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Fertility Awareness/Natural Family Planning Directory

Fertility awareness or natural family planning is the preferred choice of many couples that do not want to use birth control to avoid pregnancy or medicine and other assistive reproductive technologies to get pregnant. It requires an awareness of the changes that take place during the menstrual cycle in order to time intercourse to avoid or try for a pregnancy. For fertility awareness to be effective, women should use several methods of determining when they ovulate. Follow the links below to find WebMD's comprehensive coverage about Fertility Awareness and Natural Family Planning, how fertility awareness can assist fertility, methods of determining ovulation, and much more.

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