Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a comprehensive book that describes fertility signs, how to identify them in your own body, and how to use this knowledge to either avoid or achieve pregnancy and be informed and empowered about your own body. TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR FERTILITY: AN OVERVIEW I had heard about temperature charting-and had it dismissed offhand in a doctor’s appointment as something that didn’t actually work! But I had no clue about the other cues she was talking about: cervical position, firmness, openness, fluid, vaginal wetness, and more! I got my hands on a copy of Toni Weschler’s Taking Charge of Your Fertilityand dove in. The teacher talked about all of the signs our bodies give us to indicate how fertile we are at different phases of the menstrual cycle. I really had no idea what that meant, but I knew I wanted to be more aware of my fertility, so I went to the workshop.

One day, I was reading an email newsletter and saw that a local fertility educator was hosting a free one-hour workshop on fertility awareness. Turns out, trying to get pregnant the second time wasn’t really any easier.īut I had a thirst to try to figure out why. And I’m confident this affected the choices I made during their birth.Īfter my twins were born and we were ready to start trying for another baby, I really wanted to figure out why it had been so hard for us to conceive. They weren’t wrong.īut I started my pregnancy feeling broken and confused.

I was already regularly ovulating each month, but my OBs figured that if I ovulated more eggs, there’d be a higher chance of me getting pregnant each cycle. After a few blood tests that ultimately didn’t turn up any real reasons for infertility, my doctors stop trying to find a “why” and just moved ahead with a “Band-Aid” approach. The bad news? This approach to fertility treatment did nothing to help my confidence or trust in my body. My husband and I were ecstatic that our dream of becoming parents was coming true! I love these sweet girls and their twin bond and am so grateful they came to our family when they did. The good news? It worked! The second month of taking Clomid, I conceived two babies-my wonderful twin daughters.

After a year of trying for a baby, normal test results, and a diagnosis of “unexplained infertility,” my OB prescribed Clomid to increase our chance of becoming pregnant. My path to becoming a birth worker started with Clomid.Ĭlomid is an ovulation-stimulating drug.

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