Fertility Awareness following Sensiplan®
Sensiplan® is a scientific fertility awareness method based on observing and interpreting body signs of uterine fertility. These signs make it possible to determine the fertile and infertile days throughout the menstrual cycle, and they may also alert of possible hormonal imbalances. Important bio-markers are the basal body temperature, cervical mucus and cervix observation. Additionally, other cyclic patterns are observed as well.
Sensiplan® can be the right choice for you
if you want understand your own cycle better and want to learn about hormonal health
if you are looking for a non-hormonal and safe contraception
if you want to conceive a child
Benefits of Sensiplan®
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Promotes body literacy and understanding of reproductive processes
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Empowerment
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Informed choice which results in decreased fear of unwanted pregnancies
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Non-hormonal form of contraception and therefore no side effects
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Monitors and preserves ovulation
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It is the most studied and effective fertility awareness method available.
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Method efficacy rate 99.6 % and user efficacy rate 98.2%
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Low cost
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Environmental friendly
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Applicable in special circumstances such as shift-work, post-partum, breastfeeding and peri-menopause, and PCOS
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Once learned the menstruator will benefit throughout their whole fertile period of life
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can be used both to avoid or seek pregnancy
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Gives you more insight into your own fertility before you aim for assisted treatments like IVF
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Encouragement of mutual responsibility by each partner and open communication about sexuality
Practicing fertility awareness after Sensiplan®
It takes about 10 minutes a day
1. Measure temperature for 3 minutes before getting up & record it in the cyclesheet
2. Observe the appearance of cervical mucus when goint to the toilet & record it in the cyclesheet
3. Record other symptoms and routine deviations in the cyclesheet
4. Interpret the records according to Sensiplan rules
5. Adjust sexual intercourse according to your own family planning intentions
It sounds like a lot at first, but it will become a habit after a short time!
Disadvantages of the method
• Must be learned (at least three cycles of learning with a certified instructor)
• All partners are responsible for following the rules
• The menstrual cycle and the joint fertility set the pace
• Stress, illnesses and unhealthy lifestyles sometimes make cycle monitoring more difficult
• Sensiplan® does not offer protection against STIs, please always use condoms if you have regularly changing partners!
History of Sensiplan®
Sensiplan is a scientifically researched and improved set of rules of the first symptothermal method by Roetzer. It has been studied since 1981 by a devision of the German Malteser Werke (Arbeitsgruppe NFP) and was originally called „Natural Family Planning“ (NFP). Since the early years, the method is monitored by ongoing research at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Heidelberg. To distinguish from itself from other non-scientific methods it was branded in October 2010 to Sensiplan®.
It is the most studied and effective FAM available. Find more information and research on the offical website: https://www.sensiplan.de/en/professionals/science-publications .
