Assisting women to appreciate their fertility throughout their reproductive life.
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Billings Method Procedure
Female Anatomy
This chart shows the female reproductive organs which are internal. Here we have the vagina or outer opening to the woman's body. This is the cervix or neck of the womb. On either side of the cervix there are crypts or glands which secrete mucus. The job of this mucus is to keep the sperm alive, to filter the sperm and help with mobility.
This mucus is essential for conception. It travels down the vagina and can be observed externally during normal toilet habits. Then we have the womb where our baby will grow and develop and on each side the fallopian tubes. These are connected to the female reproductive glands which are the ovaries. A baby girl at birth has all the eggs she will need for her reproductive life. When she reaches puberty these eggs begin to mature and ripen. Once in a cycle an egg matures and is picked up by the fimbria into the fallopian tube. If there are sperm present conception occurs and over the next few days the new life travels down the fallopian tubes and then embeds itself in the womb where it will grow and develop. Nine months later our baby is born. When the egg is released if there are no sperm present the egg dies within 24 hours and 11-16 days later the lining of the womb sheds itself and this is what we see as our period. Close genital contact when mucus is present can result in a pregnancy.