Reproductive Health

Basal body temperature & natural family planning

The basal body temperature (BBT) method – a.k.a the temperature method – is a type of natural family planning that tracks your body’s temperature to help determine when you are ovulating. In this article, we will cover the crucial link between measuring basal body temperature and finding your fertile window. We’ll also look at what to expect when using the temperature method and how the BBT method can be used to help you plan or prevent pregnancy.

Reproductive Health

11 Ovulation signs — know when you are most fertile

Ovulation — when an ovary releases a mature egg cell — is a core part of the menstrual cycle, but it often goes unnoticed. You may only start wondering about your own ovulation when you start trying for a baby. Knowing when you ovulate is key to understanding your fertility, so how do you know when your ovulation happens? In this article, we’ll go through some of the signs of ovulation, like cervical mucus changes, pains, and body temperature, and dig into how you can predict your ovulation to learn when you are the most fertile.

Birth Control

Pregnancy after IUD removal: What to expect & how long does it take?

With more than 99% effectiveness in preventing pregnancy and low maintenance, the intrauterine device (IUD) is a choice birth control method for many women. But what happens when you’re ready to move on from this device – maybe even start trying for a family? In this post, we’ll explore the return of fertility after using long-term birth control, like the IUD.

Reproductive Health

What is the fertile window?

Contrary to popular belief, you can’t get pregnant every day of your cycle. There is actually a small number of days when it’s possible to conceive. So, what is the fertile window? Read on to find out when you are most likely to conceive, when’s the best time to get pregnant, and how understanding the fertile window can also prevent pregnancy...

Plan Pregnancy

How to Get Pregnant Faster

Are you thinking "I need to get pregnant this month"? Or do you wonder how long it will take to get pregnant when you do start trying? We know that this can be an anxious time for some of us, and playing the waiting game isn’t fun. However, we know a thing or two about female health - we've even published research on how long it takes to get pregnant. So whether you want to get pregnant straight away or sometime in the future, we’re on hand to share knowledge about how to get pregnant faster.

Plan Pregnancy

How Long Does it Take to Get Pregnant?

If you’re having regular sex and not using any form of birth control, you’re likely to get pregnant within a year. However, there are many factors that can affect how long it takes to get pregnant. In this post, we’ll break down a few things that can affect getting pregnant and some options you can keep in mind that can give you a head start (and save you time) while trying to conceive.

Reproductive Health

LH Explained: Luteinizing Hormone Function

Get ready to learn the role luteinizing hormone plays in our reproductive health. Join us on a journey of all things ovulatory as we answer the question ‘what is luteinizing hormone?’ We’ll reveal how measuring luteinizing hormone can help you both plan and prevent pregnancy, as well as the best time to measure LH.

Plan Pregnancy

7 Signs of Early Pregnancy

It can be hard to tell at the start of any pregnancy if anything has changed in our bodies. The fact that many early pregnancy signs are similar to the symptoms of PMS can also make things more complicated. However, in this post, we’re going to take a look at the symptoms of early pregnancy some women do experience. We’ll also unpack how fertility monitoring can make you more aware of the subtle changes happening in your body.

Reproductive Health

What is Ovulation?

Understanding female health is at the core of what we do here at Natural Cycles. So naturally, we know quite a bit about ovulation and its role in fertility. Get ready to learn “what is ovulation?” and more about your body as we take a look at this important phase in the menstrual cycle and where it fits into the larger picture of planning or preventing pregnancy.