As anyone who has used NFP knows, being aware of your cervical position coupled with your basal body temperature and cervical mucous can help you can avoid pregnancy without any chemical or barrier birth control method. In addition, since you know when you are fertile, you can pursue pregnancy.
Being someone who loves charts, numbers, and spreadsheets, I found it really fun to chart my cycle. Not only do you learn how your body normally functions, but you are more apt to recognize when things are a little off. I credit my experience with NFP in “tipping me off” early when I had my miscarriage.
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Another thing about NFP – we got pregnant EVERY SINGLE TIME, the first time we tried with it. After charting for several years I stopped and just pay attention to my body “signals. ” It’s awesome!!