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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Ladycomp as an aid in natural family planning.

AUTHORS

Freundl G; Baur S; Bremme M; Doring G; Frank-Herrmann P

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1992. [6] p.

ABSTRACT

Scientists at 3 universities in Germany have developed a computer thermometer called Ladycomp which measures

the daily basal body temperature. They tested it during 20 control cycles of healthy women whose menstrual cycle

lengths range from 20 to 34 days. To detect ovulation and to compare Ladycomp readings' ability to accurately

detect ovulation, they measured luteinizing hormone levels in urine and used ultrasonography to monitor maximum

follicular diameter. Ladycomp determined the mean duration of the fertile period to be 12.4 days. The fertile phase

began on average at day -8.8 (ovulation = 0) (range -5 to -18), but it was day 6 in most cycles. It ended on average at

day +3.3 (range +1 to +10), but it was day +2 in most cycles. These findings revealed Ladycomp to be reliable in

identifying the fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle. Its advantages include that it is automatic, needs

just 1 minute to record the basal body temperature, and women do not need to graph daily temperatures or interpret

temperature charts. Ladycomp can aid women who do not want to become pregnant and prefer to use nonhormonal,

noninvasive methods of family planning. Specifically, they know when they need to practice sexual abstinence or

withdrawal or use other methods, e.g. spermicides and/or barrier methods (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T

1540-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Ladycomp as an aid in natural family planning.", is(are)

Freundl G; Baur S; Bremme M; Doring G; Frank-Herrmann P. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1992. [6]

p.". This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1540-06. All

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