Fertility UK is the national fertility awareness & NFP service for the UK. The service provides comprehensive and objective information to the general public and health professionals on all aspects of fertility awareness. Fertility UK services include: fertility awareness education for couples planning pregnancy natural family planning (NFP) teaching for couples avoiding pregnancy a range of educational resources online list of contacts for local accredited NFP teachers e-mail helpline service for UK residents accredited training days and courses for health professionals.

For health professionals: Peer-reviewed chapter on Fertility Awareness methods Cecilia MM Pyper & Jane Knight providing the Scientific Background of Fertility Awareness Methods The Global Library of Women's Medicine

Fertility Awareness Study Day for Health Professionals Saturday October 13th 2012, The Oxford Centre Further details please email JKnight@FertilityUK.org

Information contained here is for interest only. To use this method effectively - a full course of instruction by an experienced NFP teacher is recommended! Site Created June 1996 Last updated February 2012 Site Author: Jane Knight SRN Reproductive Health Consultant: Dr Cecilia Pyper. This site is an on-line version of the book 'Fertility' co-authored by Jane Knight and Dr Elizabeth Clubb FRCGP, by agreement with David & Charles Publishers. Copyright : 2002 Fertility UK

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