

Other fertility awareness-based methods are the lactational amenorrhea method, the Standard Days Method, and the old calendar rhythm method. The information from the monitor can be used in conjunction with observations of cervical mucus, basal body temperature, or other biological indicators of fertility. 2 The Marquette Model utilizes the ClearBlue Easy Fertility Monitor, a device used at home which measures hormone levels in urine to estimate the beginning and end of the time of fertility in a woman's menstrual cycle. Another sign correlated in the symptothermal method is changes in the cervix in relation to position and opening during the time of ovulation. In the symptothermal method, the additional sign of a basal body temperature shift or increase can be observed after ovulation occurs.

The Creighton Model Fertilit圜are System (CrMS), the Billings Ovulation Method, the TwoDay Method, 1 the modified mucus method, and the Family of the Americas method, are based on the external observation of a cervical mucus discharge. In this paper, one will be able to see that modern fertility awareness-based methods are effective as a method of family planning and that there are medical applications that offer an excellent alternative in the treatment of various gynecological conditions, including infertility.Īdvances over the course of the last two decades in scientific research and knowledge of reproductive physiology have led to tremendous gains in fertility awareness-based (FAB) methods. To most lay people and medical professionals, fertility awareness-based methods equate to the outdated calendar rhythm method and therefore tend to be regarded as mostly a matter of chance so that they would have no benefit in helping manage gynecological conditions.

An important consideration is a definite lack of knowledge among medical professionals and patients about alternatives to hormonal contraceptives. A particular question arises in regard to women taking hormonal contraceptives for therapeutic reasons if the drug has a contraceptive effect and abortifacient properties. Over the years, medical professionals have prescribed hormonal contraceptives to manage numerous health conditions in addition to family planning purposes. In current medical practice, many women are prescribed hormonal contraceptives as a method of family planning.
