#122 - How to ditch birth control and prevent pregnancy without fear with Nina Boyce
FAM is amazing. It helps you get in tune with your body and cycle, and you can use it to prevent pregnancy. Nina is a FAM and hormone coach. In a previous life, she was a middle school choir teacher, she has an amazing voice I made her sing on the podcast 🤣
In this episode, Nina and I chat about:
➡️Nina’s health journey
➡️What is the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)
➡️What is the issue with hormonal birth control?
➡️The issue with progestin (the synthetic version of progesterone)
➡️The effects of IUDs
➡️How do you do FAM
➡️What ovulation looks like and why it's important
➡️How your cervix changes throughout your cycle
➡️When is your fertile window
➡️How your body temperature fluctuates throughout your cycle
➡️Books and apps for FAM
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SHOW NOTES
06:22 - Nina background and past health struggles
10:10 - What is Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)
10:33 - Biomarkers that let us know when we can get pregnant and when we can't
10:50 - Number of days when you can actually get pregnant
11:10 - What's the issue of hormonal birth control?
11:23 - The importance of ovulation
12:00 - How estrogen affects our mood
12:25 - Different forms of birth control
13:11 - The issue with progestins - the synthetic version of progesterone
13:59 - What happens when you don't make progesterone?
15:42 - Coming off the pill
17:12 - Different types of IUD's and how they affect the body
18:39 - How does FAM work?
20:43 - How your cervix changes throughout your cycle
24:40 - Fertile window
27:35 - Rise in the body temperature and when that happens
29:54 - When is the window when you can have sex and not fall pregnant
33:08 - Tools, books, and apps for FAM
34:41 - What tests do you recommend to check the hormone surge?
35:25 - Ways to check if you're fertile
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