Signs of Fertility: The Personal Science of Natural Birth Control [Paperback]

Margaret Nofziger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998

Signs of Fertility is a textbook on natural family planning. It belongs on your bookshelf alongside user manuals such as Margaret Nofziger's A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control. This reference book provides background on the underlying physiological principles of natural family planning and outlines the rules of the method. In this book, you will find the newest natural fertility signs, including the cyclic changes of the cervix. There are chapters on the history of natural methods of birth control, and comparative birth control statistics. This is an extensively referenced text that has been used in nursing classes.

Editorial Reviews

Review

As Margaret Nofziger says, any method of birth control works only as well as you, personally, make it work. She is writing about the natural kind and she has produced a book that is encyclopedic in scope. It is often technical, but as a permanent part of a library on non-invasive, non-chemical family planning, this book deserves your attention. END -- The Journal of Natural Hygiene

Catholics and other health-conscious and ecology-minded people will appreciate Signs of Fertility, an excellent addition to the rare, few good books on NFP." -- Human Life International Bulletin, June 1988

In the midst of contraceptive controversies that seem to go on interminably, it is refreshing to read this calm, straight-forward guide to natural family planning. -- Women's Health Network Bulletin, Spring, 1989

This book is intended to be a study guide for couples but could also serve as a core text for natural methods in midwifery family planning courses. It should be in every nurse-midwife's library if family planning services are part of one's practice." -- Journal of Nurse Midwifery, Vol. 34, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1989

From the Author

It has been 10 years since publication of the 1st edition of Signs of Fertility. The chapter on studies and statistics has been extensively updated. We know from these studies that natural family planning works well in a motivated, well-instructed population; and is a viable alternative to the artificial options. It has no side effects and does not interfere with natural bodily processes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Mnd Pub; 2 edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940847086
• ISBN-13: 978-0940847088
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,855,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Signs of Fertitlity - Second Edition, July 3, 2000

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This review is from: Signs of Fertility: The Personal Science of Natural Birth Control (Paperback)

A MUST FOR ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OR WHO ARE PRESENTLY PRACTICING NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING! A tremendous amount of research went into this little book. Although it is directed toward those interested in birth control, there's too much information here for those seeking to achieve pregnancy to ignore. It explains more than one method of Natural Family Planning and suggests using them together for a higher success rate in birth control or in achieving pregnancy. The beginning of this book is hard because of the scientific wording. It teaches you exactly what is happening with your body. If you can make it through the difficult but short first chapters, the center of the book is an absolute GOLD MINE! I highly recommend it to all women whether you are looking to achieve pregnancy, practice birth control, or are premonopausal. However, if you are just beginning to learn Natural Family Planning, this book will not stand alone. I strongly urge you to buy more than one book, no matter what book you buy. It is too important. Add this one to your list and you won't be sorry.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars From Someone practicing NFP, April 11, 2001

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Angelique C. Paek "buckaroo bonzai" (Palmdale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Signs of Fertility: The Personal Science of Natural Birth Control (Paperback)

I have been using NFP for a year now and am always looking for information to make me more educated on the subject. I sought this book to round out my education. For my purposes, it does serve me but this is not a book to be used for beginners, wanting to learn how to do Natural Family Planning/Natural Birth Control. This book is definitely towards birth control--as the title states--so I would not recommend it for those trying to learn how to achieve pregancy necessarily. I also would not recommend this book for those going off of the pill--it gives only a paragraph of information about that. This book is very good at giving biology and can be helpful in giving slightly different wording for helping someone to learn the signs of fertility. The author basically uses the Thermal Method of NFP and uses the other portions of NFP--cervix, mucus-- as secondary signs. If for some reason you can't do your temperature or want to use the sympto method, this is not the book for you.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works both ways, April 15, 2001

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This review is from: Signs of Fertility: The Personal Science of Natural Birth Control (Paperback)

This is the first book that I read on NFP and it served to be the most informative and useful. Before reading the book I had only heard of the famous rhythm method. This book opened a door to many different signs that a women can use to tell when she is fertile. I have used these signs (along with prayer) to GET pregnant (so I don't understand the other reveiwer).

I would happily recommend this book to anyone wanting to conceive as well as those that want a safe way to prevent conception.