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

Weschler, Toni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060950536 ISBN 13: 9780060950538

Publisher: Perennial, 2000

Synopsis

An invaluable aid to couples facing infertility, this is the first book to fully detail the techniques of the groundbreaking Fertility Awareness Method--the exciting natural alternative to present methods of birth control.

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Review

Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a comprehensive book that explains in lucid, assured terms how to practice the fertility awareness method (FAM), a natural, scientifically proven but little-known form of birth control. 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 realised 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 top-notch resource section. This is recommended for any woman who wants to better understand her body. --Erica Jorgensen

Review

"a bible for many women trying to conceive" -- www.mothersover40.com

"impressively comprehensive and beautifully illustrated, with case histories and the latest research" -- Yoga and Health

Edition details

• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060950536
• ISBN 13: 9780060950538
• Binding: Paperback