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natural bc?

Hello everyone,

Does anyone use a specific free online or downloadable interactive fertility calendar? I'm looking for one that I can log my daily temp, period days and etc and hoping it will spit out when I am most/least fertile.

Thanks!

Re: natural bc?

  • FertilityFriend.com or TCOYF.com

    ETA: I wanted to add that if you are truely serious about tta, take a class with a teaching couple thru www.ccli.org so they can help you understand what you are looking at. FAM/NFP is NOT the rythmn method and is as effecitive as any other bc and it comes down to how committed you are to using it properly.

    Katie, PCOS since May 2005, Fostering since November 2010 Adoption since December 2011 Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    *PCOS bio* *Cold Hands, Warm Heart*
  • there are beads you can buy to keep track of fertile/non-fertile days. cycle-beads. BUT I am currently holding my baby telling you rhythm method bc is not 100% Wink  worked for about 6 cycles, then I missed my period and the rest is history!
  • I have been FAM charting TTA for over almost two years now. After I read the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility I downloaded the software from the tcoyf.com website. I think it is $40 but I know they came out with a online version recently. I don't know if the online version costs any money. Hope this helps!
  • I know too many people who practiced  this method who ended up pregnant.  I say go ahead and use this method if you won't mind having a baby at this point.
  • I've just finished my 42nd cycle charting to avoid pregnancy. 42 cycles. That's about 3 and a half years. I know women who have successfully avoided with FAM for 10 and 20 years! I've never been on hormonal BC and never want kids. I've never even had the hint of a scare. FAM is the only form of BC I trust. Read Taking Charge of Your Fertility, download the software from Ovusoft.com (TOTALLY worth the $40! I find it much more accurate than Fertility Friend). And keep in mind that those who say that FAM "failed" for them were not following the rules strictly or taking calculated risks. If you are very motivated to avoid you can follow the rules as strictly as you want. Clearly it works.

    BTW - Cycle Beads DO NOT work. They are nothing more than a way to count days - that's the rhythm method - NOT FAM. Your ovulation date can vary (sometimes a lot) from month to month and counting past cycles does nothing to account for those possible changes. Fertility Awareness takes scientific information based on your basal body temp, cervical fluid and cervical changes throughout the month to determine your ovulation day. If you are going to ovulate early or late during any given month you can CLEARLY see that happening and plan accordingly. Rhythm method and Cycle Beads rely on past cycles to predict the future. Never go on past cycle information. Each cycle is it's own entity and should be treated as such. 

    Check out ovusoft.com for some very helpful forums. Best of luck!

    :)  

  • Use something like the couple to couple league. I believe it is ccli.org. There are several other natural methods such as the Billings method too and they are not the rhythm method at all.
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