12/19/2020
Let’s clarify what fertility tracking is, shall we?
One of the questions I ask my womb coaching clients is, “Do you track you menstrual cycles or use a fertility awareness method?”
Many people answer “yes.” But when I ask what that looks like, most commonly they say:
“I use a period tracker app and put my period days in.”
There’s nothing wrong with doing that… but this is not the same as practicing fertility awareness.
Our cycles are so much more than the times we are bleeding, and an app cannot predict our unique and changing fertile windows based off when we bleed — we aren’t machines!
An app also can’t feel the sensual, embodied markers of our fertility, like the position of our cervix, and the quality of our cervical fluid.
In the sympto-thermal method of fertility awareness, there are 3 fertile signs to track:
💫Basal body temperature
💫Cervical fluid
💫Cervical position
An app can be helpful tool for keeping track of our fertile signs, and can accurately store our temperatures, but what about the sensual, subjective experience of our bodies?
No algorithm can predict our magic, but you *can* confidently know your fertility from day to day with a fertility awareness method.
Our reproductive sovereignty depends on willingness to drop in and be in our bodies — to feel the sensations of ovulation, the shifting messages of our cervix, the rise and fall of our energies.
And if we all knew this secret, that we actually have the internal tools to know when we will bleed, when we’ve ovulated, when we are fertile, when we are pregnant… how powerful would be be? What industries would become obsolete? What power structures would change?
If you want to begin your fertility awareness journey but perhaps aren’t sure how to get started, I’ve got a free introductory video class that breaks down how to track your three fertile signs! Go to the link in bio to watch. :)
