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Birth Story- Baby Weirich Number 2

By Laura Weirich

On December 16, 2011 early in the morning (I guess about 5 in the morning) I woke up, as usual, with light cramps. I had been having cramps and Braxton Hick’s contractions on and off for about a week. That morning I decided that rather than staring at the ceiling I was going to do [...]

Creighton Model FertilityCare System

By Kris Mery

The Creighton Model FertilityCare System (CrMS) is another method of Natural Family Planning. CrMS was developed by the Pope Paul VI Institute, founded in 1985 by Thomas W. Hilgers, MD. It has developed into a whole system that can be used with medical specialists. The method itself claims to be a standardized variation of the [...]

Billings Ovulation Method

By Kris Mery

The Billings Ovulation Method is one of several methods of Natural Family Planning. It is a cervical mucus only method, which means there is only one symptom to chart. For some women, this is an easy to use method because of that fact. Some also believe that it is more reliable than other methods because [...]

What is NFP?

By Kris Mery

I didn’t realize how hard it would be to write about Natural Family Planning methods without writing a bit more about what NFP is and what it is to me. Right now I’m in that weird land of breastfeeding and trying to chart and writing about that was so much easier, so I jumped in [...]

Charting Through LAM and Beyond

By Kris Mery

The most common form of Natural Family Planning (NFP) used during breastfeeding is the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM), but it’s not the only thing you can do. Many groups actually advise against using it alone and say that it is not a true form of NFP. While I’m not completely comfortable using it alone myself, [...]

NFP and Breastfeeding

By Kris Mery

Having had 2 children in 4 years, I’ve spent most of my “NFP Career” breastfeeding. Natural Family Planning, or NFP, is something I’d planned to practice for years before I did. I didn’t realize then that it might be a good idea to learn early on. I just knew it would be a big part [...]