Does it work? It depends...
Fertility awareness, also known as natural family planning, is an unforgiving method. With typical use it fails up to one in four women (NHS).
The good news is that with correct use fertility awareness can be up to 99% effective.
Correct use means you take your waking temperature most days, keep a vague eye on fluid changes and use condoms or other precautions for at least 11 days a cycle.
You also need to interpret your data correctly. There's lots of fertility awareness based methods of contraception out there.
The most effective method is Sensiplan double check according to this BMJ review, which is based on this from Guttmacher.
The NHS recommends Fertility UK, a simplified and easier to use version of Sensiplan.
Check the Fertility UK practitioner list to see if you can get NHS funded support. If not there’s several practitioners, including me, who provide support by Zoom and have a sliding scale.
If that sounds like too much hassle, you could use an app, but read this first.
The good news is that with correct use fertility awareness can be up to 99% effective.
Correct use means you take your waking temperature most days, keep a vague eye on fluid changes and use condoms or other precautions for at least 11 days a cycle.
You also need to interpret your data correctly. There's lots of fertility awareness based methods of contraception out there.
The most effective method is Sensiplan double check according to this BMJ review, which is based on this from Guttmacher.
The NHS recommends Fertility UK, a simplified and easier to use version of Sensiplan.
Check the Fertility UK practitioner list to see if you can get NHS funded support. If not there’s several practitioners, including me, who provide support by Zoom and have a sliding scale.
If that sounds like too much hassle, you could use an app, but read this first.