FAQs

SymptoPro is a science-based fertility awareness method (FAM) that empowers women to track their cycles naturally and confidently. By monitoring key signs like cervical fluid, basal body temperature, and cycle patterns, SymptoPro helps individuals identify their fertile window with precision. Whether you're looking to avoid pregnancy, achieve pregnancy, or simply understand your body better, SymptoPro provides evidence-based tools and guidance. With the support of certified instructors, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to take charge of your reproductive health.

Regular cycles are not required! SymptoPro is not the rhythm method and can be used effectively for women who have PCOS, endometriosis, and pre-menopause, as well as women who are breastfeeding or have irregular cycles. 

Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABMs) have been shown to be highly effective with method effectiveness figures ranging from 97-99.9%. With the Sympto-Thermal method use effectiveness, reflecting the actual experience in day-to-day life, is 90-99 percent effective. These numbers are baed on individuals who participated in a structured learning program with individualized follow-up, that they chart consistently and correctly, and that they follow all rules. 

The simple answer...yes and no. If you're currently on the pill, patch, shot, or IUD and interested in learning more about your cycle, sick of the side effects of birth control and looking for a more natural method, NFP/FAM might just be what you are looking for.

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The thing about charting while on birth control is that it doesn't give you the full picture of your body's health and cycle. The most important piece of FAMs is tracking ovulation, and most forms of birth control work to suppress ovulation. So even if you are charting everything perfectly while on birth control you can't be sure that the info you are gathering is really telling you anything of use. 

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If you are looking to see if you are able to commit to checking for signs of fertility every day, like taking your temp, checking for cervical mucus, etc. then charting while on the pill might be useful for you for a short period of time. Although, you will likely be more committed to remembering when you are no longer on birth control.

Truthfully, if you are serious about learning to chart and learning more about your cycles, it only makes sense to ditch birth control altogether. It does require time to learn your and also a short period of abstinence while you figure out this new lifestyle but it is all absolutely worth it in the end! If you're already committed to the idea of learning how to chart, let's work together so you feel confident to reach whatever fertility awareness goals you have!

Yes! One of the awesome benefits of fertility awareness is the same information couples use to avoid a pregnancy, can help them know the best time to achieve a pregnancy. It also provides for very early identification of pregnancy and the information to set a correct due date. Also, the information gained from charting your fertility helps identify fertility problems and the best times for fertility tests.

​No! When learning to chart the observations themselves can be learned fairly quickly. In one World Health Organization (WHO) study, 97 percent of women were able to identify the cervical mucus changes in the first cycle. Most people are familiar with taking a temperature reading and find it takes just a little effort to establish a habit of taking it upon waking. It takes no more than 2-5 minutes each day to observe your signs and chart them. However, each woman’s situation and cycling pattern is unique, so personal attention is a very important component of learning SymptoPro with a trained instructor.  

This course is for you if you are.. 

• Frustrated that as a female you were never taught the ins and outs of your body and your cycles.

• Looking for an alternative to hormonal birth control but still wanting to avoid pregnancy.

• Worried about getting pregnant and feeling overwhelmed.

• Trying to get pregnant and wanting to optimize the best days to achieve a pregnancy. 

• Ready or thinking about starting FAM but hesitant to actually trust it for birth control.

• Already charting your cycles and curious to learn more about what your metrics mean.

• Hearing from your doctor that everything looks "normal" but deep down something doesn't feel right in your body

After the course you will:

• Feel confident in trusting the fertility awareness method for contraception.

• Be able to chart your primary fertility signs, basal body temperature and cervical fluid, as well as optional additional fertility signs, to find out when you ovulate each month.

• Live in harmony with the ebb and flow of your body and mood through the phases of your cycle.

• Embrace a new level of communication between you and your partner.

• Tap into and live from your innate and wild feminine wisdom.

FAM is NOT Calendar Rhythm, which was a guesstimate. Methods, like SymptoPro, are based on personal daily observations so any variation (earlier signs of fertility or delay in fertility) may be taken into account. It can be used after childbirth and discontinuing hormonal contraceptives and during premenopause. 

Yes! The return of fertility after birth depends upon whether or not a woman is breastfeeding and how she is breastfeeding. It also varies for each individual woman—there is a wide range of when fertility returns. The best thing to do is to consult with an instructor for specific recommendations for your cycling pattern based upon your charting and specific circumstances surrounding your breastfeeding habits.

There are a number of devices and hormonal tests that are marketed with FDA approval for identifying the fertile time of the cycle. To date, none of them have been FDA approved to help avoid pregnancy. Right now, learning a method with an instructor is the most effective way to practice a Fertility Awareness Based Method. Some women find the devices and tests reinforce what they have learned in classes.