Welcome to another episode of The Hormone Heartbeat Podcast!

Today’s episode is all about the Fertility Awareness Method and cervical mucus, topics I am really excited to talk about. And my guest for today's episode is equally passionate about all things cervical mucus and we are going to tell you everything from what cervical mucus is to why it is important for your fertility, reproductive, and hormone health!

Megan McNamara is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and founder of FAMtastic Fertility, LLC. Megan teaches 99.4% effective natural birth control to women globally through her online fertility awareness course, #SecondNatureCycles. She helps women take charge of their health and connect with their cycles so they can master fertility awareness, prevent pregnancy effectively + naturally, and be their own health advocates in getting the care they deserve. She's also the Co-Creator of The Cervical Mucus Project: an innovative resource devoted to breaking the taboo and spreading awareness about cervical mucus for fertility awareness learners and educators alike. Learn more about the project at www.cervicalmucus.org. Megan launched her FAMtastic Fertility Youtube channel to share the core concepts of fertility awareness in an engaging and accessible way to thousands of people around the world. 

In Today’s episode

• Introduction to Megan and what lead her to become a certified Fertility Awareness Educator 
• Myths about the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)
• The Rhythm Method and FAM difference
• How Apps are not FAM
• How FAM works
• Efficacy of FAM for Natural Birth Control
• What is the symptothermal method of the FAM
• What influences the efficacy of FAM for birth control
• Deciding what FAM is best for you
• Defining cervical mucus and hormones
• Difference between cervical mucus and arousal fluid
• Understanding charting notation and why that is helpful
• How to find objectively track your cervical mucus
• Situations where women produce little to no cervical mucus
• Lifestyle modifications to increase cervical mucus production naturally
• When is it normal to not have a lot of cervical mucus
• Cervical mucus and being post-birth control
• How stress influences cervical mucus
• Understanding differencing a continuous mucus pattern
• PCOS mucus patterns
• Cervical mucus and breastfeeding
• Food sensitivity and Inflammation with cervical mucus
• Cervical mucus project

Connect with guest: Megan McNamara

Instagram: @famtasticfertility | Youtube: FAMtastic Fertility 

*****To work with Megan McNamara click HERE****

Connect with host: Dr. Antoinette Falco, ND

Download your copy of Antoinette's Post-pill Guidebook. Website: www.antoinettefalco.com.  Instagram: @drantoinettefalco

Please send all inquiries and suggestions, including topics you'd like to see covered on the podcast to thehormoneheartbeatpodcast@gmail.com, If you'd like to be a guest on the show and you think you'd be a good fit, please reach out!