Follow-up also includes referrals for diagnostic tests, test result interpretation, and future refresher sessions, at no additional charge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nA new workshop begins once every 2 months<\/strong>, with a minimum of 4-5 participants and a maximum of 6 participants.<\/p>\nFAM Workshop Objectives<\/h2>\n\n- Understand the menstrual cycle and the hormones that control it<\/li>\n
- Learn to identify the \u201cfertile window\u201d \u2013 the only days of the month that pregnancy is possible<\/li>\n
- Gauge how balanced and healthy your cycle is<\/li>\n
- Become familiar with all the non-hormonal and non-invasive methods of contraception that can be used during fertile days<\/li>\n
- Increase your sense of control and peace of mind by knowing exactly when you are fertile and when you\u2019re not, on a daily basis<\/li>\n
- Create a new connection with your body, cycle, fertility, and health, and be an active partner in your own health care<\/li>\n
- Join a community of like-minded women who want to achieve the same goals as you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What you will learn<\/h2>\n\n- Scientific foundations and principles of the fertility awareness method<\/li>\n
- Reproductive anatomy and physiology<\/li>\n
- Everything you want to know about the menstrual cycle<\/li>\n
- The relationship between our hormones, cycles, fertility, sexuality, and health<\/li>\n
- Techniques and instructions for charting your fertility signs (takes two minutes a day)<\/li>\n
- The rules for applying the method and practicing it<\/li>\n
- Other methods of contraception that can be used with FAM<\/li>\n
- Concepts regarding contraceptive effectiveness and safety<\/li>\n
- Internal checks (secretions and cervix)<\/li>\n
- Natural recipes, treatment options, and resources for menstrual pain, PMS (premenstrual syndrome), candida\/yeast infections, sexual pain, nutritional issues, hormone imbalance, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The final one-on-one meeting is meant for those who want to move to the next step. This means learning how to summarize your own personal patterns, as seen through 4-6 fertility charts, and learning shortcuts and other rules that can provide more freedom on infertile days.<\/p>\n
The workshop is also open to breastfeeders.<\/p>\n\t\t