Fertility UK is the national fertility awareness & NFP service for the UK The service provides comprehensive and objective information to the general public and health professionals on all aspects of fertility awareness. Fertility UK services include: fertility awareness education for couples planning pregnancy natural family planning (NFP) teaching for couples avoiding pregnancy online list of contacts for local accredited NFP teachers accredited training days and courses for health professionals.

Free fertility awareness seminars for women/couples planning or avoiding pregnancy Dates: Monthly on Wednesday evenings 6-7pm: 2013 dates: March 6th, April 10th, May 1st, June 5th, July 3rd, (no session in August) Venue: Duncan Catterall Seminar Room, Basement, Mortimer Market Centre, (Off Tottenham Ct.Rd.), London WC1E 6JB To book a place at one of the Margaret Pyke Clinic seminars, please email: fertilityawarenessMPC@nhs.net Follow-up sessions are available for individuals or couples

For health professionals: Advanced Skills Course in Fertility Awareness Intensive four-day training to achieve professional competence to offer fertility awareness methods of family planning as part of sexual and reproductive health care services. Starting May 15th 2013, at Green Templeton College, Oxford Further details please email JKnight@FertilityUK.org

Peer-reviewed chapter on Fertility Awareness methods by Cecilia MM Pyper & Jane Knight providing the Scientific Background of Fertility Awareness Methods The Global Library of Women's Medicine

Subfertility and Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Conception Theoretical Courses Joint RCOG/BFS Meeting 15-19 April 2013, RCOG, London A clinical update meeting aimed at all clinicians involved in the management of the subfertile couple and reproductive endocrinology with expert speakers chosen to provide the latest information in this rapidly developing area. RCOG events

Information contained here is for interest only. To use this method effectively - a full course of instruction by an experienced NFP teacher is recommended! Site Created June 1996 Last updated January 17th 2013 Site Author: Jane Knight SRN Reproductive Health Consultant: Dr Cecilia Pyper. This site is an on-line version of the book 'Fertility' co-authored by Jane Knight and Dr Elizabeth Clubb FRCGP, by agreement with David & Charles Publishers. Copyright : 2002 Fertility UK

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