Fix Your Period
The Period Party Podcast · EP. 178 · April 6, 2023

Introduction to the Fertility Awareness Method

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Nina Boyce is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator who teaches women how to use to use the fertility awareness method (FAM) for 99.9% effective birth control and conception. Her coaching programs focus on helping clients transition off birth control, support their natural hormones, and optimize fertility. She takes a holistic approach, focusing on nutrition and mineral testing, cycle charting, and lifestyle modifications to help her clients achieve their desired fertility goals. Nina is also the host of the Healing Hormones Podcast, where she interviews leading women in the world of menstrual health.

In this episode, we bust a lot of pervasive myths about women’s fertility and when you can and cannot get pregnant, how you can get started simply with FAM, why we all need to be aware of our fertility whether we want babies or not, and so much more!

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Episode Highlights

Resources Mentioned

Fix Your Period

How Fix Your Period Supports Women on Their Fertility Journey

Whether you're trying to conceive, using fertility awareness, or optimising your cycle health before pregnancy — Fix Your Period gives you the tools and education to understand and support your fertility.

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Cycle Tracking for Fertility

Track cycle length, ovulation signs, cervical mucus patterns, and basal body temperature — the key data points for understanding your fertile window and cycle health.

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Hormone Health Assessment

Take Nicole's free Hormone Health Assessment and get personalised results that reflect your cycle health — an essential first step for anyone trying to conceive or optimise their fertility.

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Fertility & Preconception Protocols

Fix Your Period Premium includes Nicole's step-by-step protocols for fertility and preconception support — covering nutrition, supplementation, cycle regulation, and hormonal optimisation.

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Cycle Literacy Education

Nicole's signature Period Pillars cover fertility awareness, cycle charting, and the hormonal foundations of ovulation — giving you deep literacy in your own cycle.

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Nicole.AI

Fix Your Period Premium includes Nicole.AI — trained on Nicole's complete methodology — giving you personalised answers to your fertility and cycle health questions at any time.

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Personalised Protocol

Fix Your Period Premium unlocks your personalised protocol from your assessment results — giving you a targeted roadmap for supporting your hormonal health on your fertility journey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from this episode — and how Fix Your Period can help.

What is Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)?
Fertility Awareness Method involves tracking fertility signs — primarily basal body temperature, cervical mucus, and cycle length — to identify fertile and infertile phases of the cycle. It can be used both to achieve pregnancy and as a form of non-hormonal birth control when practised correctly.
How does cycle health affect fertility?
Ovulatory cycles with healthy hormonal patterns — adequate estrogen in the follicular phase, a robust LH surge, and sufficient progesterone in the luteal phase — are foundational to fertility. Cycle irregularities, short luteal phases, anovulatory cycles, and poor period blood quality can all signal underlying hormonal imbalances that affect conception.
What can I do to optimise my fertility naturally?
The most impactful steps include regulating blood sugar, supporting gut health and liver detoxification (which affect hormone clearance), managing chronic stress, ensuring adequate nutrient status (particularly folate, iron, magnesium, and omega-3s), and reducing exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
Is Fix Your Period useful for women trying to conceive?
Yes. Fix Your Period's free assessment gives you personalised results based on your current cycle health. Fix Your Period Premium unlocks fertility and preconception protocols, Nicole's Period Pillars education, and Nicole.AI — all designed to support women on their journey to conception.
Can Fix Your Period help if I'm using fertility awareness as birth control?
Yes. Fix Your Period includes cycle tracking tools and — with Premium — Nicole's dedicated Fertility Awareness protocol and Period Pillars education on understanding your cycle signs, whether you're using FAM to achieve or avoid pregnancy.
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