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The Complete Guide to Fertility Awareness book cover

1st Edition

The Complete Guide to Fertility Awareness

By Jane Knight Copyright 2017
446 Pages
by Routledge

446 Pages
by Routledge

446 Pages
by Routledge
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Fertility Awareness is key to understanding sexual and reproductive health at all life stages. It can be used to either plan or avoid pregnancy. Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs) are highly effective when motivated couples are taught by trained practitioners. These methods are in demand for ecological, medical, cultural, religious and moral reasons. The ability to control fertility naturally is... Read more

    Preface

    Acknowledgements

    Abbreviations

    List of figures

    List of tables

    Images and permissions

    1. Overview of fertility awareness

    2. Male fertility

    3. Female fertility

    4. Temperature: first indicator

    5. Cervical secretions: second indicator

    6. Cervix: third indicator

    7. Calendar calculations: fourth indicator

    8. Minor indicators of fertility

    9. Home test kits and monitors

    10. Combining indicators

    11. Simplified methods

    12. Factors affecting the menstrual cycle

    13. FAMs for women of normal fertility

    14. Contraception and returning fertility

    15. FAMs after hormonal contraception

    16. Breastfeeding, LAM and returning fertility

    17. FAMs during the peri-menopause

    18. Planning pregnancy

    19. Conception delays and assisted fertility

    20. Teaching fertility awareness

    Appendix A. Normal fertility chart

    Appendix B. Instructions for use

    Appendix C. Planning pregnancy chart

    Appendix D. Chart summary sheet

    Appendix E. Autonomy checklist

    Appendix F. Body mass index chart

    Appendix G. Drugs which affect the menstrual cycle

    Appendix H. Further reading

    Bibliography

    Index

Biography

Jane Knight is a fertility nurse specialist with over 30 years' experience teaching fertility awareness in both NHS and private practice. She was the UK Principal Investigator for the European multi-centre study on the probability of conception on different days of the menstrual cycle. She trains health professionals in the UK and internationally.

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