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
Crazymaking Anovulatory Cycles
For women who don’t chart, they may have no clue that occasionally they don’t release an egg, assuming that if they are bleeding, they must have periods, right? Wrong. Not all bleeding is created equally. Of course, most of the time, it is due to a true period, but it can also be a symptom of a condition that needs medical attention. And sometimes, it is due to an anovulatory cycle, one in which a drop in hormones causes the uterine lining to shed, but no egg was actually released that cycle. This is one of the reasons that I stress charting your cervical fluid and temperatures. If you observe only your cervical fluid, you could be misled to believe that [...]
Celebrating the first period with ethnic food — the last with a hand-off
When my niece got her first period 10 years ago, I decided that this date was worthy of celebrating every year moving forward. So every single August 28th , I take her to lunch at an ethnic restaurant, figuring that this way, not only do we commemorate that life- changing day, but I share with her a love of cooking and eating . . . especially the new tastes, textures and smells of exotic foods. Five years into our yearly lunch, though, something else occurred that was also worthy of celebrating. I myself went through menopause! And one day, you too may have the joy of passing the baton onto either your daughter or niece. I had that privilege when I was 55 and my niece was [...]
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.
