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You have the right to know how your body works

You have the ability to manage your fertility

At your fingertips

How was the sex ed you received? Did it teach you how to love and understand your body and prepare you for safe and enjoyable intimate relationships? Did it take away fear and confusion and leave you feeling knowledgeably confident and empowered?

The sexual education that most of us received was totally inadequate. If we learned anything, it was bits and pieces, and had very little to do with the realities of adult, sexual relationships, or the complexities of managing our fertility and our reproductive health. When we don’t understand these things, we are essentially illiterate in the language of our own bodies. Fertility Awareness enables us to “read” the physical signs that our bodies give us, every cycle, every day, to gain insight into our fertility and our health. This is why it’s been called “body literacy.”

Fertility Awareness shows you what typical, healthy cycles look like, and how to distinguish normal cycle events from those that may signal an infection or other health issue. Fertility Awareness explains why you may be more or less interested in sex on certain days, and what other mental, physical, or emotional changes you might experience in the course of a cycle. And of course Fertility Awareness tells you if you’re fertile or not on any given day, so that you can use that information, if you choose to, to prevent or achieve pregnancy.

When people learn fertility awareness as adults, the reaction is often the same. There is happiness at being empowered, but also frustration at having spent so much time in the dark. My clients say things like: “How could I have reached this age without knowing how my body works? I can’t believe no one ever told me this! Why don’t they teach this in school?!”

Fertility Awareness is the sex ed you probably never got in school. (That’s why there are birds and bees illustrating this site.) It empowers you to manage your own fertility and deepens your understanding of your reproductive health and sexuality.

Knowledge is power, and the power is at your fingertips.