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NFP
Married love differs from any other love in the world. By its nature, the love of husband and wife is so complete, so ordered to a lifetime of communion with God and each other, that it is open to creating a new human being they will love and care for together.
http://www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/MarriedLove.pdf
NFP is a way of following God’s plan for achieving and/or avoiding pregnancy. It consists of ways to achieve or to avoid pregnancy for a just reason using the physical means that God has built into human nature.
The NFP requirement for the Diocese of Austin is included in the marriage preparation classes, however, you are encouraged to choose a method you would like to learn and contact the instructors for further study.
Couple to Couple League
www.ccli.org
The Art of Natural Family Planning® with CCL Natural Family Planning is fertility awareness, the knowledge of a couple's fertility. It is a means of reading a woman's signs of fertility and infertility. The Couple to Couple League teaches three basic signs of fertility — temperature, mucus and cervix — and how to apply this knowledge through the Sympto-Thermal Method (STM) of NFP, which can be used both to achieve and to avoid or postpone pregnancy.Nick and Monica Warren (bilingual)
(512) 257-0857
nfp@loswarren.com
Robert and Kelly Tavarez
(512) 258-9304
Ktavarez@swbell.net
Billings Ovulation MethodTricia Churchill Ryan and Amanda Ransom
(512) 382-0497 (512) 415-0808
www.boma-usa.org ransomsnfp@gmail.com
Couples using the Billings Ovulation Method track the woman's natural and unique signs of fertility and infertility each day. Based on the primary observation of sensation, four simple rules are applied within the woman's cycle (the first three rules are used before ovulation and the fourth rule is applied once the fertile phase is over) based on a couple's desire to achieve or postpone pregnancy.
Creighton Model Ovulation Method
www.creightonmodel.com
FertilityCare Center of Central Texas (512) 474-2757, austinfcc@gmail.com
The CrMS teaches women to observe certain biological signs to monitor their own gynecological health, and to identify times of fertility and infertility. These biological signs include cervical mucus and bleeding patterns, and can be observed and analyzed in all types of menstrual cycles. These signs are charted daily to give a picture of the woman's individual cycle. Doctors can use the fertility charts which couples are taught to keep as the basis for further investigations if needed.