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Informationen zum Autor Jane Knight is a fertility nurse specialist with over 30 years' experience teaching fertility awareness in both NHS andprivate practice. She was the UK Principal Investigator for the European multi-centre study on the probability of conception on different days of the menstrual cycle. She trains health professionals in the UK and internationally. Klappentext Jane Knight is a specialist fertility nurse and midwife with 30 years experience in NHS general practice supporting couples planning pregnancy. She also works part-time in private practice at the Zita West clinic." Zusammenfassung This comprehensive text brings together the scientific background, methodology and teaching skills to support health professionals in providing fertility awareness methods. It offers an ideal reference for general practitioners, practice nurses, and sexual health doctors and nurses. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of figuresList of tablesImages and permissionsOverview of fertility awarenessMale fertilityFemale fertilityTemperature: first indicatorCervical secretions: second indicatorCervix: third indicatorCalendar calculations: fourth indicatorMinor indicators of fertilityHome test kits and monitorsCombining indicatorsSimplified methodsFactors affecting the menstrual cycleFAMs for women of normal fertilityContraception and returning fertilityFAMs after hormonal contraceptionBreastfeeding! LAM and returning fertilityFAMs during the peri-menopausePlanning pregnancyConception delays and assisted fertilityTeaching fertility awarenessAppendix A. Normal fertility chartAppendix B. Instructions for useAppendix C. Planning pregnancy chartAppendix D. Chart summary sheetAppendix E. Autonomy checklistAppendix F. Body mass index chartAppendix G. Drugs which affect the menstrual cycleAppendix H. Further readingBibliographyIndex ...
