A method of preventing pregnancy without the aid of drugs or devices. Women monitor their body's signs to determine when they are and are not fertile.
Contraception without the aid of drugs or devices, based on the rhythm method, basal body temperature, or the cervical mucus (Billings) method.
any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle
Methods for planning or preventing pregnancy by observation of the naturally occurring signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle. To avoid pregnancy, couples using natural family planning methods abstain from intercourse during the fertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle. (WHO definition). Lactational Amenorrhoea Method (LAM) is included as a natural method, even though it does not require abstinence from intercourse. (Natural methods do not include coitus interruptus or the use of drugs, devices or surgical procedures to avoid pregnancy. Couples who combine barrier methods with fertility awareness are generally referred to as mixed method users)
A form of birth control (also known as the rhythm method) in which a woman charts her cervical mucus and daily temperatures with a basal thermometer to determine the time of ovulation and then does not have intercourse on or around the time of ovulation. The effectiveness of this method depends on how regular a woman's cycle is and her ability to avoid intercourse or use a barrier method (such as condom or diaphragm) when she is ovulating. It is not very effective in preventing pregnancies and does not prevent STIs, including HIV.
A birth control method in which a couple does not have intercourse during a certain period of a woman's menstrual cycle. Many physicians believe this method to be unreliable.
birth control by rhythm method.
methods of achieving or avoiding pregnancy based on knowledge of the signs and symptoms of human fertility; requires abstinence from genital contact during the ovulatory (fertile) phase of a woman 's cycle to avoid pregnancy. See Chapter 6.
This refers to forms of birth regulation which, in conformity with Catholic teaching, do not involve use of any artificial means of contraception.
Birth control based on refraining from intercourse during the time of the wife's monthly cycle when pregnancy is possible. Modern natural family planning is far more reliable than the old rhythm or calendar method, and is based on a normal discharge of cervical mucus, and changes in a wife's waking temperature.
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is a set of Catholic-sanctioned methods of family planning, which help women to achieve or avoid pregnancy by identifying times of infertility and potential fertility. In accordance with the teachings of this church, NFP excludes the use of artificial birth control methods and orgasmic acts outside of marital intercourse, promoting abstinence during high fertility times for couples trying to avoid pregnancy.