December, 15, 2017 by Richard Fehring, RN Early pregnancy loss can be defined as a loss of pregnancy within the first trimester of pregnancy or 13 weeks from the last menses (American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2015). Others define...
Assessing Medical Student Knowledge of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods – A Review
A recent study published in the Journal of Frontiers in Medicine highlights how medical students and physicians lack adequate knowledge when it comes to fertility awareness based methods (FABMs) for family planning. Because most medical schools don’t include a specified curriculum and/or advanced…
The Role of Generalists in Infertility Management
April 28th, 2017 by Brienne Poole Over one million women in the United States have reported issues with infertility [1]. Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after >12 consecutive months of unprotected sexual intercourse, and it can cause...
Past Use of Oral Contraceptives Associated with Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
March 28, 2017 by Richard Fehring, PhD, RN Background Research evidence is mixed as to whether the use of oral hormonal contraceptives (OC) can cause or facilitate endometriosis. Part of the reason for the mixed results is that, in previous studies,...
What your cervix is telling you – Part 2: The “Everyday Janes”
Happy #CervicalHealthMonth! In celebration and solidarity with those promoting women’s health worldwide, we continue our series on cervical health. Read on to learn more about all that a healthy cervix can do every day and why labeling its work a mere...
Using electronic hormone measurement in an FABM – The Marquette Method
For this week’s Featured Research we have a review of Richard Fehring's Efficacy of Cervical mucus Observations plus Electronic Hormonal Fertility Monitoring as a Method of Natural Family Planning. Please click through to the article for a complete...
Two Perspectives, One Conclusion: A Five-Country Study of the Ovulation Method
For this week's Featured Research we have a double review of “A Prospective Multicentre Trial of the Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning II The Effectiveness Phase” and “Further Analysis of Contraceptive Failure of the Ovulation...
Can FABMs help infertile couples conceive? – Featured Research
For this week's Featured Research we have a review of "Outcomes from Treatment of Infertility with Natural Procreative Technology in an Irish General Practice" by Stanford et al. As always, click through to the articles for a complete...
New Research: Rating of Fertility Apps for Avoiding Pregnancy
As we revealed last week, FACTS has been working on a project reviewing smartphone fertility apps on the market. Due to user demand, there are over 100 fertility apps on the market claiming to help women avoid pregnancy. While most apps are glorified...
New Fertility App Study – Coming Soon!
One of the most common questions FACTS receives from doctors, women, and couples interested in charting their fertility using a fertility awareness based method is "Which fertility app is the best?" A quick iTunes or Google play search for "fertility...
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