Natural Birth Control

This form of natural birth control is actually three methods in one - you keep track of your temperature and cycle length, and monitor mucus production.

Also known as the calender method, this form of natural birth control requires tracking your menstrual cycle in order to predict when ovulation occurs.

The natural symptothermal birth control method can be just as effective as the pill, if taught properly. Find out more about this human reproduction study.

Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) is an effective natural birth control - the only drawback is that you have to be breast feeding for it to work.

No list of natural birth control alternatives is complete without a discussion on abstinence, which can mean anything from no contact to prodigious use of sex toys - so check it out!

Although not very effective (27 percent failure rate), the pull-out method is nevertheless a completely natural of birth control - learn more before practicing!

Take a walk through the earliest recorded natural birth control history. It seems that spermicides, diaphragms and intrauterine devices were all used centuries ago!

A great list of common myths about natural birth control methods like douching, or having sex standing up - make sure you distinguish fact from fiction!

Birth control pills increase estrogen levels, which carries risk of side effects, whereas more natural birth control methods lack that risk - learn about your alternatives.

Naturopath discusses herbal natural birth control options, and warns to never use them without consulting an expert - so please, don't try this at home!