Natural Family Planning

The science of natural family planning is simple. A woman is fertile for only about 100 to 120 hours during a month. Let’s call this time period the “window of fertility.” By avoiding sexual intercourse during the window of fertility, pregnancy can be avoided. This method can also help achieve pregnancy by understanding the fertility cycle better and learning when the probability of conceiving is highest. The question that various natural family planning methods are trying to answer is “How do I determine exactly when the window of fertility starts and ends?” If the window could be determined with 100% accuracy, then natural family planning would be a nearly perfect family planning method. However, the window can be estimated with high probability by observing changes in specific things, such as, temperature, mucus, and cervical changes.

The following links take you to pages that offer you several different approaches to natural family planning. Also be sure to check the books page for good books on the subject.

• Natural Family Planning is a developing field and the web sites change to keep up with the development….the links on this page were updated April 20, 2020  If you find any of them no longer functioning or if you find even more useful sites, let me know > Rob Ruhnke

• NaturalWomanhood https://naturalwomanhood.org/about/ is the most far-reaching women’s health literacy program since the Pill. We exist because many women are harmed by or at risk from the use of contraceptives, and most don’t know they have a viable alternative.  Natural Womanhood is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of fertility charting, as a way to promote disease prevention, self-knowledge, relational intimacy, and effective family planning.
   
• A new On-line way to learn NFP provided by the Archdiocese of Chicago > http://www.learnnfponline.com/
   
• “Family Doctor.org” by American Academy of Family Physicians  http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/prevention-wellness/sex-birth-control/birth-control/natural-family-planning.html
   
• Institute for Reproductive, Health Georgetown University http://irh.org/focus-areas/family_planning/ 
   
• The Billings Method of Natural Family Planning: USA http://www.boma-usa.org/   CANADA http://www.woomb.ca/
   
• The Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning http://www.familyplanning.net/main_frame.htm
   
• Couple to Couple League http://www.ccli.org/
   
• The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops web site has a wealth of information >  http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/index.shtml
   
• The Creighton Model FertilityCare System is the only medical model of procreative education currently in existence. Because of its standardized and objective format, it has been instrumental in the development of a new reproductive and gynecologic science called NaProTECHNOLOGY (Natural Procreative Techonology). >> http://www.creightonmodel.com/
   
• Traditional Natural Family Planning requires commitment and a substantial investment of your time. LadyComp and BabyComp fertility computers makes the process effortless. As well, by reducing the possibility of human error, you can have increased confidence that your natural method of birth control is safe, accurate and reliable. >> https://lady-comp.com/shop/products/lady-comp-baby/