The Role of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods Postpartum: A Research Review
Editor’s Note: Evidence-based fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) have decades of research behind them to support their effectiveness to avoid pregnancy. Some of them go an extra step to provide evidence supporting their use during unique circumstances such as...
Cervical Cancer and Hormonal Contraceptives A Review of Research
Editor’s Note: This week, we continue to explore the crucial role of the cervix on fertility and women’s health. While on the FACTS elective, Dr. Abbygail Munsterteiger summarized a systematic review published by Smith et al in Lancet in 2003. [1] The research...
The Central Role of the Cervix in Fertility: A Review
“Chronic cervicitis … may affect fertility by altering the production and composition of cervical mucus. (It) can make cervical mucus hostile to sperm, hindering their transport.”
A FemTech Double Check with a Sympto-Hormonal Method
Director’s Note: Dr. Danielle Dowell, an internal medicine resident and former FACTS elective student, interviewed Laura,* a woman who uses a fertility awareness-based method (FABM) to both avoid and successfully achieve pregnancy. In discussing how Laura learned...
Fertility Apps for Holistic Health Tracking: A Research Review
“Women are no longer looking for ways to solely track their menses or ovulation; they want to understand the holistic nature of the human body in terms of fertility, menstruation, lifestyles, and systemic symptoms.”
Review of Pioneering Research on the Billings Ovulation Method
“The Billings Ovulation Method proved to be useful to the India Family Planning Program with its low use failure rate and higher continuation rate than other birth control options.”
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