After taking the pill for a decade, Elodie Monnier Legrand decided to try "natural" birth control, an increasingly popular trend that requires tracking fertility to avoid becoming pregnant.
"I wanted my body to return to its natural state," the French 30-year-old business owner told AFP.
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