The history of Fertility Awareness Methods

Fertility Awareness Methods (FAM) are based on the observation of physiologically occurring symptoms, so-called fertility indicators, which include: cervical mucus, basal body temperature (BBT) and changes in morphology/consistency. Observations clinical symptoms a female patient, change depending periodic hormonal fluctuations, were used to determine first second phases menstrual cycle period around ovulation. For many years, FAMs have been successfully by women who want plan their motherhood accordance with beliefs chosen lifestyle, an ecological manner, without pharmacological intervention or unnecessary medical treatments.FAMs developed over centuries now well-documented field reproductive medicine. Initially, only as tool for planning postponing conception child, they more often perceived effective easy-to-use diagnosis, treatment monitoring therapy disorders infertility. The aim study is present history FAM development, groundbreaking discoveries people whom we owe current state knowledge about human fertility. A review literature was made, also referring historical works, included information breakthrough selection made basis original papers publications PubMed Google Scholar databases use following keywords: „Fertility Methods”, „Family Planning” „Pearl index”.