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Natural Family Planning

Natural family planning works by finding out when a woman is most likely to get pregnant during her monthly cycle. Natural family planning may also be called fertility awareness.

A woman can only get pregnant when she releases an egg (ovulates). When an egg is released, the body changes. By looking for these changes and recording them a woman can learn when she is most likely to get pregnant.

It can take several months to learn this method. A person with special training can teach you how to do this.

There a re several ways to determine when you release an egg (ovulate). One is for the woman to check her vaginal mucus everyday with a special thermometer. She can also count days on the Calendar. Natural family planning works best if you use all three methods.

Once a woman knows when she is likely to get pregnant, the couple can decide to not have sex on those days, or use another birth control method for that time.

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