F.1 Fertility Awareness Methods Of Contraception

Front 1

List some of the common myths associated with prevention of pregnancy

Back 1

Pregnancy can be prevented by:
1. douching after intercourse
2. urinating after intercourse
3. having intercourse while standing up or with the female on top
4. the woman not having an orgasm
5. unprotected first intercourse
5. taking a bath or shower after intercourse

Front 2

Distinguish between some of the common fertility awareness methods that patients use as forms of contraception
1. Calendar
2. Standard days
3. Temperature
4. Cervical mucus
5. Symptothermal
6. Coitus interruptus

Back 2

1. Calendar: subtract 18 from shortest cycle and subtract 11 from the longest days and these are the days to abstain from intercourse
2. Standard days: uses beads
3. Temperature: uses basal body temp in the AM and abstain 72h after the day her basal body temp increases
4. Cervical mucus: avoid sex when mucus starts to become more slippery and stretchy
5. Symptothermal: combo of FAM
6. Coitus interruptus: withdrawal method

Front 3

Explain the reasons why changes in cervical mucus and temperature occurs during the female menstrual cycle
What is "Spinnbarkeit"?

Back 3

1. Cervical mucus: due to estrogen rise in the menstrual cycle that thins the mucus

2. Temperature: due to the progesterone on the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center which increases the set pt.

Spinnbarkeit: med term referring to the stringy and/or stetchy quality found to varying degrees in mucus.

Front 4

Explain how certain factors can cause fertility awareness methods to become increasingly reliable.

Back 4

The signs of one method can confirm those of the other. This lets the female be more accurate in trying to predict safe days than if one method is used alone.