Natural Family Planning Birth Control Reproductive Health

This refers to avoiding pregnancy without using any "artificial" means such as barrier methods, intrauterine devices, hormones or surgery.Methods considered "natural" include early withdrawal, and/or monitoring of the menstrual cycle to avoid having sexual intercourse on the days of maximum fertility.While less reliable than other methods of contraception, natural family planning is more acceptable to some religious, ethnic or cultural groups.

• Feminist Women's Health Center - Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) for natural birth control.
  
• Natural Family Planning - Brief fact sheet outlines the advantages and limitations of natural family planning, also called periodic abstinence, which requires users to practice abstinence during the fertile period of a woman's menstrual cycle.
  
• Billings Ovulation Method Association - Information about this method and access to instructors who assist couples achieve future conception.
  
• Natural Fertility of New Zealand - Teaches natural fertility awareness for couples trying to conceive or trying to avoid pregnancy.
  
• National Association of the Ovulation Method of Ireland - Helps women learn how to manage their own fertility through monitoring body changes. Includes details of the Billings method of self-examination.
  
• Hormonal Forecaster - Charts fertility to avoid or achieve pregnancy. Also generate personal statistics, and forecast future moods and behaviors.
  
• Web Womb - Fertility indicator and pregnancy tests. Information on the Fertility Awareness Method. Product, contact information and charts.
  
• Billings Centre - Presents the Billings method for planning for future conception, includes a list of instructors in Canada.
  
• Fertility Circle - Fertility Circle we bring you online fertility charting, ovulation calendar and natural family planning. Whether trying to become pregnant or trying to avoid pregnancy, we are here to help you.
  
• Natural Methods - Emory University School of Medicine review of abstinence, fertility awareness, breastfeeding, outercourse, and withdrawal as methods of birth control or child spacing.
  
• Fertility Awareness Center - Non-profit group providing information on the method and steps to learn fertility awareness from a non-religious perspective.
  
• Fertility Wizard - Fertility calculator gives daily estimates based on menstrual cycle.
  
• Twin Cities Natural Family Planning Center - Information on Ovulation Method, human fertility cycles, and other non-chemical approaches to family planning.
  
• Billings Life - Covers the Billings Ovulation Method of natural family planning, research papers and teaching material, identifies teaching locations other countries.
  
• Family of the Americas - Discusses natural family planning through the ovulation method.
  
• The NFP Files - Collection of FAQs, articles, links, resources, and organizations that explain natural family planning as an alternative to contraception, sterilization and abortifacients.
  
• Natural Conception Control - The Dr. Eugen Jonas method. Provides details on how to use observations of natural cycles to accomplish contraception or to select a future baby's gender.
  
• Fondation SymptoTherm - Swiss organization offering support and information on the Sympto-thermal method.
  
  

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