Josie Marie Fertility Doula

05/07/2026

There is a lot of FAM content online right now, and I love that more and more women are interested in Natural Birth Control and ditching synthetic hormones.

It’s important to be discerning about people with an audience getting paid to promote “FAM” by Natural Cycles or some other fertility monitoring device. Even if they genuinely had a good experience.

Personal experience is valuable. But it’s not the same as certification. The research shows Fertility Awareness Method is over 99.4% effective when used correctly, and what you learn it from determines whether you’re using it correctly.

You are making a real decision about your body and your birth control. You deserve to learn it from someone who was trained to teach it, not someone who got lucky.��The fact that you’re here probably means something didn’t sit right about what you’ve been learning. You might see bits and pieces of the method here and there and you still don’t feel fully confident in it, that makes sense. Confidence in this method comes from learning it completely, from someone trained to teach it. My free Intro to Natural Birth Control class does that in 35 minutes.

Comment CLASS and I’ll send it your way. 🩷

05/04/2026

Your basal body temperature is a confirmation sign. It tells you ovulation has already happened. By the time your temperature shifts, the fertile window has already opened and closed.

Temperature alone tells you about the past. It does not give you advance notice. That’s where cervical fluid comes in. It’s the sign that shows up before ovulation and tells you the fertile window is opening. Together, those two signs give you a complete picture. Separately, you’re working with half the information and making assumptions to fill the gap.

A lot of women start with temperature because it feels straightforward and measurable. Honestly, that makes sense. But if you’re leaving out cervical fluid, you’re leaving out the part of the method that tells you what’s coming.

The Complete Natural Birth Control Handbook covers how to use both signs together. It’ll take you from halfway there, still a little confused and not fully confident, to completely in touch with your body, confirming ovulation every cycle and using the method to prevent pregnancy with real confidence.

If you’re feeling a little lost about cervical fluid you need this. Comment HANDBOOK and I’ll send it your way. 🩷

08/17/2023

Birth control is not harmless. It alters the shape of your brain, and even influences how you choose a mate. Studies suggest women on birth control select the wrong mate for them & experience less pleasure, more fertility struggles & even higher rates of divorce. All because you want to enjoy s*x without becoming pregnant. But what if I told you there is a waaaay better option that is synthetic hormone free?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7667464/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7667464/

Background: Hormonal contraceptive drugs are being used by adult and adolescent women all over the world. Convergent evidence from animal research indicates that contraceptive substances can alter both structure and function of the brain, yet such effects ...