Ways to avoid pregnancy naturally

Unwanted pregnancy takes the joy out of impending motherhood. Accidents many times are unavoidable, ruptured condoms or a sex romp without any form of contraceptive may lead to the occurrence of unwanted pregnancy. While modern contraceptive methods for women have undergone a sea change in the recent times. They have become completely full proof and have negated the risk of unwanted pregnancy to a high degree; still you can also avoid pregnancy naturally by understanding your menstrual cycle and setting a date based on that. You will be able to know which are the completely safe days and on which days use of a contraceptive is a must. That way instance of pregnancy occurrence can be negated to the minimum without much difficulty.

• Ovulation period: This is the period which should be checked out and noted in order to avoid pregnancy naturally. For completely safe results any kind of intercourse should be avoided during ovulation, which is the most fertile period along with three days prior and after the ovulation period. For finding out your time of ovulation you will need to do a simple calculation. However the accuracy of this calculation depends on whether your periods are regular or not. The accuracy of the results may decrease in cases where there is an irregularity present in the menstrual cycle.
• Ovulation detection equipment: For those of us who are unable to do the ovulation calculation on our own or are unsure regarding the authenticity of the results, ovulation detection equipment is available in the market which works the same way as the home pregnancy kit. It detects whether or not you are ovulating from testing the urine.
• Basic indications: Ovulation is the time of hormonal changes in women. During this time most of the women become irritated and suffer from frequent mood swings. If you are feeling that way a particular time every month this can be an indication that you are undergoing the fertile phase at this time and consequently should avoid getting cozy in the sexual way with your partner. However this is quite a vague method which should be used cautiously.
• Cervical mucus: During the most fertile phase the cervical mucus becomes quite clearer in consistency and is slippery in texture and resembles the whites of the raw eggs.

Understanding the working of your body will help you to avoid pregnancy naturally and protect you from many difficulties in the future.