The WHAT and HOW of natural family planning

Natural family planning, fertility awareness method, the rhythm method: lots of names for LOTS of different ways to track your fertility so you know when to NOT have sex so you don't get pregnant. This YouTube covers the basics of these methods, so join Dr. Lincoln and get ready to talk cycles, mucus, temps, and more!

0:00 Intro
0:53 The biology behind natural family planning
1:32 Benefits of this kind of birth control
2:05 Drawbacks
3:35 My favorite interactive infographic!
3:50 Calendar method
5:55 Standard Days method
7:06 Cervical mucus monitoring
8:57 Two Days method
9:49 Basal body temperature method
12:13 Symptothermal method

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[jofox]

I use the creighton method for now and when my boyfriend and I get married we will start to use Marquette.
We are Catholic and do not use hormonal birth control. We also are not currently having intercourse so this works well for me since it allows me to really get to know my body and what is happening.
I actually didnt know about these methods until after an NFP class held in the church for RCIA. I now go to a catholic OBGYN and fertility specialist and they are amazing at teaching this stuff and giving you all the options!

[ratelkk]

I've just started doing fertility awareness for birth control & it's been so interesting! I'm monitoring my LH levels (among other things) - but the most interesting thing I've found is the correlation between my LH spike & getting migraines. I've always suspected that my migraines were related to hormonal changes, but it's so cool to actually see it happening.

[chloezastrow]

I use Natural Cycles and I love it so much. I just can’t do hormonal birth control anymore and this is game changing. Unfortunately it took months for me to get in the habit enough to depend on it.

[AskAwayHealth]

This really made me think again about how to discuss natural family planning methods with my patients. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Dr!

[avajo]

why don't they teach ovulation and cycles like this in Like seriously these apps and tracking are so accessible for teens, more so than traditional birth control (which is a problem but reality). It'd be such valuable info!

[sarahm]

I am SO happy I found your video! I am stopping my HBC after 16years and am using natural cycles as well as barrier methods to avoid pregnancy! Thanks for empowering me along my journey 💜💜

[MissyMea]

I appreciate you speaking, so factually about this topic! In my experience, talking to care providers, they definitely feel swayed against natural birth control methods. So I appreciate you just laying out the facts about the topic so people can make an on an educated decision on their birth control choices.

[Gabriellagaeta]

Honestly, I feel that you provide the information in the most incredible gentile way….
I feel like I could tell you anything.
Thank you so much ☺️

[pegaseg]

You are a blessing for the internet, thank you so much for taking the time to share knowledge:)

[schachtskki]

I love this video. I come back to it all the time for review. My husband and I use BBT along with LH tests. Thank you for making it!

[average]

Thank you! I have heard of most of these methods and was getting frustrated because my cycles were perfectly regular from my first one at 11 to my last known one at 20, but, in the last 9 years, I just don't get my periods back between pregnancies! The earliest ovulation was 10 weeks postpartum and the latest was 10 months... I only know because I got pregnant. That was fine until my health decided it was time for a break. Now, trying to know when to abstain at the proper time is impossible! The 2 day method gives me hope that we can work with my body to heal my body!🎉

[hannahmyers]

Love this. My husband and I do this. Ovulation week we use condoms. Non ovulation we do pull out method. Period all game. I also know that it will be very easy for me to get pregnant because I know when I ovulate. This was way more effective than BC for me. I hated it it made me feel miserable and got pregnant twice because I wasn’t committed to it.

[pnkpunx]

Thank you for pointing out night shift work bc none of the other NFP methods really mention that.

[kristinaweich]

So glad you covered this topic! I use the Sympto-Thermal method and have run into the issue that many of my doctors see any NFP method as ineffective. Thanks for sharing the facts!

And as a side note, another method that tracks cervical mucus is Creighton. Several of my friends use it. The instructors actually teach ways to distinguish semen from CM to up the effectiveness and decrease the number of days you avoid sex.

[Sara-qwlc]

I learned something new today! There’s so much I don’t know! Thanks Doctor Lincoln for your educational videos!

[KekElemental]

Great info. I ended up with Twin girls—now 3yrs old— using this calendar method…which worked for 3years prior with my live in girlfriend. But I did not adjust when her period became irregular due to other medications. (Plus I was doing ALL of the tracking. It wasn’t a team effort). We have successfully navigated through and painfully worked out the children’s court battles that resulted in full custody to the father in CA. Family planning sounds like a dream.
BTW: Our good doctor, the host of this channel, is SUPER cute.

[piscea]

I got pregnant at 40 using the “calendar method” to PREVENT pregnancy while also checking my temperature.

[alessandrajackson]

Birth control ruined my life every time I was on one. But I also really shouldn’t get pregnant for my own safety and from medical conditions. I wish they taught this in school!

[elea]

Thank you for your super educational and informative video. I had no idea this type of birth control was even possible. I really enjoyed watching it!

[mmpm]

I have been waiting for this video for so long :) Thank you