Can only well-educated couples use fertility awareness methods?
No. Couples with little or no formal schooling can and do use fertility awareness methods effectively. Couples must be highly motivated, well-trained in their method, and committed to avoiding unprotected sex during the fertile time. 2. Are fertility awareness methods reliable? For many couples, these methods provide reliable information about the fertile days. If the couple avoids vaginal sex, or uses condoms or a diaphragm during the woman’s fertile time, fertility awareness methods can be very effective. Using withdrawal or spermicides during the fertile time is less effective. 3. What is new about the newer fertility awareness methods, the Standard Days Method and the TwoDay Method? These new fertility awareness methods are easier to use correctly than some of the older ones. Thus, they could appeal to more couples and be more effective for some people. They are like older methods, however, in that they rely on the same ways of judging when a woman might be fertile—by keeping track
