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Summary: All the reviews you read are true--GREAT BOOK!
Review: After I found this book by chance at Babycenter.com, I checked it out at Amazon by reading the customer reviews. Everyone I read gave it rave reviews and they didn't let me down! I quickly read the book and am thrilled to start charting to become pregnant after 9 months of trying followed by a miscarriage, followed by 7 more months of trying. Getting pregnant with my first child was so easy that I became very frustrated. All this time I've been "listening" to my body not knowing what it is saying and now I know! Words can't describe how energized this book makes me feel! I know we'll succeed this time! This book is a MUST for anyone of childbearing age. I'm recommending it to my sisters and friends.
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Summary: Why aren't women told about these things?
Review: What a fantastic book. I don't think that I had any fertility problems but I did get pregnant the first month I tried using the information in the book.But, you know, it sort of made me angry that I hadn't ever encountered these ideas from an OB or from a health class. Sure, you know about your period and a bit about ovulation. But things like mucus changes are never covered. Until I was 34 and read this book I thought that a certain type of discharge I was experiencing was a peculiarity of my own -- maybe a chronic infection. It wasn't until I read this book that everything fell into place. A great book. Should be required reading for all women.
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Summary: I thought I knew it all!
Review: This book was recommended to me for the first time more than a year ago, but I truly thought I knew it all. After 2 years of charting my cycles and 6 months of attempting to achieve pregnancy and failing, I decided to buy it. Even if you're not planning to chart your cycles, this book is full of information that you most likely didn't learn in health class and probably weren't told by your OB or GYN doctor. It's a little expensive but a worthwhile book to read and have on the shelf to reference!
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Summary: Amazing Results
Review: I bought this book because my husband and I wanted a baby. I did not know the first thing about timing for the best results. We did not want to waste time as I am 34 and he is 39. I ordered this book and read it cover to cover. Then I started the charting. We were pregnant the first month! And I knew on the 18th high temperature day! I recommend this book to all trying to get pregnant. I have never used it for contraception; thus, I can not rate it in this area. But it helped me understand my body so much better. Every woman should learn what is in this book!
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Summary: The Best Thing I Have Bought Yet
Review: I thought when I bought this book it was not going to help like all the others. I will tell you this book has let me understand my body even better than the doctors have explained it. I have read the book three times and it amazes me how much that this book taught me in the short time it took to read it. Thanks to this book I quit taking birthcontroll pills and now going the natural ways. It is not hard to follow now my friend Amanda bought this book and said she loved it she said her money was well spent for once and I know as well as she does and any one else who has purchased this book that you will not regret it. Me and My husband Jason have been trying to conceive and I really feel like this is just what we needed. I wish all of you luck.
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Summary: Wow! Excellent Resource!
Review: This book was fantastic - I learned things about my body and how it works that I wish I had known years ago. This book provides specific information about the changes that occur in my body -- beyond the temperature -- that enabled me to know exactly when we should try to conceive. This book also provided explainations for specifics like mid-cycle spotting that could actually identify ovulation and egg implantation. When I had asked my doctor about mid-cycle spotting, I was only told that she wasn't worried about it, but received no explainations. We had been trying for 15 months. Three months after reading this book, we are preganant. The Fertility Awareness Methods, tips and hints provided gave us solid information and clear explainations for what we needed to do and what we had been doing wrong. Of the 6 infertility books I had purchased, this one was my "bible". This is no "yolk" - (you'll have to read the book to get that one).
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Summary: Turns the light on!
Review: I thoroughly recommend anyone trying to conceive to read this book. Many women would attest to this. This book gave detailed explanatations of what happens each cycle, and how to accurately chart fertility signs (basal body temperatures, cm and cp) to accurately predict ovulation. My husband and are not pregnant yet (just started trying this month!) but after charting my temperatures for 3 months, I know exactly when I ovulate, and when I should try for a baby. In addition, it will always keep you from taking expensive pregnancy tests because you will know if you are pregnant by your temperature. This is a must read!
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Summary: A must have for every woman
Review: This book has been a lifesaver for me. I was diagnosed with PCOS a year ago. This book helped me understand what my body should be doing, and helped me better understand what the doctor was telling me was wrong with my body. Because of this book I learned how to know if I was ovulating or not. Luckily for me, unlike many women with PCOS, I found that I was indeed ovulating. I think this book is great for any woman who wants to understand her body more.
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Summary: Not JUST for conception
Review: I used the FAM method not just to conceive, but also as birth control until I WANTED to get pregnant. However, what struck me most was the depth of understanding of my body that this book gave me. I've talked to friends and family about what I've learned from this book, and I'm giving it as a shower gift from now on!
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Summary: A Whole New Understanding of My Body and How It Works
Review: This book quite simply changed my life! It was recommended to me shortly after I got married and "the pill" was making me psychotic. In variably, on the day of the 21st pill, I would pick a fight with my husband then practically rip his head off over the smallest stuff. I had irregular periods, so I appreciated knowing when my period was coming, but I felt so "out of control". TCOYF, as it is known on various "trying to conceive" bulletin boards helped my husband and I prevent pregnancy for almost 2 years and helped us conceive in just 7 cycles. Now, 7 cycles may sound like a lot, but what I learned each cycle helped us get closer to our goal -- our beautiful daughter Meg was born 9/13/99. For example, I was having a hard time identifying what the book calls "fertile quality cervical mucous". I'd be watching and waiting, and watching and checking and waiting. Then one day my temp would go up and I'd know I somehow missed it! Then I read in TCOYF that caffeine can cause a woman to produce little or no fertile mucous. I quit caffeine as my New Years 1999 resolution (not fun!). On January 12, I saw "textbook" cervical fluid, and had a positive HPT on January 29. This books offers women a sense of empowerment by helping us understand our bodies. As soon as my daughter gets her period, I'll start her charting. Don't be surprised if you find you know more about this stuff than your doctor after reading the book a few times and charting for a few months. Don't give up and, if possible, surround yourself with other women who know and understand this book.
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