Dr. Emily gets real and gives an overview of your female anatomy. Natural family planning helps you know your body better by paying attention to your body’s natural signs of fertility. Knowing the different parts of your body and their functions can also be very helpful. I want us to empower each other and empower our daughters to use anatomically correct terms to talk about their bodies.

Take-aways:
-Overview of the external female anatomy: vulva, labia, clitoris, vagina
-Overview of the internal female anatomy: vagina, uterus, cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes
-At 16 weeks in-utero, a female fetus contains all the eggs she will ever have!
-A woman will generally release 200 - 400 eggs during her reproductive years
-“At the moment of fertilization, your baby’s genetic make-up is complete, including its sex.” - Cleveland Clinic article on fetal development (article link below)
-There is no clear consensus about the medical definition of exactly when pregnancy begins. Some medical textbooks indicate it is at the time of implantation and others at the time of fertilization.
-“The black-and-white labels of “pro-life” and “pro-choice” pit people against each other, as if they’re on two different teams.” - Planned Parenthood (article link below)
-Every woman deserves to know how her body works and how to work with her body.
-Every woman deserves to make a truly informed decision when it comes to family planning

My next FREE “Know Your Body with Natural Family Planning” workshop is Tues 01/19/21 at 7:30pm central time. Sign up at workshop.nfppharmacist.com/0119. See you then!

Articles mentioned:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7247-fetal-development-stages-of-growth
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6661(199811/12)7:6%3C264::AID-MFM2%3E3.0.CO;2-M
https://www.annfammed.org/content/6/suppl_1/S23.short
https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(11)02223-X/fulltext
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/ask-experts/can-you-explain-what-pro-choice-means-and-pro-life-means-im-supposed-to-do-it-for-a-class-thanks

Related previous podcast episodes:
Episode 2 - your natural fertility signs
Episode 5 - our menstrual cycles are a sign of health
Episode 18 - what is cervical mucus?

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