Cervical mucus is the cardinal sign of female fertility. As a GP and
Billings Method NFP teacher I instruct many women seeking to reliably
learn their own fertile pattern. Charting the mucus symptom allows women
to achieve or to avoid pregnancy and to monitor their reproductive health.
LH kits, temperature readings, estrogen meters are all ancillary methods
which can be used in the small numbers of difficult clients.
I find the ignorance in this article distressing. NFP is treated as
synonymous with calendar methods. If these clinical guidelines had been
written in the late 40s they would have been reasonable. They should never
have been accepted for publication today. Can I advise any doctor wishing
to assist their patients with contemporary knowledge to contact their
nearest Billings Ovulation Method Centre
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cervical mucus
Cervical mucus is the cardinal sign of female fertility. As a GP and
Billings Method NFP teacher I instruct many women seeking to reliably
learn their own fertile pattern. Charting the mucus symptom allows women
to achieve or to avoid pregnancy and to monitor their reproductive health.
LH kits, temperature readings, estrogen meters are all ancillary methods
which can be used in the small numbers of difficult clients.
I find the ignorance in this article distressing. NFP is treated as
synonymous with calendar methods. If these clinical guidelines had been
written in the late 40s they would have been reasonable. They should never
have been accepted for publication today. Can I advise any doctor wishing
to assist their patients with contemporary knowledge to contact their
nearest Billings Ovulation Method Centre
Yours faithfully
Dr Veronica O'Connell
Competing interests: No competing interests