Fertility Awareness for Pregnancy Achievement or Natural Birth Control w/ Corinna Wood.

October 25 , 10am-4pm. Sliding scale $75-$95, you decide.

The Fertility Awareness Method is an effective and empowering form of natural birth control and pregnancy achievement. It enables women to accurately determine their fertile days by observing and recording the two key fertility signals: waking body temperature and cervical fluid. Along with the obvious benefits of planning or preventing a pregnancy, many couples find that charting their fertility enhances their relationship. Many women find the information invaluable for deepening their understanding of their own body even if they are not in a partnership. Charting also helps women to manage health concerns such as vaginal infections and PMS.

Isn’t the Fertility Awareness Method just the Rhythm Method?
No! Both are natural methods, but the similarity ends there. The Fertility Awareness Method is a scientifically validated method which determines fertility on a daily basis. By contrast, the Rhythm
Method is unreliable because it merely estimates fertility based on past cycles, and any given cycle could be different from the previous ones.

How effective is the Fertility Awareness Method as birth control?
When used exactly as prescribed, the method is 98% reliable. In practice, it will depend on how diligently the couple actually follows the rules and whether they choose to abstain or to use a barrier method of birth control during the fertile phase. Using the Fertility Awareness Method for birth control does require a high level of commitment and personal responsibility.

Do I need to have regular cycles to use the method?
Any woman who is not using contraceptive chemical hormones can use the method. Women with irregular cycles, breastfeeding mothers, and menopausal women can use the Fertility Awareness Method.

How much time is required?
The method requires just a few minutes a day to observe and record the fertility signals.

Are there men in the workshop?
On average, about half of the women who come bring a male partner with them.

In order to get pregnant couldn’t I just buy an ovulation predictor kit?
These expensive kits can be misleading for many reasons, including the fact that the hormone surge which they test for is not the best indicator of the optimum time to conceive. Observing your fertility signals yourself gives you much more information, such as whether you are ovulating and when your fertile time begins.

Is there a good book about Fertility Awareness?
Yes, Toni Weschler’s Taking Charge of Your Fertility is in a class of its own. Readingthis book and/or observing your fertilitysignals before the workshop will give you agreat head start, as the method has a lot ofdetailed and specific information.

Where and when can I take a workshop?
The workshops with Corinna Wood are offered two times a year in Asheville, North Carolina.

How much does the workshop cost?
They are based on a sliding scale from $75 to $95 (you decide). This includes the daylong
workshop, plus a half-hour individual follow-up appointment to confirm that you are accurately recording and interpreting your fertility signals. Partners are encouraged to attend the workshop at no additional charge.