Do you track your cycle? Not just your period, do you track your signs of ovulation so you see a picture of your full cycle?

I can’t tell you how many women I’ve spoken with who have told me they track their cycles only for me to find out they really meant they track their periods. Now, don’t get me wrong, tracking your periods is a good thing to do. But your period is only one small part of your menstrual cycle.

It especially breaks my heart when I work with a woman who has been trying to get pregnant for a long time and I find out that the only tracking she has done is tracking her periods. It’s just not enough information!

Thankfully, it is simple to track your cycle once you know how to do it. All it takes is recognizing your body’s natural signs of fertility and keeping track of those signs. Then you can use that information however you want, including to monitor your health. This is exactly what Sophie and I will teach you to do in our Unlock Your Cycle online course. Get on the waitlist today! www.unlockyourmenstrualcycle.com

Here are the takeaways from the episode:
-Healthy women should ovulate each cycle
-The first day of your cycle is the first day of the bleeding of your period
-The menstrual cycle is made up of 4 phases: menses (period bleeding), follicular, ovulation, and luteal
-Key hormones at play in our cycles include estrogen, LH, and progesterone
-Ovulation is the main event of your cycle
-If you don’t know when you’re ovulating, you’re only getting a very small piece of the picture
-Period-tracking apps often use past cycle’s information to predict current cycles. When you track your cycle yourself, you look at real-time information
-Cervical mucus and temperature are signs that can help you know if you are ovulating or if you did ovulate
-It is normal for our ovulation day to vary from cycle to cycle
-If you do NOT know about your fertility signs and tracking your full cycle, this is very normal
-You CAN learn to track your full cycle

Tag me (@nfppharmacist) and Sophie (@sakrupp) on Instagram and let us know YOUR takeaways!

Want to learn more about tracking your full cycle for health? Sign up for the waitlist for the upcoming Unlock Your Cycle online course: www.unlockyourmenstrualcycle.com

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