Explain Cycle Beads
Question
I have been on BC for about ten years now and I recently decided to stop BC because of the side effects, eg. blood clots, loss of libido, lack of sexual feelings etc.
I recently found Cycle Beads and was wondering what your thoughts were on the Cycle Beads. How effective did you think the method (Standard Method) behind the Beads was.
Katrina
Answer
Last Updated: January 18, 2022
Dear Katrina,
Congratulation on stopping the BCP. After 10 years of use you cannot be assured of an immediate return to fertility, and depending on the type of pill you used the return to normal cycling can take up to a year before your own hormones are in balance and producing good levels in each cycle. Another effect may include the slow restarting of adequate cervical mucus production, necessary for conception.
Cycle Beads are used to count the number of days in a woman’s menstrual cycle. It works only if your cycle length is 26 to 32 days regularly. It does not help women who are coming off the pill, breastfeeding, weaning, stressed, pre menopausal, women with infertility problems or young girls just beginning their cycles. All of these women can exhibit irregular cycles. Cycle Beads is like the out-of-date Rhythm Method that was used before the 1970’s. The grouping of the colors are the same for all users and are based on the early-known fact that ovulation occurs approximately 2 weeks before menstruation.
There are several day-by-day Natural Family Planning methods that we list on our web site that can tell a woman when she is fertile on any given day in her cycle. They are not counting methods and are effective whether cycles are regular or irregular. It’s the most modern and healthy method of family planning available and it’s for every woman.
Judy Wilmurt
Congratulation on stopping the BCP. After 10 years of use you cannot be assured of an immediate return to fertility, and depending on the type of pill you used the return to normal cycling can take up to a year before your own hormones are in balance and producing good levels in each cycle. Another effect may include the slow restarting of adequate cervical mucus production, necessary for conception.
Cycle Beads are used to count the number of days in a woman’s menstrual cycle. It works only if your cycle length is 26 to 32 days regularly. It does not help women who are coming off the pill, breastfeeding, weaning, stressed, pre menopausal, women with infertility problems or young girls just beginning their cycles. All of these women can exhibit irregular cycles. Cycle Beads is like the out-of-date Rhythm Method that was used before the 1970’s. The grouping of the colors are the same for all users and are based on the early-known fact that ovulation occurs approximately 2 weeks before menstruation.
There are several day-by-day Natural Family Planning methods that we list on our web site that can tell a woman when she is fertile on any given day in her cycle. They are not counting methods and are effective whether cycles are regular or irregular. It’s the most modern and healthy method of family planning available and it’s for every woman.
Judy Wilmurt
Answered By:
Judy Wilmurt
Judy Wilmurt, Professional Member of CANFP, and past member of the Executive Board, taught the Creighton Model FertilityCare System of NFP in the Oakland region, wherre she resides with her husband Eric.
