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What is FAM?

Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) is an empowering approach to understanding and tracking your menstrual cycle, allowing you to identify fertile and infertile phases with precision. By honing in on key biomarkers and understanding your body's natural rhythms, you gain valuable insights into your fertility, whether you're trying to conceive or practicing natural birth control.

What You'll Learn

Biomarkers Mastery: Dive deep into the four primary biomarkers of fertility awareness - cervical fluid, basal body temperature, luteinizing hormone testing, and cervical placement. Learn how to observe, interpret, and chart these indicators accurately to decipher your fertility status.

Anatomy & Physiology: Understand the intricate workings of the female reproductive system. From the ovaries to the uterus, grasp the anatomical structures and physiological processes governing your menstrual cycle.

Hormone Cycle Demystified: Explore the intricate dance of hormones throughout your menstrual cycle. Gain a profound understanding of estrogen, progesterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone, and their roles in orchestrating fertility.

Charting Techniques: Master the art of charting your menstrual cycle effectively. Learn various methods and tools for recording and analyzing your fertility data, empowering you to make informed decisions about your reproductive health.

Why Choose ARC Fertility Course?

Comprehensive Curriculum: Our course leaves no stone unturned, providing you with a holistic understanding of Fertility Awareness Methodology with over 20 hours of content.

Expert Guidance: Learn from experienced educators and fertility experts who are passionate about equipping you with the skills to navigate your fertility journey confidently.

Flexible Learning: Access our course content at your own pace and convenience, allowing you to integrate learning seamlessly into your busy lifestyle.

Lesson 1: Anatomy & Physiology

The introduction to your anatomy & physiology that you should have been taught years ago. Lets take a look at our body, how our endocrine system functions and a close look at our main sex hormones and their vital function in the body.

Lesson 2: Introduction To Hormonal Birth Control

Lets take a deep dive into hormonal birth control, looking to the past will help us figure out our future. We will be taught comprehensively about the pills dark history, how it functions in the body, the different types of birth control and their risks.

Lesson 3: Post Hormonal Birth Control Syndrome

It isn’t a second puberty; its Post Birth Control Syndrome and this is what you can do about it. In this lesson we will learn about what PBCS is, the common symptoms and how you can get on top of this syndrome and alleviate symptoms quickly.

Lesson 4: The Fifth Vital Sign

The fifth vital sign is your menstruation. This class will cover all things menstruation, period. So you understand what a normal healthy cycle is, what it isn’t and how to decode your bodies communication for optimal hormonal health.

Lesson 5: Our Liver

Our liver is a vital aspect of hormone digestion & detoxification.

If your liver isn't working properly, excess estrogen can build up. Factors like insufficient digestive enzymes, an imbalance of harmful gut bacteria (dysbiosis), low magnesium levels, and inadequate fiber intake can all hinder your liver's ability to eliminate this excess estrogen.

Lesson 6: The Gut Microbiome

You’ve heard of ‘the gut’ but how much do you know about its impacts on our endocrine health Together lets learn about our gorgeous gut, how HBC can impact our gut health, what to look out for and how to start making active steps towards healing.

Lesson 7: The Thyroid

A lesser known endocrine organ which has an intricate relationship with our reproductive organs & hormones. The thyroid hormone releases hormones that set the metabolic pace of our entire body. Its effectiveness can be impacted by HBC, lets find out how, what to look out for and how to heal.

Lesson 8: The Adrenals

Adrenal glands, also known as suprarenal glands, are small, triangular-shaped glands located on top of both kidneys. Adrenal glands produce hormones that help regulate your metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, response to stress and other essential functions.

Lesson 9: Our Skin

Our skin is the largest organ in our body, and tells us a lot about our current hormonal health. In this class we cover how our reproductive hormones impact our skin. We cover acne, how hormonal birth control can improve our skins health, and the ways it can negatively impact it too.

• Lesson 10: Metabolism & Cardiovascular System

  Hormonal birth control is known to impact both our metabolism and cardiovascular system. In this lesson we will learn how our body metabolizes energy alongside the fed and fasted states and how hormonal birth control impacts our metabolic systems. We will also learn about hormonal birth control increases the risk of cardiovascular health events such as blood clots & strokes

• Lesson 11: Mental Health

  Countless women have noted that their perception of emotion changes when taking HBC. Estrogen & Progesterone are both involved with neurotransmitter function in the brain and body. In this lesson we will find out exactly how HBC has impacted your mental health and what you can do about it.

  Lesson 12: The Libido

  Since women have started taking hormonal contraceptives, there have been complaints of tanking libido. In this lesson you will learn about how HBC impacts our nervous and endocrine systems and how it can negatively impact libido, and what you can do about it so you can start enjoying the massive capacity your body has for pleasure.

