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Have you ever thought about how stress can affect your cycle? Maybe you've noticed a "late" period in the past, or noticed spotting or other bleeding when you weren't expecting it. Maybe even skipped a period?

Are women not smart enough to manage their fertility with a Fertility Awareness Based Method? Maybe we need men in white coats to sell us a product which will help us understand our cycles better…

Maybe you just discovered Fertility Awareness and want to jump right in. So you read everything you can find online about it and try to piece together all the information. The downfall:

Imagine your house is on fire and the fire alarm goes off. Your natural response is calling 911 and putting the fire out! Not to shut off the fire alarm and pretend everything is well. However, THAT is exactly what the pill does in the case of atypical uterine bleeding (or any other issue you could possibly think of).

It's possible. Yes, you can avoid pregnancy without taking the pill, getting the shot, having the IUD, etc. It’s called Fertility Awareness! There IS a learning curve involved, but this is knowledge you’ll have for life. If you know how to ride a bike, you can never truly “unlearn” it.

If you’ve ever had a conversation with me, chances are you’ve heard me talk about cervical mucus. That’s because it is the star of the show when it comes to Fertility Awareness! When I first ditched the pill determined to prevent pregnancy naturally, I stumbled upon a few blog posts about Fertility Awareness, and I was blown away about this scientific method of avoiding pregnancy naturally and furious about the fact that I’d never been taught about Fertility Awareness or cervical mucus before!!

When we talk about all these risk factors, a common thread I see is that we’re adding many straws to the camel’s back. It’s probably not that hair treatments by themselves cause fibroids, or that eating processed food or commercially produced meat and dairy causes fibroids, but in the end, all those things that we put in and on our body increase our toxic load. Maybe your body is managing the extra stress and work just fine but adding in that “fragrance” laden personal care product could be the straw that breaks your camel’s back.

Have you been told that the pill tricks your body into thinking it’s pregnant? I’ve been there. I was put on the pill at age 13 when my skin started breaking out. My OB assured me that I couldn’t get pregnant on the pill - because my body thought it already WAS pregnant! It wasn’t until I moved to the States and went in for a consultation with my new OB, that someone first told me the pill did not mimic pregnancy but that it, in fact, prevented me from ovulating.

As soon as I had read a few blog posts and other articles, I then decided I knew everything about fertility awareness for birth control and that I was going to stop taking the pill. About a month later I had an appointment with my OB/GYN and defiantly told her the above. Her response was great: “Go read Taking Charge of Your Fertility, and here are two Plan B pills”. Bless her heart. I ordered the book that day, read it cover to cover within two days and have never looked back since (btw I did not have to take the Plan B pills).

I stopped being a “hormonal” moodswinging maniac that would scream and yell at her husband in a high pitched voice. Did he deserve a smart-ass remark? Maybe. Did he deserve to have a maniac wife screaming at the top of her lungs, arms flailing around?? Um, no. He just didn’t put his dirty cereal bowl in the sink, not murder anyone.

When I first came across this method, I was looking for a way to cleanse my face more naturally and most of all to help my acne. Over a year later, I am still cleaning my face with oil. Yes, you’ve heard (read) correctly!! I was able to improve my oily skin, acne, scarring, and huge black heads and pores with OIL!!! Read on to see my essential oil hacked recipe and washing routine :)

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