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Understanding Your Cycle: The Fifth Vital Sign & Fertility Awareness based methods

The menstrual cycle is a vital sign—yes, the fifth vital sign.
It provides valuable insight into a woman’s overall health and wellbeing. By understanding your cycle, you gain the ability to manage your fertility—whether you wish to avoid pregnancy or hope to conceive.

It doesn’t matter whether:

  • you want to become pregnant—or prefer not to,

  • your cycle is regular—or irregular,

  • your periods are painful—or comfortable,

  • you have recently given birth,

  • or you are considering stopping hormonal contraception—

I can guide you in learning how to chart your cycles and use that knowledge to support your reproductive health, achieve your fertility goals, and improve your overall wellbeing.

Did you know?

Charting your cycles in a few words...

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Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FABMs), sometimes known as natural family planning, are approaches that help you track the body’s natural signs of fertility throughout the menstrual cycle—such as basal body temperature, cervical mucus, and cycle patterns. By identifying your fertile window, you and your partner can choose to have sex during that time if you wish to conceive, or avoid pregnancy by abstaining on fertile days or using a barrier method (such as condoms).

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Beyond fertility, charting can also offer valuable insight into your overall health. Your cycle charts can help highlight patterns linked to factors such as sleep, stress, physical activity, and nutrition. With this information, you may be able to adjust certain habits, support hormone balance, ease symptoms such as PMS, painful periods, or irregular cycles, and improve your general wellbeing. Charting can also indicate when further medical assessment may be helpful.

Personalised support tailored to your needs

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Alere Mensis Vitae

A personalised 3–6 month programme with 6 to 8 sessions, created to help you reconnect with your cycle, understand your body’s signals, and support your overall health.

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Each session offers gentle guidance, practical learning, and encouragement tailored to you. By the end of the programme, you will feel confident and autonomous in charting and managing your cycle with clarity and ease. A caring and comprehensive accompaniment that offers depth, continuity, and meaningful value.

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Support session

Book a 60-minute, no-obligation individual session. We will explore your symptoms, questions, and challenges together, and you will receive personalised guidance tailored to your needs.

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This option is ideal if you already have some experience with FABMs, or if you prefer not to commit to a full programme. You are always welcome to book additional sessions if you feel you need more support.

To ensure you receive thorough and meaningful guidance, I will ask you to complete an intake form beforehand.

Your investment

A lasting investment—because the skills you gain will support you for life.

  • 6 to 8 individual private sessions of 60 to 90 minutes (at your home or via Zoom)

  • Support for 3 complete menstrual cycles (or 4 months)

  • Thorough client intake and menstrual cycle history

  • Personalised menstrual health assessment

  • Individualised care plan

  • Handouts provided with explanations during sessions.

  • Digital downloads after each session (if via Zoom)

  • Support during working days via Whatsapp or Signal for any questions, by written messages, voice messages, photos, etc.

  • Action plan at the end of each session to deepen your knowledge and/or optimize your health.

  • Preferential rate for any additional post-program session

To begin observing and charting your cycle, you will need two essential tools: a basal thermometer and a chart to record your observations regularly and consistently.

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You can choose the chart format that best suits your preferences and lifestyle:

  • Paper charts – ideal if you enjoy a tangible and handwritten record

  • The Read Your Body app – a secure, intuitive, and practical digital option

 

A basal thermometer can be provided upon request.

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With these simple tools, you will be able to chart accurately, gain a clearer understanding of your cycle, and develop greater confidence in your reproductive health.

What You Will Need

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