A Pilot Qualitative Case Study of Women's Experiences with Fertility Awareness-Based Methods

  • Boston College ROR
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ROR

The Linacre Quarterly, 90(1), 82-93

DOI 10.1177/00243639221133609 PMID 36923682

Abstract

This pilot qualitative case study was able to elicit rich data enabling a description of how women went through the journey of achieving pregnancy using fertility awareness-based methods. Findings underscore that women preferred using natural ways to detect ovulation and would recommend other women to do so, but with healthcare providers' guidance. The findings of this case study can serve as a starting point to provide a framework to understand women's experiences of enduring trial and error with multiple fertility awareness-based methods before discovering their effective method. Findings emphasize the importance for healthcare providers to guide women in using fertility awareness-based methods.

Topics

fertility awareness based methods women experiences, qualitative study FABM, natural family planning patient perspectives, fertility awareness pregnancy achievement, FABM user satisfaction, fertility awareness journey, women empowerment fertility tracking, body literacy fertility awareness, qualitative case study family planning, NFP lived experience
PMID 36923682 36923682 DOI 10.1177/00243639221133609 10.1177/00243639221133609

Cite this article

Capotosto, M. P., & Fu, M. R. (2023). A Pilot Qualitative Case Study of Women's Experiences with Fertility Awareness-Based Methods. *The Linacre Quarterly*, *90*(1), 82-93. https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639221133609

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