Billings method

Billings method
a method of planning pregnancy involving the daily examination of cervical mucus, which varies in consistency and colour throughout the menstrual cycle. Use of a Billings mucus observation chart to help identify the type of mucus enables the woman to have six days' warning of impending ovulation.
J. and E. Billings (20th century), Australian physicians

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