NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
How it Works
| • | 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 |
Advantages
| • | 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 |
Disadvantages
| • | 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 |
