Apparatus and method of fertility awareness
AssigneeMaternal Life International
InventorGeorge Mulcaire-Jones
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Abstract
A method of providing visual indications relating to various phases of a woman's menstrual cycle and an apparatus for providing visual indications relating to various phases of a woman's menstrual cycle are provided. As many as ten different types of beads are utilized in the method and apparatus of the present invention to provide the desired visual indications. Different beads are placed on a string each day during the woman's menstrual cycle depending upon the phase of the woman's menstrual cycle and other events observed during such phases.
Claims17
A method of providing visual indications relating to various phases of a woman's menstrual cycle by utilizing different types of beads, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a first type of the beads on a string to indicate the first day of a menses phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
- placing a plurality of a second type of the beads on the string to indicate each additional day of the menses phase;
- placing a third type of the beads on the string to indicate the day the menses phase crosses over to a fertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
- placing a plurality of a fourth type of the beads on the string to indicate each additional day of the fertile phase;
- observing the woman's cervical mucus at least during the fertile phase to determine the day when the woman's cervical mucus begins drying up;
- placing a fifth type of the beads on the string to indicate the day the woman's cervical mucus begins drying up;
- placing a plurality of a sixth type of the beads on the string to indicate each additional day the woman's cervical mucus is drying up;
- placing a seventh type of the beads on the string to indicate the first day of an infertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
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- placing a plurality of an eighth type of the beads on the string to indicate each additional day of the infertile phase.
A method of providing indications relating to various phases of a woman's menstrual cycle by utilizing different types of beads, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a plurality of a first type of the beads on a string to indicate each day of the menses phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
- placing a plurality of a second type of the beads on the string to indicate each day of a fertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle placing a plurality of a third type of the beads on the string to indicate each day of an infertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
- observing the woman's cervical mucus at least during the fertile phase to determine the day when the woman's cervical mucus begins drying up;
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- substituting a fourth type of the beads for one of the second types of the beads on the string to indicate the day when the woman's cervical mucus begins drying up during the fertile phase.
An apparatus for providing visual indications relating to various phases of a woman's menstrual cycle, said apparatus comprising:
- a string;
- a first bead positionable on the string to indicate the first day of a menses phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
- a plurality of second beads positionable on the string to indicate each additional day of the menses phase;
- a third bead positionable on the string to indicate the day the woman's menses phase crosses over to a fertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
- a plurality of fourth beads positionable on the string to indicate each additional day of the fertile phase;
- a fifth bead positionable on the string to indicate the day the woman's cervical mucus begins drying up;
- a plurality of sixth beads positionable on the string to indicate each additional day the woman's cervical mucus is drying up;
- a seventh bead positionable on the string to indicate the first day of an infertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle;
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- a plurality eighth beads positionable on the string to indicate each additional day of the infertile phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.