Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (Revised Edition)

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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: This is a must read for all women. I only wish I had found this book a lot sooner. I finally have an appreciation for the way in which my body works and what it has been trying to tell me all these years.

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Summary: VERY INFORMATIVE!! A MUST FOR ALL TRYING TO PREGNANT!!
Review: WE ARE TRYING FOR OUR SECOND CHILD AND HOW I WISH I HAD THIS BOOK THE FIRST TIME AROUND. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS AND HOPE THAT WITH THE HELP OF THIS BOOK WE WILL SOON BE BLESSED WITH ANOTHER CHILD. MY HUSBAND AND I WHEN TRYING FOR OUR FIRST CHILD WENT THROUGH ALOT OF INFERTILITY TESTING THAT I NOW BELIEVE WASN'T NECESSARY. I HAVE READ ALOT OF BOOKS ON THIS SUBJECT AND THIS IS THE ONE. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

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Summary: FABULOUS and INFORMATIVE
Review: My husband and I are planning to have our first baby starting this month. I bumped into this book at a bookstore, bought it and read it. It is such a relief to know what to expect even before we start. I think the book is going to help us plan our family naturally. We won't get worried if it didn't happen in a certain month because we will have our chart to tell us what really happened. I recommend this book to anyone who is trying to get pregnant and to anyone who doesn't want to get pregnant and do not want to use any artificial method for preventing it. Sometimes we think we know what goes on in our bodies but not until you read this book you understand what really goes on inside of you and what a beautiful and wonderful process conception is.

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Summary: The best and most comprehensive guide I have found
Review: I found this book to be of great detail and written in a fashion that was easily understood. Whether trying to conceive or not to, this book guides you through your cycle and the signs to look for that are so obvious once you start looking. The photos and explicit descriptions were of tremendous help to me. I have a newfound hope that I will soon become pregnant!

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Summary: Very empowering, feminist---and it WORKS for birth control!
Review: If you thought you learned this stuff in health class, you're wrong!!! I read this book as a supplement after learning the Sympto-Thermal method of natural family planning. It explains how to chart your fertility signs as clearly as I've ever seen them taught. Color photographs of the cervix and of cervical fluid are VERY helpful. There is also plenty of information about effectiveness, and also good coverage of the ignorance and prejudice about this method in the health care establishment. Every woman and teenage girl should read this book for her own health.

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Summary: I'll Never Use the Pill AGAIN!!!
Review: This book is WONDERFUL! My husband and I have been trying to conceive for 5 months. A lot of what was covered in the book I have gradually learned by reseaching on the Internet, but NEVER to the extent that Toni covers in her book! It is unbelievably easy to read, as well as interesting-seems like the material would put you to sleep, but not at all! I have sporadically been using the three fertility signs, but not consistently enough to acheive prenancy..this month I have started charting, and have a new found confidence in our ability to conceive! After that, I SWEAR, I will NEVER go back to artificial means of contraception again! It's completely unecessary! A MUST READ FOR ALL WOMEN!!! THANKS, TONI!

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Summary: If only we had known this information at puberty!!!!
Review: Toni Weschler has given women (and men) a great tool for understanding the mysteries of the female body. She is so thorough that I know if I have a question relating to my cycle and/or body that I just need to pull out her book. If only we were taught this information upon reaching puberty!!! I am waiting for another book from Toni Weschler.

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Summary: FANTASTIC!
Review: I learned more in the first chapter of Ms. Weschler's book than I had in all my 28 years! My husband happened upon TCOYF while in a bookstore, bought it and read it cover to cover. I was skeptical, but when I followed her instructions, I got pregnant. Shortly after I m/c, but realized what was happening due to temperature charting. This made it so much easier to deal with, knowing what was happening. I just found out that I am pregnant again, and will be sending my copy of TCOYF to my sister-in-law. It is my hope that she will read it and give it a try. It was nice to read a book that wasn't male or doctor bashing. Although, I do think Doctors (male and femlae) could learn a lot from Ms. Weschler!

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Summary: More answers about conception than from my doctor
Review: We were trying for our second child and had been unsuccessful - my cycle had changed from 28 days with our first, to 40 days! It was very difficult to find answers as to when would be the best time, and even if something was not quite right. I had visited my doctor in December and she had told me to try tracking my temperature for a couple cycles (but not longer because it wouldn't allow me to relax). I was almost through one cycle when I happened across this website and the reviews on the book. I went out the next day and bought the book and am I ever glad I did! As I put my temperatures onto the graph paper, I realized there was a good chance I had already conceived. I did not want to get too hopeful, but when my period was late, I tested and got a positive result! The information from the book helped me to know when I conceived (which is very helpful in determining my due date). Because I'm on a 40 day cycle, the doctor may have put my due date 12 days ahead and wanted to intervene before I was actually due. It feels wonderful to know what is going on with my body and not to worry about what people so often term as "normal". I now know what is normal for me.

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Summary: THE BEST AND EASIET
Review: This book is so wonderful. I bought this book for information on preventing getting pregnant. I already have 2 kids. This book is wonderful. It is so imformative. I have been following this method and nothing else for over a year now. And, I am not pregnant. This book teaches so much about your body, that even if your not interested in the program, you will have learned so much. This is a must have.