The Ovulation Method: Natural Family Planning [Paperback]

John Billings (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Liturgical Press; 5 edition (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814610110
• ISBN-13: 978-0814610114
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,074,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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110 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why did no one tell me about this Billings Method sooner?, June 20, 1999

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I learned the Billings Method from this book by Dr. John Billings and "The Billings Method" by his wife, Dr. Evelyn Billings, so that is why I like this book. The information changed my life because I can now know which act of intercourse can lead to pregnancy probably and which one cannot possibly do so in a natural way. The book has chapters on every stage of reproductive life e.g. breastfeeding, irregular cycles, regular or annovular cycles, when achieving pregnancy and when avoiding pregnancy. I want to share the information as it is ESSENTIAL for all women that has been hidden by special interest groups promoting contraception, probably...Women teaching women will change this.

I am impressed with the information about Dr. Evelyn Billings and her husband, Dr. John Billings. Together they travel the world teaching women how their cycles work in a simple, natural, effective, harmless way. Something sruck a chord in the basic core of my womanhood when I read that when the Billings were in Africa some of the older women in the tribes, such as the Luo tribe, had guessed the significance of the mucus secretion and used to tell the younger women, as they entered their reproductive age, in a special fertility ritual.

I enjoyed learning how scientific the method is. It is 98.5% effective according to the World Health Organization in 1978. Since then trials of the method have shown consistently low method related pregnancy rates..approaching zero in China and India while experiencing high continuation rates as couples are happy using the method!

The method fosters communication and harmony between a husband and wife, strengthens the family, the basic unit of society. It is becoming more and more popular as women realise the side effects of contraception and are returning to nature to look for the answers!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and quick, September 26, 2003

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You can read this book in 30 minutes and understand it. After ordering this book I was recommended "Taking Charge of your Fertility" by a friend. Taking Charge is more complete but uses this information, however. By the time my amazon.com shipment arrived with the second book, I was already pregnant from the first time trying The Ovulation Method (we had tried to get pregnant approximately a year before getting this book). So read it. You can also use it to avoid getting pregnant. It works!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Effective!!!!, July 14, 2007

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I have been on the Billings Ovulation Method for a few years now and beleive me, if you don't cheat it is 99.99% effective. The downfall to this method is that you are not suppose to know exactly how to use it without instruction. There are ways to contact these instructers that can guide you through the process for a fee. Check with your local womens center or life center, they can help. I was able to go through my training course right here in my home for thirty dollars, and you don't have to be Catholic to use it. Good luck to you.

PS.. I did get pregnant during the time of practicing this method but it is because we chose to cheat on my most fertile day. An Anniversary and a few drinks will impair judgement like that so be careful...lol