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	Natural Family Planning (NFP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Methods of contraception that rely on awareness of a woman’s fertility pattern have none of the adverse side effects of artificial methods of contraception, but effectiveness is highly variable, with estimates generally ranging from 76% to 98%.
		The cervical mucus method relies on a woman observing the normal changes in the consistency of her vaginal/cervical mucus that occur during her cycle.
		This method is recommended for women who cannot take or dislike hormonal contraception, who have religious conflicts with artificial birth control, who desire to plan a pregnancy, or who desire a more natural method and are in touch with their bodies’ patterns.
	www.csun.edu /~shcenter/factcards/Natural_Family_Planning.htm (315 words)

	Natural Methods of Contraception
		This method mainly depends on the exact time of withdrawal before ejaculation which may be difficult to achieve by may of the couples.
		This method is based upon observation of Ogino, in 1930 in Japan and Knaus, in 1933 in Austria.
		This method depends on the observation of changes in the consistency and the volume of cervical mucus in relation to the ovulation.
	www.manbir-online.com /topics/contra-natural.htm (540 words)

	Fertility Awareness - SJMMC, Ann Arbor, Michigan MI
		For fertility awareness to be an effective method of contraception, you must abstain from sex or use a barrier method of contraception (such as a diaphragm or condom) for 8 to 16 days of every menstrual cycle.
		This approach combines several methods of monitoring your body's changes during your menstrual cycle, such as measuring your basal body temperature, observing the changes in your cervical mucus, hormone monitoring, and watching for signs of ovulation (such as breast tenderness, abdominal pain, and mood changes).
		This approach combines several methods of monitoring your body's changes during the menstrual cycle, such as measuring your basal body temperature, observing the changes in your cervical mucus, hormone monitoring, and watching for signs of ovulation.
	www.sjmercyhealth.org /13656.cfm (3020 words)

	RemedyFind: patient ratings of Fertility Awareness: Billings Ovulation Method (Cervical Mucus Monitoring) for Birth ...
		The Billings Ovulation Method (Cervical Mucus Monitoring) requires the woman to learn how to recognize the presence of fertile mucus, which is produced by the cervix (neck of the womb) in the days leading up to ovulation.
		At the end ofeach cycle, the cervical mucus monitoring chart and LH kits were collected from the subjects and analyzed.
		Potential fertility is detected by secretion of mucus from the uterine cervix, which produces a sensation of wetness and slipperiness at the vulva, and usually visible mucus.
	www.remedyfind.com /treatments/77/1646 (836 words)

	Pregnancy Information: CM (Cervical Mucus) Method
		This method involves looking at the discharge or cervical mucus during your monthly cycle.
		The CM (Cervical Mucus) will appear clear, slippery, and be very stretchable.
		The CM method does not work for all women.
	www.geocities.com /Wellesley/1483/cm.html (617 words)

	ContraceptINFO :: Ovulation Mucus Method
		The ovulation method, or mucus method, requires that a woman be aware of what is taking place in her body.
		A woman's body produces a special type of cervical mucus when she is fertile which acts as a conduit for sperm to travel into the uterus.
		This method is not a good choice for women who feel uncomfortable touching their bodies or who have reproductive tract infections that can obscure the signs of fertility.
	www.contracept.info /ovulation.php (366 words)

	Patient Education Reports - UMMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In general this method has a high failure rate (6% to 15%) even under ideal circumstances and is generally used only in combination with other methods.
		A much more reliable cervical mucus method (also called the ovulation method) requires a woman to take a sample (by hand) of her cervical mucus every day for a least a month and to record its quantity, appearance, feel, and to note other physical signs connected with the reproductive system.
		Cycle-based methods are not recommended for women unless they are in a stable, monogamous relationship, and can count on their partner's willing participation.
	www.umm.edu /patiented/doc91naturalfamily.html (1169 words)

	American Pregnancy Association : Getting Pregnant: Fertility Awareness
		The calendar, basal body temperature, and cervical mucus methods are combined to give you the awareness of when your body is most fertile.
		Because the increase happens after you have ovulated, this method is best used by those who have time to track and study their charts for a couple of months to ensure the best chance of conception.
		Cervical mucus method: The consistency of your cervical mucus changes during the menstrual cycle.
	www.americanpregnancy.org /gettingpregnant/fertilityawareness.html (1168 words)

	Birth Control Behavioral Methods
		Rhythm method: Couples who practice the rhythm method, also called the calendar method, decide when to abstain from intercourse based on calendar calculations of the past 6 menstrual cycles.
		This method is not as reliable as the symptothermal method of NFP or FAM.
		Cervical mucus method: Also called the ovulation method, the cervical mucus method involves monitoring cervical mucus only, without also recording basal body temperature or menstrual history.
	www.emedicinehealth.com /birth_control_behavioral_methods/page6_em.htm (272 words)

