I popped Plan B like it was CANDY in high school (not recommended)

I was so terrified of an unexpected pregnancy that I was willing to totally screw up my hormones with each pop of that pill.
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Now, don’t get me wrong – I am so thankful that Plan B exists and we all deserve access to it, but I know with each of the circumstances that I took it in, I wouldn’t have had to if I had actually understood my cycle.
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Most of us didn’t get the best sex ed classes (if you even got one at all), and they certainly didn’t cover your fertility, so let me break this down for you right now 👇👇
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🥚 Ovulation is what happens when an egg “drops” or bursts from its sack and is now ready to be fertilized with sperm to potentially make a baby. The ovulation window is actually not very long, although we give it about 24 hours.
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💧 The fertile window is the window of time in which a woman can fall pregnant. That typically lasts 5-7 days. Why? Because sperm can live inside of the vagina for ~5 days.
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So if you are doin the deed and your partner finishes inside of you on Monday, that sperm may get you pregnant if you ovulate on Saturday.
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⭐️ If you’re trying to get pregnant, this can work in your favor to get down the days leading up to ovulation, but if you’re trying to avoid it is helpful to know for sure where you’re at in your cycle so that you can choose to abstain or use a barrier method and/ or pullout.
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After ovulation and up until menstruation (and for some womxn even a few days into menstruation), we cannot get pregnant! So after you can confirm that ovulation has occurred and you’ve given it the proper time, you can essentially do all of the kinky things you want to each other’s fun parts without a care in the world!
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The goal of the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) is to use the body’s biological signs to make getting pregnant or avoiding pregnancy easy af. You just have to know how to read those signs and make them work in your favor.

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