Tools

What tools do I need to properly perform the fertility awareness method?

basal body thermometer

  • reads to (.00)

  • LED screen

  • 30 days of memory

  • analog (glass) or digital

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secure place to chart

  • digital apps

  • handwritten charting journals

  • avoid apps that make predictions or sell your data

Additional Tools

If you so choose, you may employ the use of additional tools to corroborate your fertility window.

LH Test Strips

  • urine tests measuring luteinizing hormone

  • short spike occurs 2-3 days before ovulation

  • fertile window is longer than LH spike, therefore not a primary predictor of fertility but an additional secondary marker

Fertility Monitoring Tech

  • hormone monitors that measure estrogen and luteinizing hormone in urine

  • helpful for beginners but should not be relied upon as a primary FAM tool

Wearable Devices

  • wearable devices that measure your resting body temperature while asleep

  • helpful for those with disrupted sleep schedules

  • may not give user full control over data

These tools may make it easier to understand your fertile window, but they are not required, and make the method more costly and inaccessible to some groups.