This was the method I used when I was trying to conceive my third pregnancy, and it worked great for that. As for using it as birth control, your article breezes past the fact that highest sex drive typically occurs during ovulation, the very time this method demands we *avoid* sex. The remark about “self-control” doesn’t cover for it.

I do wholeheartedly agree that everyone who ovulates should be taught the signs of ovulation and how to track basal body temp to understand their cycles.