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Contraception - Management
How do I assess a woman who is planning to use a fertility awareness-based method?
- Assessment should include answers to the following questions:
- Does she have a medical condition that would make pregnancy especially dangerous?
- Is her menstrual cycle sufficiently regular to reliably estimate the fertile time?
- Does she have a chronic condition that could affect fertility signs, making fertility awareness–based methods hard to use?
- Does she have a temporary condition that could affect fertility signs, making fertility awareness–based methods hard to use?
- Does she take any drug that affects cervical mucus, making fertility awareness–based methods hard to use?
- Is she at increased risk for sexually transmitted infection?
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