The Fertility Awareness Method (also known as Cycle Tracking) is a science-backed, holistic practice of observing and charting daily body signals—called biomarkers—to understand your cycle, hormonal health, and connection to your body.
The sympto-thermal method primarily tracks:
🌕 Cervical fluid
🌕 Basal body temperature
And may also include secondary signs like:
🌕 Cervix position, mood shifts, libido, dreams, skin changes, and more
🌿 Fertility Awareness Method 🌿
why use Cycle
tracking/Fertility Awareness?
Cycle Tracking empowers you to:
🌕 Confidently and naturally avoid pregnancy (up to 99.6% effective)
🌕 Gather information about your hormonal profile
🌕 Optimize timing and health for conscious conception
🌕 Highlight cycle irregularities or potential hormonal imbalances
🌕 Deepen your body literacy and self-connection
🌕 Sync your life with your natural cycle phases
🌕 Connect with ancestral energy through what has always been: cycles
Who is it for?
🌕 Folks transitioning off hormonal birth control
🌕 Those seeking natural birth contraception
🌕 People preparing for pregnancy
🌕 Teens, postpartum individuals, and those in perimenopause
🌕 Anyone exploring hormone health and whole-being wellness
🌕 Those curious about cycle syncing and living in rhythm with nature
Fertility Awareness is a practice of Body Literacy—the living study of the intelligent language of our bodies.
It’s self-care, science, re-wilding and empowerment woven together.
Cycle Tracking and Body Literacy hold the belief that our menstrual health is a vital sign, one that holds significant information about our whole being - physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual.
This practice can open doors you didn’t know were possible, doors of deep connection to the natural cycles we are, collectively and individually, living within.
fertility awareness method faq
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FAM (the symptom-thermal method) is up to 99.4 - 99.6% effective when used correctly and regularly. This level of effectiveness depends on understanding and correctly following the guidelines along with commitment to daily charting.
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Although the fundamentals of FAM can be picked up fairly quickly, it usually takes a few menstrual cycles of consistent practice to become confident and proficient.
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The main goal of FAM for contraception is identifying your specific fertile window (the time in your cycle you’re able to get pregnant) by tracking your biomarkers - cervical fluid and basal body temperature.
Once you know with certainty when your fertile window opens and closes, you will be able to use this method for effective pregnancy prevention.
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It’s ok to be on hormonal contraception for the initial stage of learning FAM. This is when you learn what happens in a cycle, the foundations of FAM and the science behind how it works. This is a good time to consider when you’ll break up with hormonal contraception.
Next, you’ll start the practice and your daily charting. Charting will only be useful once your natural cycle and rhythm has returned.
FAM cannot be effectively used while on hormonal contraceptives because these methods suppress ovulation and alter cervical mucus patterns, which are key fertility signs used in charting.
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Every body responds differently to coming off of hormonal contraception. Generally, give your body 3-6 months to find a sense of rhythm and normalcy again (though the timing could be shorter, could be longer).
Working with a Fertility Awareness Educator can help you identify when you’re ready to use FAM as your go-to contraception.
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Nope! The Rhythm Method relies on calendar predictions only. Fertility Awareness involves observing and tracking real-time signs of fertility like cervical mucus and basal body temperature so you can determine how likely you are able to get pregnant on a daily basis
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Absolutely! It’s perfect for people with irregular cycles since there is no guessing involved. It’s solely based on day-to-day observations and the practice simply tracks your cycle, no matter how irregular or unpredictable it may be.
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Definitely. There are some special rules for this stage of life, and I will work with you to make sure you understand them and can apply them to the method.
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Now! :)
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fertility awareness class series
Learn to track your cycle for reliable contraception, successful conception, your overall vitality and health, and much more. As we gather together, we will start to reclaim the magic and wisdom of our cycles and bodies.
1:1 fertility awareness Support
Already have a charting practice and want additional support? Sense something is up with your cycle and want customized guidance? Have a daughter and want to learn more about her cycling years?