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Evaluation Of The Lady Free Biotester® In Determining The Fertile Period, Richard Fehring, Nancy Gaska
Evaluation Of The Lady Free Biotester® In Determining The Fertile Period, Richard Fehring, Nancy Gaska
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Small hand-held microscopes have been developed for self-observation of salivary ferning patterns to detect the fertile time of a woman’s menstrual cycle. The purpose of this study was to evaluate one such microscope, the Lady Free Biotester®, by comparing it with the self-observation of cervical-vaginal mucus and with the self-detection of luteinizing hormone (LH) in the urine. Twelve natural family planning teachers (average age 34.6 years) observed their cervical-vaginal mucus, tested their urine for LH, and observed salivary and cervical-vaginal mucus ferning patterns (with the Lady Free Biotester) for two menstrual cycles. Data indicated that there was a …