Contraception without hormones: the methods at a glance

Headaches, loss of libido, depressed mood: The list of side effects of hormonal contraceptives such as the pill or the hormonal IUD is long. Hormone-free contraception is therefore becoming increasingly important. Its particularity: contraception is free of side effects. With the contraceptive computer trackle, you can use contraception without hormones: simple, digital and safe. We support you in your approach, which is why you will find here everything that is important for you if you decide to use contraception without hormones.

Comment puis-je utiliser une contraception sans hormones ?

Les contraceptifs hormonaux comme l'implant hormonal, la pilule contraceptive ou le patch contraceptif perturbent ton équilibre hormonal. Ils font en sorte que tu oublies d'écouter ton corps et d'interpréter correctement les signes de ton corps. Il est pourtant très important de comprendre ton corps et de savoir ce qui s'y passe – surtout lorsqu'il s'agit d'un sujet aussi important que ta contraception.

Les personnes qui souhaitent commencer une contraception sans hormones sont confrontées à quelques questions : quels sont les moyens de contraception sans hormones disponibles ? À quoi faut-il faire attention ? La contraception sans hormones est-elle sûre ? Nous souhaitons répondre à ces questions et te donner ainsi la sécurité dont tu as besoin.

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Alternative to the pill: contraception without hormones with natural family planning

Hormone-free birth control is often called natural birth control because it is free of side effects. People looking for an alternative to the pill will therefore quickly turn to the natural family planning. In the following paragraphs, we will give you an overview of methods of contraception without hormones, as well as their advantages and disadvantages.

  • The symptothermal method

    With the trackle contraception computer, you protect yourself according to the rules of the symptothermal method. It is considered the safest method for planning familial naturel - trackle makes the app more digital and easier to use and takes away your fear of doing something wrong. In case of so-called perfect use - which means: no vaginal intercourse during the fertile period - it has a Pearl index of 0.4. In the case of protected intercourse, the Pearl index is 0.6. With the sympto-thermal method, you can determine your fertile window very precisely, because you are only fertile around ovulation. The sympto-thermal method assesses two indicators of fertility: Your core body temperature and your cervical mucus. The evaluation is therefore carried out by means of a double check. This is what makes the method so safe. Do not hesitate to inform yourself in more detail about how you protect yourself with trackle.

  • The temperature method

    As the name suggests, the temperature method only assesses your temperature and forgoes the assessment of another fertility indicator like cervical mucus or the position of the cervix. This makes it significantly less secure than the sympto-thermal method which, in addition to your core body temperature, factors another fertility indicator like your cervical mucus into the assessment.

  • The Billings method - also called the cervical mucus method

    Just before ovulation, the consistency of the cervical mucus exchange. This is what the Billings method takes advantage of. With this hormone-free method of birth control, you observe your cervical mucus every day and record it in a chart to see any changes. But here too, as with the temperature method, only one fertility indicator is taken into account in the evaluation, which makes it much less certain than the symptothermal method.

  • The calendar method and coitus interruptus: be careful, it's not safe!

    Let's say it straight away: these two methods are NOT recommended! They are considered unsafe and therefore not suitable for contraceptive purposes.

    The calendar method can determine the approximate time of ovulation, but it is primarily based on 28-day cycles. But each cycle is individual and even regular cycles, which you could set a clock to, sometimes get longer or shorter. Especially when it comes to contraception, you should not rely on the calculation of an approximate window, it can go very wrong!

    In the case coitus interruptus, the responsibility lies with the man: he withdraws his penis from the vagina before ejaculation, so that no sperm can enter it. Even if it were to actually work in time despite the happy highway, there is still the pleasure drop, also called pre-ejaculate. It flows before actual ejaculation and may contain sperm. Most of the time, the man does not notice the ejaculation at all. So here too: It is clearly recommended NOT to use coitus interruptus as a method of contraception!

Fertile and infertile days of the cycle

In natural family planning, everything revolves around l'ovulation, because it is around ovulation that you have your window of fertility. This is the basis of natural contraception: if you know when you are fertile - i.e. you know when you could get pregnant - you also know when you need to use additional contraception, such as a condom or a diaphragm, so as not to get pregnant.

Contraception without hormones: what to watch out for

Do you want to use a contraception sans hormones ? So there are a few things you need to pay attention to that may be new to you. But don't worry: contraception without hormones is exciting and interesting, because you not only have contraception without side effects, but also get to know yourself and understand your body in a completely new way. We give you an overview of what you should pay attention to.

stop the pill

Before starting contraception without hormones, you must stop hormonal contraceptives such as the pill or the hormonal IUD. A cycle natural without hormonal influence is the basis of natural and hormone-free contraception.

trackle facilitates contraception without hormones

Birth control without hormones works differently than taking a hormonal pill every day. If you want to use the planning familial naturel, you have to acquire some knowledge, especially at the beginning, to understand how it all works. But don't worry: it's not that complicated! trackle uses the safest method of natural family planning and helps you to use a scientifically well-researched method in a simple and digital way and to make birth control without hormones as easy as possible.

Benefits of birth control without hormones

If you decide to use contraception without hormones, many advantages await you. We have summarized here what you can definitely look forward to when you say: Goodbye to hormones!

You get to know your body

We can never say it enough: to be informed is to be free and to be able to decide for yourself. Thanks to natural contraception, you begin to understand your cycle and listen to you. Things like your period won't surprise you anymore.

No more side effects of the pill!

Goodbye headaches - hello libido! Contraception without hormones is without side effects and natural. Especially if you suffered terrible side effects from the pill, this is a huge plus for birth control without hormones.

The perfect foundation for pregnancy - sooner or later!

You can't imagine a pregnancy yet, but maybe one day? Hormone-free contraception with trackle is exactly the way to achieve this. Thanks to the sympto-thermal method, you can accurately determine your fertile window: This is important if you want to use contraception and just as important if you want get pregnant. In one case, you protect yourself additionally during your fertile days, for example by using a condom or giving up sex - in the other case, you really start having sex during your fertile days! You don't have to know when and if you want children yet. But what is certain is that knowing and understanding your own body and its cycle is the perfect basis for all important decisions in life.

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