Contraceptive method: natural family planning
Natural family planning is a method in which you yourself calculate at what time within a month you can have sex without contraception with a low risk of pregnancy. In this you can also help the calendar of ovulation.
Natural Family Planning (ENP) works by plotting the month, determining the days when you are fertile, and when mdash; no. You must learn to identify fertility signals, such as your body temperature and discharge from the cervix (fluid or mucus) to understand when it is safe to have sex. Natural family planning is more effective when more than one signal is monitored.
No book will give you complete information on how to monitor fertility. Only a doctor can do this.
Briefly about the natural planning of the family
- If the instructions are adhered to properly, the method of natural family planning can provide up to 99% efficiency.
- It will be less effective if errors are allowed.
- There are no physical side effects, and you can use it to plan when you become pregnant.
- You should keep a daily record of your fertility signals, such as temperature and fluids coming from the cervix mdash; it takes from three to six menstrual cycles.
- Your factors of fertility can be influenced by factors such as illness, stress and travel.
- If you are planning a PA at a time when you can get pregnant according to the scheme, you need to use a condom, a diaphragm or a cap.
- When using condoms, as well as the method of natural family planning, you can protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Lactational amenorrhea method
During lactation there is no menstruation (a period known as lactational amenorrhea), so breastfeeding can be used as a form of contraception.
The signs of fertility in nursing mothers are not reliable to be used as contraception, but women who fully (or almost completely) provide the baby with breastfeeding can use the lactational amenorrhea method within the first six months after the baby is born before until:
- a woman has complete amenorrhea (lack of menstruation)
- it fully or almost completely provides breastfeeding (this means that the baby is fed only breast milk or a small addition of mixtures)
- child less than 6 months old
With proper and consistent use, only one in 200 women following this method will become pregnant within the first six months. But the method becomes unreliable when:
- other foods or liquids replace breast milk
- the child reaches six months
After childbirth, you can get pregnant again before menstruation resumes. This is because ovulation occurs about two weeks before the onset of menstruation.