Fertility awareness

Fertility is your chance of getting pregnant.

If you are fertile, you are likely to get pregnant — when you have sex without contraception. If you are not fertile, you are not likely to get pregnant. Most people are more fertile, and less fertile, at different times in their menstrual cycle. 
 
If you want to get pregnant, it is best to have sex when you are fertile. If you don’t want to get pregnant, it’s best to have sex when you are not fertile. Either way, it’s really helpful to understand how your menstrual cycle affects your fertility. 

Fertility awareness is knowing and identifying the times of your menstrual cycle when you're fertile — likely to get pregnant. People use fertility awareness to: 

• Understand their menstrual cycle 
• Plan a pregnancy 
• Avoid a pregnancy 

Learn more about fertility awareness

If you want to have your fertility tested, or be referred to a fertility specialist, one of our doctors can help you.

Make an appointment with us, and we can talk about it. 
 
We are not experts on fertility awareness for contraception. If you want to learn more about this type of contraception, it's really important that you talk to an experienced fertility awareness teacher.

You can find an expert kaiako at Natural Fertility NZ | Te Whakato Kakano Tuturu Aotearoa. 

Our appointments are free for New Zealand residents under 22 years old. If you are 22 years, or older, you’ll pay our standard appointment fees — unless you are eligible for subsidised health care, or you have a Community Services Card. If you are eligible for subsidised health care, your appointment will be free. If you have a Community Services Card, your appointment will cost $5.

If you’re not a New Zealand resident, you’ll need to pay non-resident fees.  

Check out our fees page for more details.