I’ve shared my experience with traditional birth control before. (Hint: it wasn’t great.) So now, let me share a form of birth control that I have been practicing and loving for years, up until the day that my husband and I decided we were ready to start trying to children: Natural Family Planning.

Best part? We got pregnant right away.

Now listen, there are a million and one variables that go into getting pregnant. I am not going to pretend that I wasn’t somewhat lucky getting pregnant the first try, because I was. Nor do I want to diminish the fact that thousands of women struggle with infertility beyond their control.

That being said, allowing your body to ovulate regularly, knowing your ovulatory cycle, and being in tune with your body are HUGE factors for getting pregnant quickly. NFP helped me accomplish all of them.

For more about my experience getting off hormonal birth control and using natural birth control – including the exact method I follow that has a 94-98% success rate when done correctly – to prevent pregnancy and then get pregnant, watch my video below. I hope you find it helpful and informative!