Sensiplan
Sensiplan is a sympto-thermal method of fertility awareness from Germany. Users chart mucus and waking temperature together. Two signs must agree before a day counts as infertile. Trained teachers teach it, and couples chart by hand.
The record is strong for both uses. A 2007 German study put first-year typical use at 1.8 pregnancies per 100 woman-years. A 2018 review found no lower typical-use figure among the methods it graded moderate quality1. A study of 187 women who had trouble conceiving reached a 38 percent pregnancy rate within eight months of training2.
Charting teaches more than timing. Of the couples who answered the follow-up, 78 percent said the training improved how well they knew the body, which is body literacy2.
Cited in this entry
- Peragallo Urrutia R, Polis CB, Jensen ET, Greene ME, Kennedy E, Stanford JB. Effectiveness of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods for Pregnancy Prevention: A Systematic Review. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30095777/
- Frank-Herrmann P, Jacobs C, Jenetzky E, Gnoth C, Pyper C, Baur S, Freundl G, Goeckenjan M, Strowitzki T. Natural conception rates in subfertile couples following fertility awareness training. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2017. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28185073/
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