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
File this under “YUCK”
When I was growing up during the Flower-Child 60s, let’s just say that sanitary pads were a tad different than they are today. For starters, they had long thin gauze tails on each end that we ever-so- delicately threaded through a sanitary belt! Yup, a sexy little elastic number that we wore around our waists and hoped to God no one noticed when we raised our arms to reach something on the top shelf, or bent over to grab something we dropped on the floor. But the worst of it wasn’t even the tackiness of the elastic belt itself. No, no, the nastiest part was the sheer indignity of it all when the bloody pad would inevitably creep up either our backsides or stomach. Let’s be real, there’s nothing [...]
Potential Fertility Red Flags to Watch For
If you plan to get pregnant some day and experience any of the signs listed below, you should consider consulting with your gynecologist to rule out any possible conditions that may require treatment: • Anovulation It’s normal for women to occasionally not ovulate in any given cycle, with causes ranging from illness and stress to coming off the pill or breastfeeding. But if you rarely ovulate, you should definitely determine the cause. • Intense menstrual cramps It’s normal for women to have mild to moderate menstrual cramps, but if you find that it’s unbearable or impacts your life on those days, you will want to rule out something more serious, such as endometriosis, fibroids, or a condition called adenomyosis, in which parts of the uterine lining penetrate [...]
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.
