What are the methods of natural family planning?
The calendar method, a way of mathematically calculating your fertile days based on your longest and shortest menstrual cycles, is no longer recommended as a method of contraception because it is highly unreliable. The most reliable method of natural family planning is the symptothermal method (also called the mucothermal method). It is a combination of two methods: the temperature method and the cervical-mucus method. If you want to use the symptothermal method of birth control, you must observe the appearance of your cervical mucus and record your daily morning temperature. You will use this information to determine the days when you are fertile. You should not have sex during these fertile days if you don’t want to get pregnant. When you use this method, you will find that you should not have sex about 8 to 11 days every month.
