Natural Family Planning
Learn your body signs and manage your fertility
In 2022/23, I followed the training with the Natural Family Planning Teachers Association (UK) to become a certified natural family planning teacher. I teach the method to women that want to get to know their menstrual cycles. It allows you to identify your fertile days - a woman is typically fertile five to six days per cycle (men are fertile everyday). By mapping your fertile days, you can use this information and manage your fertility choices: whether you want to conceive, space or limit pregnancy.This method is science-proofed, and when properly applied it has a success rate of 99.6% in limiting or spacing pregnancy (Frank-Herrmann et al., 2007).
"If you are seeking a compassionate and knowledgable teacher in Natural Family Planning, I highly recommend Iliona." Gwen Matos
Iliona's teaching style and expertise in the field of Natural Family Planning are truly excellent. Her ability to simplify intricate information demonstrated a deep understanding of the subject and a genuine desire to help others learn. Her teaching approach made the learning journey both engaging and fun. Thank you, Iliona, for the invaluable guidance and support you provided throughout the training program.
- Gwen Matos 🇬🇧 , international in Portugal
If you simply want to learn your fertility signs or monitor your menstrual health, learning this method is critical and can be useful to your specific case. The menstrual cycle is also a monthly/periodic health checkup from your body: it can show when the body is in or out of balance.
I was first introduced to natural family planning in 2017, got a basal body temperature thermometer and started charting. I felt motivated to teach it to my community and I realized that this meaningful interest of mine accompanies me since my pre-teenage years when I would write and draw my own booklets about puberty, female and male reproductive systems and hormonal physiology. Coincidently, and through the years, women do often reach towards me to search for guidance in their journey to fertility management.
My goal is to support women and couples in their journey toward body, fertility and menstrual awareness: to make conscious fertility choices that are suitable to each women’s/families’ individual cases and as complement to assist achieving optimal health.