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  Lesson 13: Vaginal Microbiome

  You have heard of the gut microbiome, but did you know your vagina also has its own unique microbiome? Unlike the gut microbiome, the vaginal microbiome is not composed of a diverse range of micro-organisms. It is dominated by one; Lactobacillus. In this lesson you will learn about optimal vaginal microbiome health and what to do when things go array.

• Lesson 14: PCOS

  Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome impacts millions of women worldwide. It impacts your cycles, stops ovulation from taking place and can cause some unwanted symptoms such as baldness, male pattern hair growth, acne and the inability to loose weight effectively. This metabolic syndrome impacts the reproductive system, not the other way around.

Lesson 15: Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a condition in which cells similar to the lining of the uterus, or endometrium, grow outside the uterus.

Hormonal contraceptives don’t actually treat the disease. Instead, they mask symptoms notably, extreme pain and excessive menstrual bleeding, until the woman decides to stop taking HBC. Once they do, their symptoms almost always come roaring back.

Lesson 16: Cancer

Cancer, its the word most women are afraid and alienated by. This lesson will demystify and educate you to prevent its occurrence in your life. In this lesson we will look at the five cancers most common in women, their predispositions and how hormonal birth control impacts the interplay in its manifestations in the body.

• Lesson 17: Cycle Tracking

  Tracking your cycle is one of the most helpful things you can do as a woman. Learning to track your cycle gives you important information about your health, as your biomarkers represent hormonal shifts throughout your hormonal cycle. Tracking your cycle also starts to lay the foundations for learning Fertility Awareness Method although this is not a lesson on how to use FAM to avoid pregnancy.

Lesson 18: Optimize Fertility

Hormonal birth control is often said to have no impact on fertility, with some claims of increased fertility right after stopping it.

However, it can cause inflammation, deplete key nutrients, disrupt brain-to-ovary communication, and even shrink the ovaries by halting ovulation. These effects suggest that hormonal birth control may influence fertility, making it important to focus on restoring hormonal balance after discontinuing use.

Learning how to track your cycle. How to use affordable at-home hormone testing. How to chart your cervical mucus without the confusion. How to confirm ovulation with Basal Body Temperature. Get into your own customized flow and master your fertility using a pen and paper method or completely customizable app.

Tracking your cycle with the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) involves paying attention to different fertility biomarkers (such as basal body temperature and cervical mucus) to track ovulation.

Menstrual cycle awareness and FAM are an incredible pair. Once you start charting fertility awareness it’s almost impossible to not notice the influence of your cycle on your entire being. You can track your fertility biomarkers (such as cervical mucus and basal body temperature) to identify when in the cycle you’re fertile.

Charting in this way means you can more accurately pinpoint ovulation, and sync up your life with your cycle. You can also use this info for natural birth control. If you’re avoiding pregnancy there will be times in the cycle when pregnancy is impossible and you enjoy worry-free unprotected sex. If you’re trying to conceive, you’ll know the optimal time to have sex!

You might have heard of cycle tracking, the practice of paying attention to each day of your cycle and recording what you observe. There are several different levels of cycle tracking, depending on your intentions. But all ways of tracking come with similar benefits: increased connection to your cycle, empowered decision making around your health and a brand new way to communicate and understand your self!

Tracking your cycle is empowering and plugs you into your rhythm. I firmly believe that what we pay attention to, grows. When we pay more attention to our cycle and put energy into noticing the subtleties of our cycle, we can live in more ease and flow. Wanting to start a charting practice but not sure where to begin? This post is for you!

Menstrual Cycle Awareness (MCA) is the practice of paying attention to each day of your cycle and noticing the ways in which the physical, emotional, spiritual and mental aspects of yourself are influenced by the cycle. Practicing MCA can be as straightforward as jotting down the day of your cycle and how you feel.

If you are charting your cycle with fertility awareness, you will already be halfway to menstrual cycle awareness. This is because you’re inherently paying attention to your cycle days by tracking your fertility. I really do think that FAM and MCA are an incredible pair - it’s almost impossible to not notice the effect that the cycle has on your mood, libido, appetite and more - why not use that information to live more in line with your cycle?

Symptohormonal methods include FEMM, Marquette and Boston Cross Check. These methods use a combination of hormone urine tests or a hormone monitor to test LH and sometimes estrogen in conjunction with cervical mucus.

• Symptothermal methods like Sensiplan, Symptopro, Serena, NFPTA or the method from Taking Charge of Your Fertility use cervical mucus and basal body temperature as the primary fertility biomarkers, however some methods include optional cervical position checks.

Guidance that’s tailored to YOU. Charting isn’t one size fits all. I’ll dive into your specific cycle patterns, answer your questions in real-time, and help you troubleshoot any challenges.

Support when cycles aren’t textbook. I’ll help you with your whacky cycles and make sense of what’s happening.

A space to build trust in your body. Reading about the science is one thing, but actually seeing your unique patterns unfold—and learning how to trust them—is another level entirely.