#122 - How to ditch birth control and prevent pregnancy without fear with Nina Boyce

I’ve had a few other guests on the podcast talking about the menstrual cycle and how it’s the fifth vital sign, as well as the impact oral contraception can have on the female body. I used to take the pill because it was easy and I didn’t want to fall pregnant. Today, I (and many other women in our program) use the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM).

FAM is amazing. It helps you get in tune with your body and cycle, and you can use it to prevent pregnancy. Nina is a FAM and hormone coach. In a previous life, she was a middle school choir teacher, she has an amazing voice I made her sing on the podcast 🤣

In this episode, Nina and I chat about:

➡️Nina’s health journey

➡️What is the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)

➡️What is the issue with hormonal birth control?

➡️The issue with progestin (the synthetic version of progesterone)

➡️The effects of IUDs

➡️How do you do FAM

➡️What ovulation looks like and why it's important

➡️How your cervix changes throughout your cycle

➡️When is your fertile window

➡️How your body temperature fluctuates throughout your cycle

➡️Books and apps for FAM

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SHOW NOTES

06:22 - Nina background and past health struggles

10:10 - What is Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)

10:33 - Biomarkers that let us know when we can get pregnant and when we can't

10:50 - Number of days when you can actually get pregnant

11:10 - What's the issue of hormonal birth control?

11:23 - The importance of ovulation

12:00 - How estrogen affects our mood

12:25 - Different forms of birth control

13:11 - The issue with progestins - the synthetic version of progesterone

13:59 - What happens when you don't make progesterone?

15:42 - Coming off the pill

17:12 - Different types of IUD's and how they affect the body

18:39 - How does FAM work?

20:43 - How your cervix changes throughout your cycle

24:40 - Fertile window

27:35 - Rise in the body temperature and when that happens

29:54 - When is the window when you can have sex and not fall pregnant 

33:08 - Tools, books, and apps for FAM

34:41 - What tests do you recommend to check the hormone surge?

35:25 - Ways to check if you're fertile

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