	Health - Women's Health - Pregnancy - Ovulation Methods
		In this method ovulation is predicted by observing and recording daily changes in the amount, consistency and colour of the cervical mucus.
		The mucus sample is obtained from inside the vagina using either your fingers or a tissue.
		After ovulation, mucus decreases in quantity and becomes cloudier and stickier again and may be absent altogether for a few late dry days, until your next period starts.
	www.webindia123.com /health/women/pregnancy/method/muc.htm (229 words)

	Marriage Preparation, NFP
		The natural methods are based on the observation of naturally occurring signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phase of the menstrual cycle.
		As already discussed, the cervical mucus becomes clear and stretchy under the influence of the rising oestrogen levels in the pre-ovulatory phase and the basal body temperature rises under the influence of progesterone.
		A method is by definition contraceptive when it interferes with fertilisation or with the implantation of a fertilised egg cell in the uterus, which is referred to as nidation.
	vi06n140.members.eunet.at /ugcc/nfp.html (5202 words)

	Birth control guide - MayoClinic.com
		The cervical mucus or ovulation method refers to the observation of mucus patterns during the course of your menstrual cycle.
		The major downside of using the cervical mucus method is the requirement for prolonged abstinence.
		This method is less reliable for women who produce little mucus or if the natural mucus pattern is altered by external factors, such as douches or feminine hygiene products.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/birth-control/BI99999/PAGE=BI00029 (335 words)

	MoonDragon's Contraception Information: Mucus Observation by Sister Zeus
		The earliest way to detect the status of your mucus is by observing your cervix with a speculum or by reaching inside with two fingers and scooping some of the mucus off the face of the cervix and examining it.
		The use of antihistamines dries up the cervical mucus, which could be confusing for a woman who is using the mucus method as her warning for approaching ovulation.
		Fertile mucus may be present during the time of menstruation and be masked by the menstrual blood, so that she does in fact become pregnant from having unprotected sex during her period.
	www.moondragon.org /obgyn/contraception/mucob.html (693 words)

	Health Information - Contraception - Fertility Awareness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This method requires that the woman keep a careful record of her period for six months (and she cannot be using hormones during that time).
		A woman's cervical mucus (which she can feel at the opening of her vagina) changes throughout the menstrual cycle.
		The woman must learn to be very aware of her cervical mucus, and changes that occur.
	www.uottawa.ca /health/information/contraception-natural.html (657 words)

	Prevent Pregnancy: Natural Birth Control Methods
		This family planning technique is based on the idea that a lack of cervical mucus indicates that an egg has not yet been released by the ovaries.
		By itself, this method is not as reliable as other methods of birth control and has an average failure rate of 20% per year.
		However, using the cervical mucus method along with another form of fertility awareness, like the symptom-thermal method, can offer you more insight as to when you are most fertile.
	www.epigee.org /guide/cervicalmucus.html (509 words)

	Natural Family Planning: Cervical Mucus Method
		Mucus will be cloudy, sticky and white to yellowish in color.
		From the beginning of the change in your mucus pattern until it disappears or changes (four days after the greatest volume) are the days you must not have intercourse.
		Once you are familiar with the mucus changes, you then only need to watch for changes until you are sure that you have ovulated.
	www.mjbovo.com /Contracept/Instruct-NatCerv.htm (308 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		For example, the cervical mucus method can be 98 percent effective when used in conjunction with the temperature method.
		Cervical mucus: This involves checking the amount and texture of your cervical mucus, a vaginal discharge that reflects estrogen levels at various points in the menstrual cycle.
		Calendar Method: If your menstrual cycle is very regular, you could try the "calendar" method, which involves avoiding sex during the week that you believe you're ovulating.
	www.drweil.com /u/QA/QA364519Print (439 words)

	PocketGuide: Client Instructions - Natural Family Planning
		In some areas, colored stamps or inks are used; in others, it is more convenient to develop symbols that are written by hand; while in still others, both methods are combined resulting in handwritten symbols that are recorded with colored pens.
		Whenever mucus is seen, even if the mucus is of a sticky, pasty type, the wet fertile mucus may be present in the cervix and the fertile days have started.
		This is the Early Mucus Rule, the same rule used with the Cervical Mucus Method.
	www.reproline.jhu.edu /english/6read/6multi/pg/ci12.htm (1121 words)

	Cervical Mucus Method :: Fertility Awareness Method (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Before relying on this method, it is a good idea to take a class at a local family planning clinic that can teach you how to use this method accurately.
		It is also a good idea to abstain from unprotected intercourse, or other things that may alter your cervical secretions, for the first month that you use this method so that you can accurately chart changes in your secretions.
		Around the time of ovulation, the cervical mucous tends to be clearer and more slippery than at other times of the month.
	www.sextoys-adult.net /mucus_method.html (498 words)

