About Fertility Care Scotland

Fertility Care Scotland was founded in 1976 to help women in Scotland understand and appreciate their fertility, thereby enabling Scottish couples to follow a completely natural and safe method of family planning.

The method we teach is called the Billings Ovulation Method®. For over 40 years our trained personnel have taught couples to use this method both for the achievement of pregnancy and for the postponement of pregnancy. The method teaches women to recognise the fertile and infertile phases of their menstrual cycle by observing the presence of mucus and by reading the body's natural sensations. This can be done regardless of the length or regularity of the cycle.

Tuition is given on a one-to-one basis and teaches a woman to understand and appreciate her fertility, through all her changing life stages from puberty to menopause.

The Billings Ovulation Method®

Developed by Drs John and Evelyn Billings of Australia, the method's worldwide acceptance is due to a number of factors:

• A modern, scientifically based natural family planning method
• The subject of extensive scientific research since 1962
• Tested and scrutinised more than any other method
• 99% effective in practice
• Can be used to achieve, avoid and postpone pregnancy
• Does not require regular cycles
• No pill-taking, drugs or devices required
• No internal examination necessary
• Completely safe and free from side effects
• Helps establish physical and mental harmony
• Accepted by different cultures and religions
• Can be used by any woman who wishes to do so

Managing your fertility

Every woman, regardless of her stage of reproductive life, can use the Billings Ovulation Method® to quickly learn about and understand her own reproductive cycle. It can be applied to all variations throughout a woman's reproductive life:

• Regular cycles
• Irregular cycles
• Anovular cycles
• After childbirth
• While breastfeeding
• After miscarriage
• Coming off the Pill
• Nearing menopause
• Low fertility

Effectiveness

The Billings Ovulation Method® teaches couples to successfully avoid or achieve a pregnancy. Trials show 99% effectiveness when used to avoid pregnancy, 78% in achieving pregnancy and 65% for those who have identified difficulty conceiving over more than twelve months.

For further background see the history of WOOMB International and the effectiveness study.