How effective is natural family planning?

Scientific studies report 99% accuracy for the Sympto-Thermal Method. This means only one unplanned pregnancy in a hundred years of use. This is a record every bit as good as the pill, but without the pill's health hazards.

How many people use natural family planning?

Natural family planning is used in the United States by more than one million couples.

How much abstinence is involved?

In a classic 28 day cycle with a normal phase three length, the longest length of abstinence using the Sympto-Thermal Method would be about 10 days for phase two.

How does natural family planning compare with other methods of fertility control?

A table comparing natural family planning with the pill on seventeen important points can be found here.

Can natural family planning help me to have a baby?

Yes. A woman is fertile for only a few days of her cycle. If she wants to have a baby and she misses these fertile days she won't get pregnant. The problem with the pill and other nonnatural methods is that the fertile times are never identified.

But when a woman practices natural family planning she knows about her fertile times. With this know-how she and her husband can time their love-making to match the likely moment of the egg's release. Since timed love-making raises the odds of becoming pregnant, it's an approach that works for many women.

 

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