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Participants will be able to:

develop an understanding of the place of a woman's own charting of her symptoms of her fertility and infertility throughout all stages of her reproductive life.
increase their understanding of the scientific basis of the relationship between a woman's own observations of symptoms of ovulation, fertility and infertility and the measurement of ovarian hormones.
have a greater understanding of the role of the cervix in fertility and its recognizable response to rising oestrogen and progesterone.
understand the scientific reason for the rules of the Billings Ovulation Method when used to either achieve or avoid a pregnancy.
recognise the importance of accurate information being given to women who wish to follow a natural method of fertility regulation.

Participants will be able to:

read and understand a chart presented by a woman using the Billings Ovulation Method.
identify hormonal and cervical changes from a woman's own descriptions and charting.
identify possible pathology observed by a woman charting signs differing from her normal symptoms of fertilitylinfertility.

Participants should feel more:

comfortable in discussing the natural signs of fertility and infertility with their patients.
confident in relying on the woman's own observations as a way of monitoring her reproductive health.
assured in making referral to an accredited Billings Ovulation Method teaching service.

Participants should:

give confidence to women who wish to chart their symptoms of fertility and infertility using the Billings Ovulation Method.
encourage all women to know their own normal symptoms of fertility and infertility and to identify changes which would need medical investigation.
encourage couples to follow the rules of the Billings Ovulation Method to achieve or avoid pregnancy using this Method.
refer to an accredited Billings Ovulation Method teaching service if they chose not to teach patients themselves.