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katie_chandler's review
5.0
This should probably be in every woman's home reference library. While I wouldn't recommend this as a book one would sit down and read for fun, the information in this book is something that every woman should be educated on.
I've been tracking basal body temperatures since we started TTC, and there are so many times that I've wished that I knew about how to track my cycle back from when I started my period as a teen. Even though I've known about this method for fertility awareness for several years now, there were still so many facts in this book that I didn't realize. It's a wealth of information!
I've been tracking basal body temperatures since we started TTC, and there are so many times that I've wished that I knew about how to track my cycle back from when I started my period as a teen. Even though I've known about this method for fertility awareness for several years now, there were still so many facts in this book that I didn't realize. It's a wealth of information!
georgiibee's review
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Great book! Taught so much about my own body that should've been taught to me much earlier!
allie_s_reads's review
5.0
Incredible! This book shares foundational biological knowledge that I didn't learn anywhere else -- not high school sex ed, not from my parents or friends, and not even in any of the women's studies classes I took in college, including the women's health classes I took for my minor. I wish I had access to this book as a teenager, and I'm beyond thankful to have it as an adult. The natural birth control section in this book changed my life. Highly, highly recommend!
jiggsnotkaren's review
5.0
Every woman should read this regardless of whether trying to conceive or not as it is equally effective as a form of birth control as it is for conception. I learned so much about my own body.
aanderson5206's review
4.0
I had an IUD inserted when I was 21, just a month before I got married. Then followed about 18 months of pain and discomfort and, even worse, medical gaslighting. I had multiple doctors tell me the IUD could not be the issue, that I was imagining my symptoms, that I had sexual dysfunction, that I needed a battery of very expensive tests. My PCP refused to remove the device. Finally, when it became difficult to walk, a very expensive trip to Urgent Care led to the IUD being removed... and my problems magically went away.
A month later, I went on the pill. The side effects were not as dramatic, but still uncomfortable, and still dismissed by my doctors.
Since going off the pill, I have regretted using both forms of hormonal birth control. As I've learned more about FAM, I have begun to celebrate understanding my body better and noticing the changes that take place in it over the course of my cycle. I'm grateful for books like this, which enable me to enjoy and understand the body God created in its cyclical nature.
A month later, I went on the pill. The side effects were not as dramatic, but still uncomfortable, and still dismissed by my doctors.
Since going off the pill, I have regretted using both forms of hormonal birth control. As I've learned more about FAM, I have begun to celebrate understanding my body better and noticing the changes that take place in it over the course of my cycle. I'm grateful for books like this, which enable me to enjoy and understand the body God created in its cyclical nature.
ericaegg's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.75
This year I am trying to make my health a higher priority, which includes better understanding myself and my body. I wish I had learned more of this info as a teenager! A lot of it doesn’t apply until you are older, but it helps demystify the menstrual cycle in an empowering way!
caitlin_89's review
4.0
Knowledge is power, ladies. I bought this book because i was considering non-hormonal birth control. In the end, I decided not to apply the methodoloy i learned in this book, but I am much better off for having this information at my disposal. Absolutely should be required reading - the number of women who have no idea how their cycle actually works - and how it influences other factors - is truly astounding and sad.
kirinmccrory's review
3.0
The miscommunication I experienced reading this book is entirely on me, so it's really not the book's fault I'm giving it 3 stars. If you're a woman looking for guidance on birth control-free life or getting pregnant, I think this book would probably be great for you. I picked it up because I decided, at 30, I was tired of not understanding the thing that happens to my body once a month, every month, from puberty until middle age. I liked the way this book sounded because of its equal emphasis on birth control and not just pregnancy. All that said, this book is only useful if you're willing to go off any kind of birth control (pill, IUD, etc.), and as a person in a committed relationship who is 100% dedicated to having 0 babies, the pill is still unfortunately the most convenient, reliable, and easiest method to not get pregnant, which makes reading a well-written book about the ins and outs of your natural menstrual cycle...well, pointless.