Going with the whole "not every cycle is 28 days", I'd mention that cycles past 60 days should be consulted about with a doctor.
What I wouldn't give to go back 10 years and see a doctor then. I seriously compromised my uterine lining all that time by not shedding it regularly.
Yeah, my cousin went 6 months without her period at 17 (after regularly having it for like 5 years) and didn't think about it. It would be good to know hey that might be an issue.
My sister was told me that she once went 11 months. She was so used to irregular cycles that she figured she'd get it eventually. I would have been freaking out.
Since these women are mostly adults, I would definitely educate about temping to track your cycle, for the purposes of getting pregnant OR avoiding.
I'm thinking the school/parents might not be too happy about teaching charting for pregnancy to high school students.
Yeah - obviously this has been covered...but maybe she could just teach something about the fact that you will experience a temperature shift if/when you ovulate. Not necessarily teaching charting, but just that there IS a temp pattern. That's something I didn't know until I found TB.
I'm thinking the school/parents might not be too happy about teaching charting for pregnancy to high school students.
Yeah - obviously this has been covered...but maybe she could just teach something about the fact that you will experience a temperature shift if/when you ovulate. Not necessarily teaching charting, but just that there IS a temp pattern. That's something I didn't know until I found TB.
This. I'm going to teach that there is a temperature shift to show that you ovulated... not that you should do it to get pregnant.
Changes in your cervix during your cycle. Changes to your body during pregnancy. Permanent changes from pregnancy/childbirth.
I'd also be interested in learning about when things are not typical and what interventions are available.
Side note: Why do you know what BC your students are on?
We were reading a book and the following chapter was about TSS and how old school tampons harbored it big time. The conversation ended up rolling into it without me prompting them. All 7 of them are fairly good friends so conversations like this pop up all the time, which is why they asked if I would go over the reproductive system in more detail.
They talk about pregnancy during health class (I asked today), so we won't talk much about that.
About BC, remind them that each one may have different effects on their body. There isn't a one size fits all prescription , what their friends' experience, may not be what they experience. (I didn't see this, so sorry if this was a repeat)
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