Women’s fertility is cyclic. Women are only fertile a few days each month, whereas men (providing the sperm are healthy) any ejaculation can lead to a conception. Because women are only fertile a few days each month, contraception options such as the pill are overkill. There are also many situations and reasons for women choosing not to use the pill, IUD, Depo provera etc.
Natural Fertility Management is the safest and most empowering natural method of avoiding conception. The programme teaches you to understand and cooperate with your fertility cycles, through observing body signs such as basal body temperature and cervical mucus. This is combined with your personal bio-rhythmic lunar cycle. You can then choose to use barrier methods (or abstinence) during the few days a month you are fertile.
Natural Fertility Management can be used by all women whether or not your cycles are regular and at any stage of your fertile life. As you become familiar with your body, the charting of your menstrual cycle becomes easier and shorter as you only need to identify ovulation.
Rates of Effectiveness: Birth Control Methods
Ranges indicate varied results from different surveys
|
Theoretical |
User Rate |
Pill - Combined |
99.5 |
95-99 |
Mini – Pill |
97-99 |
93-99 |
IUD |
94-99 |
93-98 |
Injection (Depo-Provera) |
99 |
99 |
Condom |
97-99 |
80-93 |
Diaphragm/cap (+ spermicide) |
92-98 |
80-97 |
Spermicide - chemical |
85-95 |
70-85 |
Vitamin C (vaginal - water soluble) |
96 |
96 |
Skin implants (Norplant) |
99 |
99 |
Sterilisation (male and female) |
99.5-99.9 |
93-99.9 |
Withdrawal |
90 |
70-85 |
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Natural Methods: |
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Sympto-Thermal Method |
97-99 |
80-98 |
Mucus Method |
97-98.5 |
80-98 |
Temperature Methods |
93-99 |
75-98 |
Rhythm - regular cycles |
98 |
60-85 |
Rhythm - irregular cycles |
55 |
30-55 |
Lunar Cycle with Rhythm |
98.5 |
97.5- |
NFM (combination of S-T methods and Lunar |
98.5 |
98.5 |
Temperature method implies abstinence in pre-ovulatory phase.
Both mucus method and symptom-thermal method have been found to have user success rates as high as 99.8 % in groups that are both well taught and well motivated.
Theoretical success rate means that rate attainable if the method is used correctly 100% of the time, in other words, only accounting for method failures. User success rate means that rate actually recorded from users who can suffer from user intolerance – forget dates, lose their diaphragm, run out of condoms or just have misplaced faith that it won’t happen this time.
The relatively low user rates of success of the barrier methods (condoms and diaphragms) relate to couples who use these methods all the time. Effectiveness of barrier methods used all the time seem to suffer from user intolerance. Barrier methods used once or twice a month by couples employing Natural Fertility Management methods, when the women knows she is fertile, are a very effective method of protection, having higher user motivation.
The Natural Fertility Management kit is highly recommended. This will provide information about charting the menstrual cycle, lunar cycle dates, relaxation tape for synchronization of lunar and healthy regular hormonal cycles.
A consultation for contraception is one hour in length and cost includes a follow up 2-3 months later.
Please contact me for more information.