About the Lunar Conception Method

4. Using the Method for Contraception

If human fertility worked exactly as it is understood by contemporary science, it would be very easy to avoid an undesired conception without any chemical pills with their side effects and without any other aids just by avoiding intercourse around the time of regular ovulation. This is exactly the idea behind the well known rhythm method of contraception.

However, experience and research show that such an approach to contraception is very unreliable. It looks like despite the scientific theory, a woman can conceive at any time of the month, even during her menstruation. According to [1], In 1969 a medical team headed by Dr. Franklin Brayer tested the reliability of the rhythm method. Their study of 2,300 American and Canadian women showed that only three out of ten women could rely on this method. In other words, 70% of the women did conceive even if they avoided the regular ovulation cycle.

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The reason for this is that there is another highly fertile time in any month - the Lunar Conception moment. There are estimates (again, see [1]) that out there in the world 85% of women conceive during their Lunar Conception period, and only 15% - during their regular ovulation.

The natural conclusion would be that if a woman wants to avoid a conception without any unnatural means, it should be sufficient to avoid sexual intercourse both around the time of her regular ovulation and her Lunar Conception. Astra clinic led by Dr. Jonas has tested such an approach on 1,600 women and found that it is 98.5% reliable.

Here are the instructions that were given at Astra to those who wanted to use the natural method of contraception:

  1. In the calendar, mark with red the day of the Lunar Conception and three days prior to it. This is the time of highest fertility.
  2. Wait until your next menstruation begins and put a blue circle around that date. Count forward fifteen full days from the blue-circled day. Circle the fifteenth day in solid green. Mark with a green line six days before and after the green circled day. All thoose thirteen green days are potentially fertile due to the regular ovulation.
  3. To avoid pregnancy, do not have an intercourse on both red and green days.