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Natural Family Planning

Natural Family Planning (NFP) is the general title for scientific, natural, and moral methods of family planning that can help couples either to achieve or postpone pregnancies. Since NFP methods respect the love-giving (unitive) and life-giving (procreative) nature of the conjugal love, they support God’s design for marital love.

NFP methods do not use hormones, devices or surgery to postpone pregnancy.

NFP methods can also help women with fertility issues, menstrual irregularities, and reproductive health concerns.

There are several methods of natural family planning.

The Ovulation Method – Family of the Americas www.familyplanning.net
  • relies on observation of cervical mucus
  • local teacher: Nannet Horton 515-292-5486 [email protected].
Billings Ovulation Method-www.billings-center.ab.ca
  • relies on observation of cervical mucus
  • local teacher: Betty McGehe (DSM) 515-240-2751
Couple to Couple League , Sympto-Thermal Method-www.ccli.org
  • relies on observation of temperature and cervical mucus
  • local teachers: Mark and Patty Conway (Urbandale) 515-245-3016
  • Kerry and Renee McGuire (West Des Moines) 515-278-1623
Creighton Model FertilityCare System-www.fertilitycare.org
  • relies on the observation of cervical mucus
  • effective in helping women with fertility problems, miscarriage or other health related issues
  • meet one-on-one with a practitioner to learn
  • local teachers:Kajda Downs (Ames) 605-391-0417 Michelle McKernan (DSM) 515-225-3261
Julie Craven (DSM) 515-554-5099 Linda Jacobs (Marshalltown) 641-753-5965