The TwoDay Method is a fairly new fertility awareness-based method that
has been shown to be as effective as the SDM. Also developed by the
Institute for Reproductive Health, it offers women who want a fertility
awareness-based method another option to consider. However, information
about the TDM has not been widely disseminated and many programs and
women may not know about it, how it works, and who might benefit from
using it.
The TDM uses cervical secretions as the indicator of fertility and has
been found to be more than 96% effective when used correctly. Women are
taught to monitor daily the presence of secretions to know when they
might be fertile and the days when pregnancy is most likely. A woman is
told that she should consider herself fertile if she notices any
secretions today OR yesterday.
Advantages of the TDM include that it does not require regular
menstrual cycles as a criteria, and it is easy to teach and to use.
Please check the forum library for scientific articles addressing the
scientific basis and efficacy of the TDM.
- Is this a method that would be potentially of interest to your
program?
- Are there benefits to your program of offering the method?
- Is there a specific target group for this method?
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