A Message from Toni Weschler
Welcome to TCOYF.com, the official companion site of my book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility. Here you’ll have access to a full-featured charting app, our vibrant TTC community, informative articles, and helpful tips and interesting tangents like the one below from yours truly!
Toni's Tips and Tangents
The Charms of Old-School Charting
I’m obsessed with food, cats, and podcasts. Actually, come to think of it, I’m obsessed with a zillion things. But recently, while walking around my lake listening to a podcast, I was fascinated by a young woman who was convinced that she was starting to have seizures when she read. But her doctors didn’t think that was possible. Sure enough, she found a neurologist who trusted her instinct and tested her hypothesis. So while wired up, she started reading, and bingo, she would have a seizure. Her story got me thinking about how important it is for women to listen to their bodies and follow their gut, even when others may doubt their experience. It’s always exciting when I hear [...]
Two Sides of the Same Menstrual Coin (Part B)
Can a woman get pregnant if she isn’t menstruating? Or another way of asking it is: Can a woman assume she doesn’t need to use birth control because she isn’t having periods? Or can she get pregnant if she is trying to conceive, even if she isn’t having periods? In both cases, the answer is not as intuitive as you’d think. On the surface, any self-respecting educated person might think “Of course she can’t get pregnant if she’s not having periods! What a ridiculous question.” Surprisingly, the answer is that yes, she could theoretically, but certainly not as likely as the average woman. Since a woman releases an egg about 14 days before menstruation, in theory it is possible to [...]
Taking Charge of Your Fertility
Are you unhappy with your current method of birth control? Or are you demoralized by your quest to have a baby? Do you also experience confusing signs and symptoms at various times in your cycle, but are frustrated by a lack of simple explanations?
This invaluable resource will help you find the answer to your questions while giving you amazing insights into your own body.
