Contraception

I used it for a few months when I came off the pill last year and then used it to TTC. It's great for helping you really get to know your cycles, and like you say you can still use condoms too - and you'll need to on your 'red days' anyway. You do need to take your temperature first thing when you wake up before you even move which is a bit of a pain especially with a baby but I am like you I won't go on hormonal BC again so I would recommend it.

I didn’t want to go back on birth control after my first because I felt sooooo much better off it so tracked my periods. My husband really wanted to have sex one day and said 'One fertile day won’t hurt' and here we are with baby number 2 😂 Now we just avoid each other 🫣😂 x

I know two people who got pregnant using natural cycles but ofc I have no idea if that was due to not following it 100%. I personally found the merina coil the best for me, no periods and only local hormones so doesn’t make me go crazy like the pill. I absolutely cannot handle the pill (affects my mental health big time) and similar with the implant.