Natural & safe: the handbook family planning with Sensiplan : safe and effective family planning with Sensiplan

Natural & Safe: ......Page 5 What is Natural Family Planning? ......Page 12 Understanding your fertility ......Page 13 In the know... ......Page 14 A better understanding of your body signs ......Page 15 The history of natural methods ......Page 16 Sensiplan ......Page 17 Our Bodies ......Page 19 Fertility in men and women ......Page 20 The phase before ovulation - the follicular phase ......Page 24 Infertile days ......Page 27 Fertilization, implantation, and pregnancy ......Page 29 The cycle throughout a woman's life ......Page 30 In the know... ......Page 31 The variable follicular phase ......Page 32 Monophasic cycles ......Page 34 Observing and understanding the body's signs ......Page 37 The cycle chart ......Page 38 Bleeding ......Page 40 Observing cervical mucus ......Page 41 Learn your personal cervical mucus pattern ......Page 44 Entries on the cycle chart ......Page 46 The peak in the cervical mucus symptom ......Page 47 Special case ......Page 49 Basal body temperature ......Page 50 Special features of digital thermometers ......Page 52 In the know... ......Page 54 Daily routine ......Page 57 Changes in the cervix ......Page 59 Self examination ......Page 60 Position - ......Page 62 Other signs in the cycle ......Page 63 The method - Sensiplan® ......Page 67 Rule: ......Page 68 How do you evaluate the temperature? ......Page 69 How do you evaluate the temperature? (cont) ......Page 70 How is the peak cervical mucus day determined? ......Page 72 Start of the infertile time after ovulation ......Page 74 Entries on the cycle chart ......Page 75 The Minus-8 Rule ......Page 76 Entries on the cycle chart ......Page 77 For beginners: The 5-Day Rule ......Page 80 Special rule for those with a menstruation calendar: the Minus-20 Rule ......Page 84 Evaluating the cervix ......Page 85 How effective is Sensiplan if used correctly? ......Page 87 Evaluation errors ......Page 88 Becoming pregnant ......Page 89 Irregular cycles ......Page 90 Body signs and the fertile window ......Page 91 Identifying a pregnancy ......Page 92 Special life circumstances ......Page 95 Sensiplan after hormonal contraception ......Page 96 In the know... ......Page 97 Sensiplan rules after discontinuing hormonal contraceptive methods ......Page 98 Sensiplan after giving birth and during breastfeeding ......Page 100 Cervical Mucus ......Page 102 Entries on the cycle chart ......Page 103 Evaluating the cervical mucus ......Page 104 Evaluating the cervix ......Page 106 LAM - Absence of menstrual bleeding as a result of breastfeeding ......Page 108 Subjective experience ......Page 109 Observing cervical mucus ......Page 111 Method rules during perimenopause ......Page 113 Evaluating the cervix ......Page 114 Entries on the cycle chart ......Page 115 Cervix ......Page 119 Ovaries ......Page 120 Uterus ......Page 121 Refer to the table on page 51 and the examples below to determine how to round (up or down) individual temperatures taken. ......Page 123