Natural family planning and pregnancy outcome

A prospective study with 664 married couples using a particular symptothermal method of natural family planning (NFP) offered the opportunity to investigate the relationship between NFP and the alleged risk of an increased incidence of spontaneous abortions and malformations. An analysis of 611 pregnancies with known outcome did not confirm such a risk. On the contrary, there was a trend toward fewer spontaneous abortions and malformations in our clients. This might be due to special care given to the beginning pregnancy as soon as it became evident.