Honoring Our Cycles: A Natural Family Planning Workbook by Katie Singer

Author:Katie Singer [Singer, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Publisher: National Book Network - A
Published: 2006-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

DIFFERENT METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL

Many different kinds of birth control are available. Each kind has advantages and disadvantages. Learn as much as you can about different methods before you choose one. Every couple must decide which method is best for them.

Natural Family Planning (also called Fertility Awareness) helps you understand your menstrual cycle. It does not involve drugs. But if you don’t chart correctly or know how to read your charts, you may get a surprise pregnancy.

Condoms do not involve drugs, either. Natural Family Planning and condoms both need the man’s cooperation.

The Pill is easy for many couples. Unfortunately, it can cause health problems. If a woman takes the Pill, she has a greater chance of getting breast cancer, blood clots, insulin resistance, and hypothyroidism. She can have less interest in sex. The Pill also takes away some nutrients that a woman needs to have a healthy, smart baby.

If a woman takes the birth control shot Depo-provera, she has a greater chance of bone loss and breast cancer.

Some IUDs give women unnatural hormones.

Some women and men are allergic to spermicide, which is needed when you use a diaphragm or cervical cap.

If you have used a kind of birth control that hurt your cycles, please be gentle with yourself. Many women have returned to healthy cycles by eating well and following the night-lighting techniques described on pages 50-51.

Here is a chart from a woman who did not ovulate during this cycle:

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