Rating: Summary: An Amazing Learning Experience for Every Woman! Review: This book is absolutely wonderful. My sister sent it to me. I stopped birth control pills in March and with the charting of my cycles, purposely avoided conceiving. July was the first month I actually tried to get pregnant and I did...on the first month! I knew I was pregnant before I "missed my period" and before I took a test. My sister read it before me, and while off the pill, avoided pregnancy for over a year. The first month she decided to try to achieve pregnancy, she too, conceived...first month! We are both expecting in the spring...2 1/2 weeks apart. I have sent this book to several friends and recommend it to everyone. It is such an important learning tool for all women, whether they are thinking of pregnancy or not. I learned so much about my body. It is just an incredible book and method. It is such a shame that doctors do not recommend fertility awareness to women. BUY THIS BOOK...you will LOVE it!!!
Rating: Summary: This Book Will Change Your Life!!! Review: This book teaches the Fertility Awareness Method - a way of using a woman's physical symptoms to determine [with great accuracy] when she is fertile and when she is not. You can use this to either postpone pregnancy or acheive it. My husband and I have used this for two years now with perfect results, and two of my girlfriends who were dealing with infertily conceived ONE MONTH after I explained this method to them. [Both now have healthy babies to show for it!]. This book is well written, easy to understand, and very interesting! I think every woman should have a copy of this book - it is criminal that we aren't even taught the rudimentary facts about how our bodies work!! Every couple should have a copy of this book so that both partners can understand their fertility. My one complaint or comment: This book teaches you to use a barrier method of birth control during the Fertile Time. I have a personal problem with that though - if you use a condom to have intercourse while you are FERTILE, you are going to reduce your effectiveness rating drastically because condoms are much less effective than using FAM and avoiding intercourse during the fertile time. You can still get pregnant based on the failure rate of the condom [which is somewhere between 71-80% effective depending on the study your read] as opposed to the 99% effectiveness rating of FAM using abstinence. Just keep that in mind. I love this book - you'll never be sorry for buying this one!!
Rating: Summary: Every woman (and girl) should own this book! Review: I have had this book for three years now, and my husband and I used the method successfully for both avoiding pregnancy (two years) and acheiving it on our first try once we decided the time was right. I am now nursing our son, and had to buy another copy, because I had loaned my original to a friend who moved without returning it to me. It's still well-worth the price, both in terms of its practical and theoretical knowledge, and if I have a daughter some day, she will be receiving her own copy well berfore she starts to menstruate -- it really clears up a lot of misinformation. For that matter, I will probably ask my son to read it, too, as an informed boy makes a better boyfriend :)
Rating: Summary: I've Become A One-Woman Marketing Team for This Book! Review: Seriously, I have recommended this book to almost every woman I know! It is a fabulous, information-rich guide for anyone who is sexually active, trying to achieve pregnancy or even just thinking about it. Ms. Weschler speaks to women openly and with respect. It has allowed me to speak to my OB/GYN as an informed equal. I feel empowered and totally prepared for the day when my husband and I decide to "work" on getting pregnant. Read this book!
Rating: Summary: Very informative Review: I thaught this book was very well written and informative. The book is very easy to read and understand. A lot of good information. I will try some of her ideas and we will see how effective it truly is.
Rating: Summary: Great book! Review: I bought this book on a recommendation by a friend. My cycles had been messed up, and I thought getting pregnant would be difficult. I couldn't believe how much I didn't know about my body. It was a great book, and it got great results. I got pregnant on the first cycle.
Rating: Summary: Recommended by my Doctor Review: After 8 years of fertility treatments I thought I new everything there was to know about my body and cycle. I figured having a second child would be a breeze. Not so! After 2 years of trying for a second child I was talking to my Family doctor. She recommended that I read Toni Weschler's book. I was amazed at how much I learned from this book. I learned more about my cycle in 1 month than the 8 years of fertility treatments. We began using this book and did conceive after 2 months. The documentation provide during charting allowed me to inform the doctor of the exact date of conception. The pregancy ended up being tubular but I feel the knowledge gained from this book helped to identify the problem before it became life treatening to me. I have referred this book to others who have enjoyed it as I do. Not only is the book informative but it's also good reading.
Rating: Summary: Very Useful and Well Written Review: This book has not only helped me conceive, it helped me in planning my vacations too. They should teach this stuff in school.
Rating: Summary: A book every female must have! Review: I read this book in hopes of maximizing my chances of getting pregnant. Not only did I succeed! , but I learned so much - I didn't realize I didn't know a lot about my body (at age 30 I guess I figured I knew it all). I have been taking the pill for 10 years, got off for 1 month to (1) read this book (2) give my body a month pill-less before trying to get pregnant and (3) enjoy sleeping in till noon before my husband and I decided to have kids when I started charting and applying the principles in this book. The first month we tried we got pregnant! Not only does this book explain your best chances to get pregnant, but how to avoid getting pregnant (if that's your goal) too! I wish I read this book years and years ago and I think its a great resource book I'm sure I will refer to it for years to come. The best $20 I've spent in a long time! I highly recommend this book.
Rating: Summary: Got Pregnant At First Try, Highly Recommended to Everyone Review: I always have this impression that getting pregnant is easy, to prevent it is difficult. But when my husband and I decided to add a new member to our lives after seven years of marriage, we found the opposite. After reading Toni's book, I have a much better understanding of my body and cycle. I used the method to look for the signs and got pregnant at the first try. So to Toni, THANK YOU! To anyone else who is still trying - go buy this book and good luck!
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