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10 Things I Learned About My Menstrual Cycle That Changed Everything

For years, I thought my cycle was random and unpredictable, just something I had to deal with every month. I relied on calendar predictions and period apps, assuming ovulation always happened on day 14. The moment I began paying attention to my body’s real signals, everything started to make sense. Understanding fertility and hormones turned…

Perimenopause and the PeakDay App

Women often wonder when their fertility will begin to change and what symptoms and charting changes they will experience. Many women have very regular cycles and predicable charts that they have relied upon for years, so they become nervous when they start experiencing different cycles and observations during their perimenopause years. In the image below,…

Charting: The First Step Toward Restoring Women’s Health

Every woman’s body tells a story—day by day, cycle by cycle. But too often, those stories are overlooked, silenced by quick fixes, or drowned out by medical systems that treat symptoms instead of asking why. Restorative Reproductive Medicine (RRM) is changing that. By focusing on root causes and restoring the body’s natural design, RRM is…

Start to Chart: Smarter Fertility and Healthier You

Have you ever wished you understood your cycle better? So many women go through life with little more than a vague sense of what their monthly rhythms mean for their health, energy, and fertility. The truth is, your body is giving you valuable information every single day—you just need the tools to understand it. That’s…

Is NFP Healthy For Marriage?

We all know about the health benefits of using NFP in comparison to contraceptives. What’s perhaps more important are the benefits using NFP brings to your marriage relationship. I recently reviewed the scientific literature on the impact of NFP and contraceptives on marriage relationships. The bottom line: NFP is good for your marriage health. Some…

Dads, Daughters and Fertility Awareness

My dad has two sons, so I always had first-hand experience being a father to boys. When my first daughter was born, I wasn’t sure I knew what to do. I was still figuring out women at the time, having only been married 3 years, but I quickly learned that figuring out women would be…

The Lowdown on Caffeine and Fertility

Taken from Fertility Cycles and Nutrition by Marilyn Shannon Caffeine is a good slave but a bad master. When you use it only occasionally or in moderation, it provides a lift that many people enjoy. However, it affects the nervous system, and can cause anxiety and irritability. It can deprive you of a good night’s…

Study Shows Connection of NFP and Odds of Divorce

By Jim Volpe. Originally published in Family Foundations. One of the many important endeavors that CCL has been working on throughout its history has been to establish NFP in the scientific community as a respectable option for family planning. Mike Manhart, Ph.D. and co-author, Richard Fehring, Ph.D, RN, FAAN from Marquette University took a big…

Spring Foods to Fuel Your Cycle

By Amanda Rohwedder. Adapted from the original Family Foundations article. The weather is getting warmer, flowers are starting to bloom, seeds are being planted, and farmer’s markets are opening – spring is here and summer is on the way! What grows seasonally in spring that we can take advantage of to fuel our bodies? Each…

Natural Fertility Tracking is Easy with PeakDay

By Melissa Gorely CCL ‘s trusted CycleProGo app has received a timely upgrade. From a graphic-based, more colorful design to new helpful features, the PeakDay app makes CCL’s scientifically based sympto-thermal method easier to use than ever. PeakDay’s customizable features meet the needs of all users – new students, teachers, and medical professionals – who…