Natural family planning (NFP) methods can be effective if taught well and practised by well-motivated couples. Midwives should be able to give couples an understanding of the basic principles of the methods. The observable signs of the fertile cycle are changes in basal body temperature, in the consistency of cervical mucus and in the texture and position of the cervix. Practised properly the ovulation method can have a failure rate of as little as 2.2 pregnancies per 100 woman-years. The ovulation method is a suitable method for mothers who have breastfed to detect the onset of ovulation.
Gomes I et al., 1988International Journal of Fertility
A 12-month evaluation of the Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning programme in Bangladesh is presented. Four hundred and forty-eight women entered the programme, 232 for spacing, 184 for limiti...
Klaus H et al., 1988International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
Fertility awareness is experiential learning about cyclic fertility. This awareness, used as a family planning method, differs from contraception because it does not isolate the procreative capacity o...
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World Health Organization, 1987Fertility and sterility
During the 13-cycle effectiveness phase of a five-center study of the ovulation method of natural family planning, there were substantial differences, particularly between the two developed and the th...