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13. Abdominal pain and cramps.

14. Weight gain

15. Fertile Saliva Ferning Pattern.

Estrogen and progesterone alter the consistency of dried saliva before or during

ovulation, causing patterns to form. These patterns in the dried saliva may look

similar to crystals or ferns in some women.

Nursing Instructions:

1. If the woman has irregular cycle advise her to have other type of contraception.

2. Nurse should explain that ovulation take place 12 to 16 days before start of the

next menstrual flow, so she must have a barrier to protect herself from

pregnancy.

3-Basal Body Temperature (BBT)

Definition: -It is the body temperature at rest and used to detect ovulation.

Description

1. This method is based on the fact that the basal body temperature Lower during

the first 2 weeks of the menstrual cycle, before ovulation.

2. Immediately after ovulation, corpus luteum progesterone raises BBT by 0.2 -

0.4°C and maintained until the next menstruation.

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