Natural family planning

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Natural family planning is a method of contraception where natural indicators are used to identify the womanâ€™s fertile time each month. In this way pregnancy can be more easily avoided (or aimed for).

Used correctly, natural family planning is 98% effective in preventing pregnancy. However, because the method depends heavily on a number of complicated calculations, many people regard it as too difficult to be a reliable form of contraception.

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