Natural Family Planning
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What is Natural Family Planning?
Natural Family Planning (NFP) refers to various teachings about the nature of love leading to a more beautiful sex life and a series of methods that help couples achieve, space out, or postpone pregnancy. NFP methods observe the naturally occurring signs of a woman's menstrual cycle's fertile and infertile phases.
Unlike contraceptives, which change the character of sex to render it unfruitful, methods of NFP support God's design for your sexual life, where the union between husband and wife is both love-giving and open to life.
"These methods respect the bodies of the spouses, encourage tenderness between them, and favor the education of an authentic freedom" (CCC 2370).
If you would like to learn more and discern which Natural Family Planning method may best support your journey as a couple, we invite you to continue scrolling through this page to explore the different methods available
If you already know which method you would like to learn, you may proceed directly and register for the corresponding class.
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Natural Family Planning Methods
Method Primary Focus Primary Indicator Couple Profile Potential Cost Instructors Learn More 
Billings Ovulation Method (BOM)Observation of the natural signs of the female cycle. Cervical Mucus
(sensation and appearance)Suitable for couples seeking a simple, research-backed method, and confirmed in its reliability by over 850,000 hormonal assays.
$ – $$ Ana Schmude (English / Spanish)
Irma Román (Spanish)
Ferely Correa (Spanish)
Creighton MethodStandardized observation of cervical mucus. Cervical Mucus
(standardized and coded charting)Suitable for couples seeking greater precision and ongoing guidance. $ – $$ Bayard Linbeck (inglés)
Elizabeth Sprull (inglés)
Creighton Model 
Marquette MethodUse of hormonal biomarkers with technological support. Reproductive hormones in urine (primarily LH and estrogen) Couples seeking greater objectivity and confirmation of the fertile window through hormonal biomarkers. $ – $$ - Rachel Interiano (inglés)
Sympto-Thermal MethodIntegrated observation of the natural signs of the female cycle. Cervical mucus
Basal body temperature
Secondary physical signs
Couples seeking greater confirmation of ovulation. none – $ Coming Soon Couple to Couple League
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Advantages of Natural Family Planning
- Safe and Healthy
- True to Catholic Church Teaching
- Effective in Achieving and Postponing Pregnancy
- Good for Marriages and for Children
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- No medical side effects
- No abortifacient effects (in contrast to methods using artificial hormones—Pill, Patch, Depo shot, etc.)
- Promotes self-awareness and wellness
- Can alert a couple to potential fertility problems or other health issues
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- Can help couples with low fertility to have the best chance of conceiving a child
- Does not risk extended loss, reduction or total elimination of fertility like the Pill, Depo-Provera, IUD, etc.
- Can be "reversed" at any time
- Approved by the Catholic Church when used in the context of responsible parenthood
- Respects the integrity of man and wife, created in God's image
- Effective option vs. using artificial contraception, which "must be excluded as intrinsically immoral" (Familiaris Consortio, 32)
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- Same range of effectiveness as the most effective artificial means (Pill, IUD, etc.)
- More effective than barriers, such as condoms, diaphragms, spermicides, etc.
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- Promotes communication, faithfulness, intimacy, mutual respect, chastity, and love between spouses.
- Helps parents appreciate children as gifts from God.
- Helps parents communicate healthy sexual attitudes to their children.
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