Master Your Cycle with the Fertility Awareness Method Course
A Natural, Effective & Empowering Approach to understanding your cycle
Are you looking for a hormone-free, science-based way to manage your fertility? This Fertility Awareness Method course gives you the knowledge and confidence to track your cycle, whether you want to prevent pregnancy, conceive, or understand your body better.
In this course you’ll learn to:
Accurately identify your fertile and infertile days using the Sympto-Thermal MethodUse FAM as a highly effective non-hormonal birth control methodTime sex for optimal chances of conceptionRecognize patterns in your hormonal health and spot potential imbalancesReduce unnecessary medical interventions by understanding your body’s signals
Recognise this?
- Your period always seems to start unexpectedly.
- You’ve believed for years that you could get pregnant on any day of your cycle.
- Despite cycling for years, you’re still unsure about the different phases of the cycle.
- Your period tracking app has given you multiple scares by predicting the wrong start date.
- You’re tired of relying on LH tests or guesswork to figure out when you’re fertile.
- Doctors have dismissed your concerns about cycle-related symptoms, leaving you with more questions than answers.
- You feel disconnected from your body and cycle but don’t know how to start understanding it.
This course is right for you if...
- You are not using hormonal birth control and want to learn more about your menstrual cycle
- You want to make sure that you have a healthy cycle before trying to get pregnant
- You are currently trying to get pregnant but are not sure you time sex correctly
- You are looking for a natural contraceptive
- You feel like something is not quite right in your cycle and would like to figure out what it is
- You have been diagnosed with PCOS, Amenorrhea, Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Thyroid disease, or another hormonal imbalance and would like to track if treatment is having the desired effect
What others say
Why chart your cycle?
Charting you cycle with the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) is a natural approach that helps you get to know your body and menstrual cycle better. By focussing on four indicators of fertility, you learn to identify the different phases of your cycle, identify when you are fertile and when not, and recognise the different hormonal patterns in your cycle.
When using cycle charting as method of birth control, the goal is to pinpoint your fertile window as accurately as possible—long enough to ensure safety, but not so long that you unnecessarily restrict yourself.
If you want to learn how to chart to achieve pregnancy, charting will help you identify your most fertile days and will help you make sure your are timing sex correctly.
Why learn about your cycle?
3 Reasons to join this FAM course
Tracking your cycle is a natural, hormone-free method that helps you understand your cycle, whether you want to prevent pregnancy, conceive, or get to know your body.
1. Effective birth control
The Sympto-Thermal Method—the approach I teach—allows you to prevent pregnancy and is just as effective as condoms or the pill when practiced correctly. However, to rely on FAM for birth control, it’s essential to learn it properly—guessing or inaccurate tracking (apps) increases the risk of pregnancy.
2. Getting pregnant
FAM is also a powerful tool for getting pregnant. Many people start tracking their cycles only after struggling to conceive, often realizing they were mistiming intercourse or that there is a hormonal imbalance preventing them from getting pregnant. Charting your cycle helps you accurately identify your most fertile days and spot potential fertility issues sooner.
3. learn to understand your body
Even if preventing or achieving pregnancy isn’t on your mind FAM is still a very powerfull tool to get to know your body better. In fact: this is my favourite reason to start charting! Considering the number of cycles you have in your life, you might as well get to know what’s happening!
My approach to cycle charting
Many of the people I teach feel stressed or confused when starting to chart. Their charts don’t look what they expected based on the pretty example charts they saw online and it’s harder to get used to the daily practice than they expected.
Their mind takes over, telling them why it’s not working or why they are failing at something ‘as simple as’ cycle charting.
Not helpful at all.
My approach is to see charting as an experiment. There is enough stress in daily life; let’s not make charting another thing where your perfectionsm takes the overhand.
Although I do of course teach you how to chart for birth control, I encourage you to try charting for 3 cycles just as something you gift yourself. No pressure. Just an experiment. See what happens. See how your body works. See the changes throughout your cycle. And see how you like it.
If after these three months, you want to continue charting, great. If not; also great. You gifted yourself the chance to get to know your body. This knowledge won’t be taken away from you and you can always get bet to it when you feel like it.
What does the Fertility Awareness Method course look like?
The course consists of 4 classes each about 2-2,5 hours long, spread over 2-3 months. The first 2 classes will be offline (in Budapest, Hungary), as it will help us get to know each other and look at the personal charts. The other classes can be either offline or online, depending on group preferences.
Do you live in another country and prefer to follow the course online? Let me know and we’ll make it happen!
To ensure we have plenty of time for individual questions and support, and to ensure group safety, I keep the groups small: generally between 3-6 people.
During the 3 months of the course, I offer you personal support whenever needed. Feel free to ask questions or ask for personal support whenever you need it. This can help you take a closer look at your personal charts and issues you encounter. Of course, you are also welcome to bring those up in the classes. In fact, in my experience, this is often even more beneficial as these questions are usually very helpful for the rest of the group as well.
What will this FAM course bring you?
By the end of this course, you will be able to confidently:
- Identify your follicular phase, luteal phase, menstruation and day of ovulation
- Name the main hormones influencing your cycle
- Name the four main fertile signs
- Track and chart your cycle using 3 or 4 fertile signs
- Identify your fertile days and your infertile days
- Use FAM as a method of birth control
- Use FAM to support you when trying to conceive
- Track your cycle and identify deviations from what is normal
- Identify potential (hormonal) imbalances that are reflected in your cycle
- Name the different seasons in your cycle and how to plan your days in line with them
All this is knowledge that you will be able to use for your own health and benefit until your menopause, and even beyond.
What you'll learn in each lesson
Session 1: The Menstrual Cycle
- The phases of the cycle (preovulatory phase & postovulatory phase)
- The hormones of the cycle
- Fertility
- The sympto-thermal method
- How to chart your temperature and mucus
Session 2: Chart interpretation
- How to interpret your mucus symptom
- How to interpret your temperature symptom
- Rules for defining your fertile and infertile days in the preovulatory phase
- Rules for defining your fertile and infertile days in the postovulatory phase
- Interpreting your own chart
- Tips for easier charts
Session 3: A healthy menstrual cycle
- The importance of a healthy cycle
- Healthy menstruation
- Healthy follicular phase + ovulation
- Healthy luteal phase
- Common causes for hormonal imbalance
- Lifestyle for hormonal health
Session 4: The seasons of the cycle
- Why you don’t feel the same throughout your cycle
- The Winter phase of the cycle
- The Spring phase of the cycle
- The Summer phase of the cycle
- The Autumn phase of the cycle
What you'll receive
- 4 group sessions of 2-2,5 hours each
- Personal support and opportunity to ask questions whenever you want during your first 3 months of charting (starting with the introduction session)
- Additional printed and digital materials that will help you get to know and track your cycle on a deeper level
- A physical folder with all printed materials
- A digital folder with all digital materials
Bonus
In addition, you will receive the following bonuses:
- A thermometer with 2 decimals to start taking your basal body temperature (value 4.000 HUF)
- 3 months free trial for the Read Your Body app: the only complete app enforced by the Natural Family Planning Association (value ±3×1.000 HUF)
- A bonus video explaining how to use the Read Your Body app for charting according to the FAM principles
All this for
60.000 HUF
Or €150,-
Or write to elise@womenswise.com with any questions
FAM method as thought by the Natural Family Planning Teachers' Association
