How effective is Natural Family Planning if your periods are irregular?!


Question: How effective is Natural Family Planning if your periods are irregular!?
I think I can tell when I'm ovulating b/c I usually have a twinge-y pain in my ovaries and generally get my period about 2 wks later!. But my period is generally anywhere between a 28 and 36 day cycle!. There is no way that I can predict it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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NFP works for regular and irregular cycles with few problems!. It sounds like you have a great sign to help you with figuring out when you ovulate; the problem is that if you have sex too close to ovulation, you will get pregnant!. So it's not enough to just know when ovulation happens, you have to know when it's approaching so that you can abstain with enough time that the sperm will not still be alive when the egg is released!. That's why if you're going to learn NFP, especially with irregular cycles, it's important to learn from a certified teacher how to do NFP!. That way you will have the highest level of effectiveness!. A good teacher will teach you exactly how to tell that you are entering your fertile time and then will follow-up with you for a few months to make sure you are charting correctly and then answer any questions that you have along the way!.

Just to let you know, I have extremely irregular cycles!. I always have!. And I learned NFP at a time when my cycles were really wacky and even though I had my moments of frustration that my cycles weren't being nice, I never didn't know what was happening and whether I was in the fertile or infertile time of my cycle!.

Hope that helps!. For what it's worth, fluctuating between 28 & 36 day cycles is really not too bad! It's definitely workable!

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It works just fine!. NFP does not look at the lengths of your cycles, but rather the individual measurable characteristics that you have day to day during your cycle!. You will be looking at cervical mucus, position, and body temperature, not at the number of days on the calendar!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

if your trying to get pregers just have sex every other day!. Or dont thank about it and it will happen!. My friend lost one of her tubes and they tried for a year!. I told her to stop TRYING!. The more stressed out your get about it the longer it will take!. Relax and just go with the flow!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It isnt that effective!. Dont have sex during the twinge days and always do the pull out method!. If you arent married to him then I suggest using condoms and birth control pills!. You dont want to get pregnant and be dumped!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Its hard but possibleWww@Answer-Health@Com





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