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Birth
control is a very personal choice between couples but in the Catholic church and some protestant denominations, use of artificial contraception is forbidden by church law. If you're a Catholic Christian or concerned
about the safety of taking the pill, oral contraceptives or using artificial
birth control, why not consider NFP or Natural Family Planning?
Natural Family Planning International, a ministry of the Catholic Church,
teaches couples to chart monthly menstrual cycles, using the symptom-thermal or
calendar method of birth control. Fertility awareness helps couples with
natural family planning without artificial birth control. It helps them achieve
pregnancy by understanding a woman's monthly cycle. Here are free printable ovulation charts, also called fertility charts.
Ovulation
is the time of the month when the egg is released from the ovary and begins its
way down the Fallopian tube to the uterus. The uterus prepares for possible
pregnancy each month and the BBT or basal body temperature rises slightly
around fertile times of the month. The uterus also builds up mucus which
appears in the cervix and around a woman's genital area. The consistency and
type of mucus indicates more and less fertile times. Couples plot information
about CM (cervical mucus) and BBT on fertility charts to know when ovulation is
occurring.
Using the
information on fertility charts, couples plan to when to engage in intercourse
to get pregnant. Charting cervical mucus and daily BBT is called the symptothermal
method of Natural Family Planning. With the health risks involved with
artificial contraceptives, many couples use symptothermal birth control to know
when to avoid intercourse and pregnancy, for safe and natural family planning.
Free
printable medical forms has a free printable
fertility charts. These BBT charts track ovulation
signs using the symptothermal calendar method. There are simple free printable
fertility charts and more advanced BBT charts for a cost. Just
Mommies has free printable
ovulation charts that
use just the BBT calendar method and not the symptothermal method of birth
control. Fertility charts are simple to use. Instead of writing the clinical
sexual intercourse or SI used on most fertility charts, couples write BD (baby
dance).
Baby Center is a great for folks trying to achieve pregnancy. Its
supportive and includes a free e-newsletter to receive helpful fertility
advice. Baby Center has tutorials on how to use basal thermometers and free CM
and BBT fertility charts. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the free
printable BBT charts. Use fertility awareness tools in natural family planning.
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