CYCLE BEADS AS A METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING

Cycle Bead is an easy method of family planning.
This color-coded string of beads enables a woman to track her cycle and know if she is on a day when pregnancy is likely or not.

Cycle Bead is widely use because it is:

1. Effective - 95%
2. Side - Effect Free
3. Easy to use
4. Inexpensive
5. Educational & Empowering


The one medical criterion for using CycleBeads for family planning is that a woman should have cycles between 26 and 32 days long.


To use CycleBeads l, a woman simply moves a ring over the series of color-coded beads that represent the days of her cycle.

The color of the beads lets her know whether she is on a day when she is likely to be fertile or not.

The day a woman starts her period she puts the rubber ring on the red bead.

Each day she moves the ring one bead, always in the direction of the arrow.

When the ring is on the red bead or a dark bead, there is very low likelihood of pregnancy, so she can have intercourse on these days without getting pregnant.


When the ring is on a white bead - Days 8 through 19 - there is a high likelihood of getting pregnant if a woman has unprotected intercourse.


Please note, the Standard Days Method, on which CycleBeads are based, works best for women with regular menstrual cycles that are between 26 and 32 days long.

Women with cycles outside this range should use a different method of family planning.


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