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natural family planning
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | natural family planning - any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cyclebirth control, birth prevention, family planning - limiting the number of children bornbasal body temperature method, basal body temperature method of family planning - natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulationovulation method, ovulation method of family planning - natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus; ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slipperycalendar method, calendar method of birth control, rhythm method, rhythm method of birth control, rhythm - natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) |
EncyclopediaSeePlanningnatural family planning
natural family planning A general term for any form of family planning (birth control) that does not rely on artificial agents (oral contraceptives, the “morning-after” pill, spermicidal foam and RU486) or devices (condoms, diaphragms and IUDs) to prevent conception.
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Rhythm (calendar method), coitus interruptus, prolonged breastfeeding.natural family planning Biological birth control Any FP that does not rely on artificial agents–eg, OCs, 'morning-after' pill, spermicidal foam, RU-486 or devices–eg, condoms, diaphragms, IUDs to prevent conception Methods Rhythm–calendar method, coitus interruptus, prolonged breast feeding. See Breast feeding, Coitus interruptus, Contraception, Pearl index, Periodic abstinence, Rhythm method. natural family planning1. Fertility awareness.2. A kind of fertility awareness in which a woman plots on a graph her daily basal body temperature, cervical mucus characteristics, and common subjective complaints associated with ovulation, e.g., mittelschmerz, to identify the days of the menstrual cycle during which there is the highest potential for conception. The validity of this method is controversial. See also: family planningAcronymsSeeNFPnatural family planning
Related to natural family planning: rhythm method, calendar method, natural family planning methodWords related to natural family planningnoun any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugsRelated Words- birth control
- birth prevention
- family planning
- basal body temperature method
- basal body temperature method of family planning
- ovulation method
- ovulation method of family planning
- calendar method
- calendar method of birth control
- rhythm method
- rhythm method of birth control
- rhythm
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