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Gynecology
Commercial tests and self assessments of fertility yield conflicting data
March 15th, 2004
Commercial tests and self assessments of fertility yield conflicting data. According to recent research published in the journal Contraception, "the purpose of this study was to compare the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle as determined by the Clearplan Easy Fertility Monitor (CPEFM) with self-monitoring of cervical mucus. One-hundred women (mean age = 29.4 years) observed their cervical mucus and monitored their urine for estrogen and luteinizing hormone metabolites with the CPEFM on a daily basis for 2 - 6 cycles and generated 378 cycles of data; of these, 347 (92%) had a CPEFM peak." "The beginning of the fertile window was, on average,...
Source: OBGYN & Reproduction Week (2004-03-15)
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