{"id":140,"date":"2023-08-16T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/?post_type=birth-control&#038;p=140"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:19:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:19:48","slug":"fertility-awareness-methods","status":"publish","type":"birth-control","link":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/birth-control\/fertility-awareness-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"comp-l6zedh983\" class=\"comp-l6zedh983 SPY_vo\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh983inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh983inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh985\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh985 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<h3 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">What is it?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh991\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh991 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">Fertility awareness methods (AKA \u201cFAMs\u201d, \"natural family planning\u201d and \u201cthe rhythm method.\u201d) are ways to track your ovulation so you can prevent pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh999\" class=\"comp-l6zedh999 SPY_vo\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh999inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh999inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9a1\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh9a1 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<h3 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Does it prevent STIs?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9a5\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh9a5 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">No. While FAMs are an effective way to prevent pregnancy, they don\u2019t prevent sexually transmitted infections (<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goasktara.com\/stis\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">STIs<\/span><\/a>). Using\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goasktara.com\/condom\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">condoms<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goasktara.com\/internal-condom\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">internal condoms<\/span><\/a> and combining them with FAMs helps prevent diseases and pregnancy at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9b5\" class=\"comp-l6zedh9b5 SPY_vo\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh9b5inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh9b5inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9b7\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh9b7 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<h3 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">What types of fertility awareness methods exist?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9c3\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh9c3 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">The most common FAMs are the calendar method, the temperature method, and the cervical mucus method.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9d4\" class=\"comp-l6zedh9d4 SPY_vo\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh9d4inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-l6zedh9d4inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9d6\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh9d6 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<h3 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Is it right for you?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-l6zedh9e3\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-l6zedh9e3 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">Fertility awareness methods are not usually recommended for teenagers because it can be hard to use these methods correctly, so they\u2019re less effective than other types of birth control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Talking with a health provider is a great place to start<\/span>. It can also be helpful to talk with friends or trusted adults in your life. Everyone is different, what works best for one person might not be what works best for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45,"parent":0,"template":"","categories":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birth-control\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birth-control"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/birth-control"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goasktara.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}