	NFP during perimenopause (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		We've used nfp (cervical mucus method) for a number of years and I've been very regular and had very definite feritle periods with which to work.
		It is not clear from your letter which cervical mucus method you are using, so I will address some basics to help you understand what’s going on and what you might expect.
		Since you have been using your method to avoid pregnancy, it has probably been a good idea to avoid pre-Peak intercourse, in light of the very real possibility of early ovulation (presence of mucus during your menstrual cycle, with the mucus continuing and ovulation occurring earlier in that cycle).
	www.canfp.org /artman/publish/printer_123.shtml (518 words)

	Choosing a Birth Control Method.
		A Fertility awareness-Based (FAB) method (sometimes referred to as natural family planning) is a way for a woman to find out what days during her menstrual (monthly) cycle she either is or is not likely to get pregnant.
		FAB methods do not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases-also called STDs for short-which are diseases, infections, or illnesses that can spread from one person to another through sexual contact.
		The Billings Ovulation Method (Cervical Mucus Testing): With the Billings Ovulation Method, a woman observes the changes in her cervical mucus (the wetness in her vagina) to tell her when she may be fertile.
	www.arhp.org /crc/fertility-awareness.html (1160 words)

	Contraception Alternatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There are methods in which a barrier (mechanical or chemical) is placed in the vagina to prevent the sperm from entering the uterus.
		The natural contraception alternatives include the temperature method, the calendar method, the cervical mucus method (ovulation method) and the symptothermal method.
		The basic idea of the natural methods is to determine the fertile and infertile days of the menstrual cycle by self-observation.
	www.by-choice-not-chance.com /contraception-alternatives.html (222 words)

	Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. - Ways To Chart Your Fertility Pattern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The cervical mucus method is based on another change that occurs during the menstrual cycle.
		The symptothermal method allows a woman to be more accurate in predicting her safe days than if she uses any one of the methods alone.
		In the post-ovulation method, couples abstain from vaginal intercourse or use withdrawal or a barrier method from the beginning of the woman's period until the morning of the fourth day after her predicted ovulation.
	www.plannedparenthood.org /pp2/portal/files/portal/medicalinfo/birthcontrol/pub-fertility-chart.xml (4452 words)

	How to Get Pregnant
		This method also works best if your cycles are approximately the same length every "month." Every box has different instructions on when to take the tests, and how long to let them set.
		At ovulation, when the corpus luteum (follicle the egg was in) secretes progesterone, the cervical mucus dries up in response to the progesterone.
		On the day of or the day after your fertile mucus is most abundant, you may or may not (most likely not) observe that your temperature is at an all time low.
	conceivenow.netfirms.com /misc/getpg.htm (1608 words)

	Family Planning
		Natural Family Planning (also referred to as “the rhythm method” or “periodic abstinence” or “fertility planning” or the “Fertility Awareness Method”) requires a woman to chart her menstrual cycle to determine when is fertile (when she could get pregnant) and avoid unprotected vaginal intercourse on those days.
		A woman who uses the cervical mucus method to chart ovulation will have to regularly check her vaginal discharge for signs that ovulation is about to occur.
		The temperature method: In most women, ovulation is accompanied by an increase in body temperature of 0.4 — 0.8°F. Because this is such a small increase, normal thermometers are not sensitive enough to detect it.
	www.fpaneo.org /story.asp?Id=45 (825 words)

	The Well-Timed Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Some examples of indirect FI are cervical mucus or position, basal body temperature, etc. Direct FIs are ultrasound visualization of ovulation, and blood or urine levels of sex hormones.
		The Ovulation method attempts to identify the start of the fertile period, by observing and tracking the changes in the quality and quantity of the cervical secretions.
		This method attempts to identify the fertile period by observing and tracking the changes in the consistency and position of the cervix.
	thewelltimedperiod.blogspot.com /2004/07/natural-family-planning-iii-picking-up.html (1371 words)

	Preconception: The Pampered Pregnancy - Getting Pregnant
		Natural family planning methods are based on your knowledge of your menstrual cycle to predict your fertile days.
		Cervical mucus helps with the transportation of sperm and changes to help sperm live and travel in the uterus.
		This method is most effective for women who have regular menstrual cycles.
	www.advocatehealth.com /gshp/services/ob/preconception/pregnant.html (457 words)

	Glossary
		Natural methods of contraception based on determination of the fertile and infertile days in a menstrual cycle and abstinence from sexual intercourse on fertile days.
		The fertile days can be determined by regular measurement of the basal body temperature, by observation of the cervical mucus (Billings method, cervical mucus method), by charting the menstrual cycle (calendar method) or by the symptothermal method (combination of temperature measurement and observation of cervical mucus).
		A natural part of aging and occurs most commonly between the ages of 45 and 55 years but it may occur earlier or later without there being any abnormality.
	www.diane35.com /scripts/Glossary/content_11.php (100 words)

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