Natural family planning
Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning involves tracking changes in your body and predicting when you’re most likely to get pregnant so you can avoid unprotected sex at those times.
It takes some training before you can use it effectively, and is not recommended if you have an irregular menstrual cycle.
How to start natural family planning
To start, you’ll need to be taught the method by a specialist and you’ll need to track a minimum of 3 menstrual cycles before you can predict your fertile days.
About natural family planning
Hormones
It does not use hormones.
Frequency
You need to observe and record the changes in your body each day at the same time.
Effectiveness
Can be 99%, but depends on the training you’ve had and how closely the process is followed.
STI protection
No STI protection.
Periods
This method will not change your periods.
More information
Discover what you need to track for this method and more about how it works.
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