fertility awareness
Natural family planning
Fertility awareness is a method of family planning based on tracking biological signs—basal body temperature, cervical mucus, menstrual cycle timing—to identify fertile and infertile days.
Couples use it to achieve or avoid pregnancy without hormonal contraception or devices: We relied on fertility awareness for years.
Also called natural family planning or the rhythm method, though rhythm specifically refers to calendar-based tracking.
- rhythm methodContraception through cycle tracking
- natural family planningContraception via cycle observation
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- cervical mucusVaginal secretion indicating fertility
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
fertile window · safe days · cycle · LH surge · chart · cycle tracking · period tracker · family planning · temperature · egg · calendar method · menstrual cycle · mucus · calendar · reproductive health · window · abstinence · rhythm
- contraceptionbirth control, condom, condoms, IUD, diaphragm
- family planningbirth control, contraception, pregnancy prevention, conception, birth spacing
- sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
- Fertility Awarenessnatural family planning, rhythm method, cycle tracking, ovulation, fertile window
- Menstruationperiod, menstruation, periods, cycle, menstrual
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, ob-gyn
fertility awarenesshormonal birth control
the pill · NuvaRing · copper IUD · barrier methods · condoms
fertility awarenesssterilization
Complete elimination of microbes
tubal ligation · vasectomy · IVF · fertility treatment · assisted reproduction