Assignment 3.1: Natural Family Planning (NFP)

A close female friend has taken you aside and told you she would like to try natural family planning.

Using outside resources, pp. 127-129 in your Fantasia, et al. text, and pp. 253-256 in your Schadewald, et al. text, select one of the following five methods of natural family planning (NFP) that you feel is the best method for this friend. In layman’s terms, describe how she can go about accomplishing this technique.

1. The basal body temperature method
2. Cervical mucus method
3. Symptothermal method
4. Standard days method
5. Calendar method