When a woman has very long cycles which may last weeks or even months, the woman knows that she is not fertile, either because of dryness or because of the constant presence of an unchanging vaginal discharge which remains the same day after day after day. This discharge is quite different from the mucus seen when a woman is ovulating normally.
The rule that must be followed is: Observe two consecutive weeks of this unchanging discharge before it can be considered infertile. The couple can then apply the Early Day Rules: Sexual relations are open to the couple only in the evenings of every other day. However, when there is a change in her basic infertile pattern, the couple must AVOID SEXUAL RELATIONS DURING THE DAYS OF CHANGE PLUS THREE FULL DAYS. Such a change can be: A change in sensation; the appearance of mucus; a wet or slippery feeling; a change in the amount of discharge or in its color, consistency or feeling; bleeding or spotting.
SEXUAL RELATIONS MAY BE RESUMED IN THE EVENING OF THE FOURTH DAY AFTER HER BASIC INFERTILE PATTERN HAS RETURNED. THE COUPLE CAN THEN CONTINUE APPLYING THE EARLY DAY RULES.
