basal body temperature method

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basal body temperature method - natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation

basal body temperature method of family planning

natural family planning - any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle

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Other methods like the TwoDay Method or the Basal Body Temperature Method can also be used either independently or together quite successfully.