Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 20th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health Paperback – July 7, 2015

Helpful book that includes a lot of information they don't teach you about in school. I didn't want to use any type of hormonal birth control and this book was super helpful by providing other non-hormonal, natural options. It's super dense with information that is unfortunately not talked about enough. If you are looking for helpful information about fertility and just taking care of your body in general, I would recommend this book. Have a pen and paper by your side while reading because you'll want to take notes along the way.

My husband purchased this for me when we first got married, along with the Daysy Thermometer. I have always questioned how things work and the why of it. This book is educational and informative. We all could learn something from this book, thank you to my husband.

I wish some one would have given me this book at 15. It would have answered a lot of question.Also by the way, my son and my best friends daughter are 8 wks apart. We were both working the program doing all the stuff and so when my best friend called me to say she was pregnant, I hung up the phone and immiediately got pregnant. True story, and her daughter loves to hold this fact over my son. All Thanks To This Book.Value your parental investment long after the giddiness of having a baby ceases. Value the wholeness of the 18+year haul and all the peaks and valleys. The feeling you get when you raise good and decent humans is priceless.

Very informative book, great for any woman who is looking to learn how her body works or a man who is interested in knowing how to better support the women in his life.

An incredible amount of information in an easy to understand format. Would highly recommend to anyone looking to use the FAM for contraception, acieving prganacy, or just looking for information regarding the female reporductive cycle.

I’ve already sent this to so many of friends. I would highly recommend this to anyone whether you’re trying to have a baby or not.

I would say this book was very thorough and easy to read. I read it in a short amount of time and learned so much from it! The only thing is it may be a little outdated as it states that your Peak Day (most fertile day) is on the last day you have any eggwhite/fertile cervical mucus aka ovulation day, but most recent studies actually show your Peak day being 1 day before ovulation, followed by 2 days before ovulation. The day of ovulation is actually lowest of all 3. Also the author seemed against the use of OPKs and kind of glossed over that topic stating that tracking other signs (cervical mucus and BBT) to be enough, but to me, more data is better and tracking with the OPK really helped create a clear picture. Not everyone has a BBT that rises immediately after ovulation (some can be 1-2 days later) so if you're trying to pinpoint to conceive and want to be really accurate (ie artificial insemination), the OPK really helps, ESPECIALLY since the LH surge happens BEFORE ovulation. More information and focus on OPKs, what it's measuring, and about what time after ovulation happens after you measure peak (which is actually after your blood serum peak since it takes time for your kidneys to filter out the LH) would be great. I suspect perhaps this book was written when OPKs were less available and more expensive but nowadays you can get 50 for $16 online (Pregmate from Target is great).

With It Starts With the Egg by Rebeca Fett. It is the PERFECT combination.I have wanted to get this book by Toni Weschler since I first heard of NFP in 2017. I'm so happy to finally have it! She totally sheds to like why OPK tests can be helpful in getting to know your body but not at all dependable for tracking ovulation days (whether you're preventing or trying).I was using the strips and just getting frustrated. Now have a thermometer just for me (the Premom one) and app to plug in that number in addition to LH strip. On top of that I have my own charts in the bathroom and BOY it's honestly fascinating! I'm not tracking to either prevent or try. We are tracking to see that my cycles are normal and to get to know my body better (I have inflammation issues and back stuff and the list goes on). The first couple chapters of the book were honestly very basic, but it's extremely helpful once you get into it. For both women (born with a uterus) and man (born without a uterus and other external parts). My husband has learned a lot and finds the writing captivating and its been a great conversation between us two for a few days now. I'm almost half way through!If fertility (your own health at all) health is important to you check out Rebecca Fetts book too. She delves into why certain vitamins, minerals and dietary changes impact your cycle the wa they do.)