How Does Natural Family Planning Work?

What is Natural Family Planning?
Today we understand the human body, especially the reproductive system, much better than we did even 20 years ago. Fertility specialists have taught us how to read the signs of when a woman is likely to conceive, and when it’s almost impossible. Using those signs, we can now show couples how to achieve or avoid pregnancy with up to 99% effectiveness—that’s higher than any method of sim ple contraception, according to the World Health Organization.

Is this the “Rhythm Method”?
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is not the old “Rhythm Method,” which relied on inaccurate and “average” calculations of when “most women” were fertile. Natural Family Planning is highly personalized. Every woman learns how to
understand her own body and its cycles, through one or more simple biological signs. With her husband, the two of them discuss and record their observations, gaining an awareness of and new appreciation for their shared fertility. If a
couple wants to conceive, they make love on fertile days. If they need to wait—well, they wait until the in fertile times. The average woman is fertile from 8-10 days a month. NFP works for women of any age and even irregular cycles.