your sexual and gynecological health
  • This expanded new edition includes:

  • a revolutionary new, fully intuitive charting system


  • numerous new master charts, including separate ones for birth control, pregnancy achievement, and menopause


  • the latest on fertility conditions and high-tech treatments


  • comprehensive tables that clearly summarize fertility-related drugs and procedures

  • 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

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