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Summary: This should be a text book for all women.
Review: I had been using the Ovulation Method as birth control for over a year when someone recommended this book. I thought it would be a waste of money, since I knew my body so well already. Turns out I was wrong. Toni Weschler explains thoroughly and with lots of easy-to-understand examples, the way a woman's body works, and the signals it sends. I learned more about cervical fluid, understood the concepts and applications of basal temperature, and in general, found out more about my cycles. Since reading this book, I have recommended it to at least a dozen people. No wonder so many women are posting in chat boards about how wonderful this book is. I thank them for letting me know about it. Now that I am planning to get pregnant, I have all the tools to use my body signals to reach my goal. I am certain Toni Weschler's "lessons" will be the most important ones I will get at this time of my life.
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Summary: Bought 8 copies so far
Review: Every woman should be taught this info. It's so empowering. I like Toni's book the best of all the sources I've read. I feel so strongly about the benefits of this knowledge that I've given 7 copies away in the last six months to sisters, sisters-in-law, and friends.
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Summary: Very Informative
Review: Although I am not pregnant yet (after 9 months) this book has been very informative to help understand where problems may lie by teaching me how to understand my fertility signs. I have an appointment with a fertility specialist next week and have a years worth of "data" that I was able to obtain by learning from the methods discussed in this book. If you are planning to see a specialist you will most likely need to bring 3 months of basal body temperature charts with you, and this book will explain everything you need to do that and much, much more! I don't know how anyone who's ttc can live without it!
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Summary: Every woman should read this book
Review: It's hard to say something that hasn't already been said in the others reviews about this wonderful, life-opening book. At age 36, I couldn't believe all I didn't know about my cycles. I'd like to give this book to every young woman I know. (I wish someone had given it to me when I was 16!) Spread the word!
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I bought this book on advice from a messageboard. I loved it! I was actively trying to conceive with no luck for a year, I bought this book and was pregnant the next month! Unbelieveable! It takes the "science" of conception and makes it easy to understand. I bought my basal thermometer and went to work - the charting was easy and the book provided me with the answers to all my questions and believe me, I had lots of questions! I recommend this book to all who are actively trying to have a baby and want it to happen quickly. Thank you Toni Weschler. I am now the proud mommy to Colin, 3 months.
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Summary: Every woman should own this book!
Review: A friend recommended this book to me when I was getting ready to go off the Pill in preparation for trying to get pregnant. After reading it I couldn't believe how much I didn't know about my own body. A few months into charting I was amazed at how much I understood because of what I'd learned from this book. Toni Weschler writes in an easy-to-understand style and the many charting examples, diagrams and photos make it even more of a fascinating read. After ten months of charting I've got my cycle down-pat and I can't wait to start trying next month. Every woman should read this book and pass it on to her friends and family!
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Summary: The Fruit of this Book!
Review: I came across this book 9 months ago after trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant for a year and a half. Now as I write this, my husband and I are waiting for the arrival of our first child! This book was wonderful in explaining the cycles of the female reproductive system...I now know my body better then I have before. And with its detailed charting system, keeping track of your monthly cycle is wonderfully easy. I think this book should be a must-have for anyone wanting to get pregnant, or even anyone who just wants to understand the mysteries of the female body.
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Summary: A Must-Have for anyone wanting to have a baby
Review: This book tells you everything you want to know about how your body works and doesn't work. It includes lots of myths that some of us have grown up with. I have found so much relevant information in my quest to have a baby in this book, that it's mind boggling! I wish I had this book when I was trying to have my first child. (It would have saved me a lot of time!) Easy to read and lots of success stories included. Love it! I plan to give it to my daughter when she's thinking about having children of her own.
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Summary: I am very grateful for this book!
Review: I was ttc for four months when I got this book and realized that I was timing it incorrectly! Each time my cycle was getting longer (perhaps due to stress). With an irregular cycle, the calendar method is not effective at all!Once I started charting, I got pregnant within three months. The first two months my husband and I happened to be apart during fertile periods (due to work travel). It was frustrating, but at least I KNEW why I wasn't getting pregnant! The third month of charting, we were together and able to ttc at the correct time. The result is a beautiful little girl :-) Thank you, Toni! I am also a health educator, yet I learned a lot about my fertility (and my cervical mucus LOL) from reading this book. I think it should be required reading, along with Our Bodies Ourselves. They do NOT teach you about charting in health class, beyond a brief reference. Believe me, I used to do puberty education, so I know what I'm talking about! The author goes into tremendous detail.. Anyone who has gone through the frustration of ttc for a while will appreciate her thoroughness. After reading this book I have explained charting to a few of my ttc friends. They are all pregnant now :-)
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Summary: It's amazing what we don't know about our own 'cycle'
Review: I found this book while researching an infertility disease for a very good friend of mine. I was simply amazed by the amount of reviews, and the touching stories by other readers. I had to purchase it myself, and I also told my friend to buy it to help her with her problem. I read the book in two days, and was simply astounded by what I did not know about my own body, that I COULD come of the pill and safely use 'natural birth control' or the FAM (Fertility Awareness Method) that Ms Weschler teaches in this book. FAM teaches you about your cycle, when you are fertile and when you are not. It is laid out in such a simple and easy to follow way, it allows you to become totally in control of your fertility. We are not ready for a family just yet, but when we are ready, I am confident that I have the knowledge to be able to conceive quickly. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I hope that everyone who reads it gets the same empowering feeling. If you are trying to conceive or want to stop taking the pill and use an alternative birth control method, and you want to learn more about your body and fertility, READ THIS BOOK!
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