For Women Only

For all you crazy ladies out there trying to get pregnant (or avoid pregnancy), I would highly recommend a book that was recommended to me by my good friend Sara (who's due in March) and my cousin Jayme (who just had her first baby last April).  

The book is called Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weshler.   It describes the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) as a

"...remarkable system of knowledge that uses your two basic fertility signs - waking temperature and cervical fluid - to accurately gauge when you are ovulating.  Such critical information serves as a window into your cycle, empowering you to practice effective natural birth control or pregnancy achievement, as well as to enlighten you on the entire array of life's menstrual mysteries.  Indeed charting your cycles with FAM will show you, among other things

• The difference between perfectly normal, cyclical cervical secretions and true vaginal infections 
• When to expect your next period
• Whether or not you are even ovulating
• Whether or not you are pregnant
• Your true due date, if in fact you are pregnant

It  is unfortunate that the Fertility Awareness Method is even referred to as a method, because in reality, it should be seen as a fundamental life skill that all women should learn"

This book is awesome.  The method works...or at least it worked for us! According to this book, our true due date is in fact May 24, 2011!