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Natural Family Planning (NFP) is a set of Catholic-sanctioned methods of family planning, which help women to achieve or avoid pregnancy by identifying times of infertility and potential fertility. NFP excludes the use of artificial birth control methods and orgasmic acts outside of marital intercourse, promoting abstinence during high fertility times for couples trying to avoid pregnancy.
Some methods of NFP track one of the primary fertility signs: Basal body temperature, cervical mucus (e.g. Billings, Creighton, Two-Day Method), and cervical position. If two or more signs are tracked, the method is referred to as Sympto-Thermal. Other methods make statistical estimates as to when a woman is fertile (eg. Rhythm Method, Standard Days Method). The Lactational Amenorrhea Method helps identify and/or encourage breastfeeding infertility. The Rhythm Method, the most well known method of NFP, has a perfect-use failure rate of 9% per year, while other types of NFP have lower perfect-use failure rates — between 1%-3% per year. The common usage failure rate is up to 25% per year.
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NFP and total abstinence are the only contraceptive methods permitted by the Roman Catholic Church. Worldwide, many Catholics use NFP in obedience to church teaching. The practice of NFP among Catholics in developed countries, however, is rather low. In 2002, 24% of the U.S. was Catholic.Largest Religious Groups in the USA. Accessed November 13, 2005. Of sexually active Americans avoiding pregnancy, 1.5% were using NFP.National Survey of Family Growth Use of Contraception and Use of Family Planning Services in the United States: 1982-2002. Advance Data No. 350 More on [ Natural family planning ]
I got a fever. And the only prescription is MORE NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING!
kevinshead (K J M) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:34:40 -0000
I got a fever. And the only prescription is MORE NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING!
@Nobilis I am anti-contraception. I am Catholic after all, and I teach one version of Natural Family Planning, but I understand that most..
JeffreyHite (Jeffrey Hite) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:39 -0000
@Nobilis I am anti-contraception. I am Catholic after all, and I teach one version of Natural Family Planning, but I understand that most..
Wtf VA, really? A natural family planning promoting governor? You totally just ruined your chances of ever having me move back.
MsAudra (Audra Vanderland) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:39:25 -0000
Wtf VA, really? A natural family planning promoting governor? You totally just ruined your chances of ever having me move back.
@countroshculla and natural family planning is failure prone. Last yr group of catholics submitted a request to pope to withdraw that rule.
kuttyedathi (Sue) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:03:50 -0000
@countroshculla and natural family planning is failure prone. Last yr group of catholics submitted a request to pope to withdraw that rule.
@countroshculla even in catholic shurch in India there is a teaching that family planning is killing. they favour only natural method.
kuttyedathi (Sue) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:01:30 -0000
@countroshculla even in catholic shurch in India there is a teaching that family planning is killing. they favour only natural method.
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KatarHol5 (Alejandro Colcol) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:49:09 -0000
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Billings Centre - Presents the Billings method for planning for future conception, includes a list of instructors in Canada.
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Billings Ovulation Method Association - Information about this method and access to instructors who assist couples achieve future conception.
Family of the Americas - Discusses natural family planning through the ovulation method.
Feminist Women's Health Center - Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) for natural birth control.
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Fertility Friend - Free assistance and information for natural conception.
Fertility Wizard - Free online calculator gives daily estimates of fertility based on menstrual cycle.
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Fondation SymptoTherm - Swiss organization offering support and information on the Sympto-thermal method.
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Hormonal Forecaster - Charts fertility to avoid or achieve pregnancy. Also generate personal statistics, and forecast future moods and behaviors.
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National Association of the Ovulation Method of Ireland - Helps women learn how to manage their own fertility through monitoring body changes. Includes details of the Billings method of self-examination.
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Natural Conception Control - Dr. Jonas Method - Provides details on how to use observations of natural cycles to accomplish contraception or to select a future baby's gender.
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Natural Family Planning - Brief fact sheet outlines the advantages and limitations of natural family planning, also called periodic abstinence, which requires users to practice abstinence during the fertile period of a woman's menstrual cycle.
Natural Methods - Emory University School of Medicine review of abstinence, fertility awareness, breastfeeding, outercourse, and withdrawal as methods of birth control or child spacing.
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Ovulation Calendar - Calculates fertility period using actual dates while considering length of cycle, provides a printable version to share with physician.
Meta Description: [ Ovulation calendar and ovulation calculator to help you track your ovulations. ]
Philadelphia Natural Family Planning Network - Information on teaching providers in the area, with dates and locations of classes. Also information this form of birth control, who can use it and how to learn it.
The Fertility Awareness Center - Fertility Awareness Center in New York City. Resources, contact and method information.
Twin Cities Natural Family Planning Center - Information on Ovulation Method, human fertility cycles, and other non-chemical approaches to family planning.
Web Womb - Fertility indicator and pregnancy tests. Information on the Fertility Awareness Method. Product, contact information and charts.
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World Organization Ovulation Method Billings - Covers the Billings Ovulation Method of natural family planning, research papers and teaching material, identifies teach locations in over 100 countries.
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