• | Monitoring a woman’s natural signs of fertility, such as temperature and cervical secretions |
• | Working out when she is more likely to get pregnant |
• | Avoiding having sex at those times |
• | You need specialist training in order to use this method properly |
• | No side-effects |
• | Can help to plan pregnancies as well as avoid them |
• | Does not interfere with the woman’s hormones |
• | You need to be in a close trusting relationship for this to work |
• | Takes 3-6 menstrual cycles to learn effectively |
• | Need to abstain from sex/use a condom at fertile times |
• | Daily records must be kept |
• | Difficult to learn at first |
• | You need to be in a close trusting relationship for this to work |