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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Fetal outcome among pregnancies in natural family planning acceptors: an

international cohort study.

AUTHORS

Simpson JL; Gray RH; Queenan JT; Kambic RT; Perez A; Mena P; Barbato M;

Pardo F; Tagliabue G; Bitto A

SOURCE

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 1991 Dec;165(6 Pt

2):1981-2.

ABSTRACT

706 women from 6 centers in 5 countries (Chile, Peru, Colombia, United States and Italy) were involved in a study of

the fetal outcome of natural family planning (NFP) acceptors. The women used symptothermal or mucus methods.

The results of a prelimary analysis showed that pregnancy loss is not greater in this NFP population; 7.9% (50/629).

There were fewer pregnancy losses among pregnancies conceived + or - 1 day of the mucus peak compared to those

conceived >2 days before the mucus peak, which means aging sperm, or >2 days after, which means aging oocytes.

This trend becomes significant for those women with pregnancy losses from previous pregnancies and is not

related to maternal age. The use of the natural family planning method appears to be unrelated to health effects on

liveborn infants. Neither birth length, birth weight, nor head circumference were correlated with the timing of

conception. Recruitment is underway to enlarge the sample for a more thorough analysis of the relationship between

timing of conception and congenital anomalies. Further analysis is also underway for exploring the day of

conception in relations to the mucus peak and pregnancy loss. Data collection for this multicenter study involves the

collection of NFP data when pregnancy is 1st recognized. The likely date of conception is determined by an

independent panel of experts who are unaware of the pregnancy outcome. An extensive body of information is

collected at the intake meeting, at 16 weeks, and then at 32 weeks. In the systematic neonatal examination, major

and minor anomalies, birth weight, and other neonatal characteristics are recorded. The analysis involved the

comparison of NFP method failure and NFP user failure/planners. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2516-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Fetal outcome among pregnancies in natural family

planning acceptors: an international cohort study.", is(are) Simpson JL; Gray RH; Queenan JT; Kambic RT; Perez

A; Mena P; Barbato M; Pardo F; Tagliabue G; Bitto A. The source of this article is "AMERICAN JOURNAL OF

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 1991 Dec;165(6 Pt 2):1981-2.". This article was published in 1991 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2516-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12516

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