Fertility awareness may be a term that you are unfamiliar with. It simply means learning to read your body's special fertility signals. Becoming more conscious of your unique fertility cycle can help you, whether you are hoping to improve your chance of conceiving or would like to avoid conception. Becoming knowledgeable about your body’s own rhythm also helps you to better predict the date of your next menstruation, can help you know early on if you are pregnant, and can alert you to possible unhealthy changes if you detect a deviation from your typical patterns. This body awareness can be the ultimate in early preventive health care.
How can you become more aware of your personal fertility signals?
Becoming familiar with your body’s fertility messages involves looking at three basic fertility signs -- basal body temperature (BBT), cervical secretion changes, and cervical position. All three of these markers of fertility change throughout a woman’s cycle. By observing these changes each day, and recording them you will begin to discover your own fertility rhythm.
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