The Church is very consistent and explicit in that the responsibility lies with the parents, within the sacrament of marriage, to discern family size. 

Adapting to plans when infertility, fertility, and charting are difficult.

Infertility, Lent, and the God Who Doesn’t Leave There is a particular kind of ache that comes with secondary infertility. I have shared my story before but in this season of Lent I tend to find myself going back to the time where all I felt I was doing was waiting. That time in my life was: It is quiet. It is confusing. And sometimes it felt lonelier than primary infertility. Because I already had a child. I'd seen two pink lines before. I knew what my body could do. And y

The use of NFP embraces God's design for the marital act, fosters self-mastery, mutual respect, deeper intimacy, and openness to life.

Season of Waiting With Christmas two days away, I find myself reflecting on Seasons of Waiting we experience in life. For the longest time, waiting has always sounded like such a passive thing, like you're just sitting around and waiting for something to happen when the reality is seasons of waiting are some of the most active times of life! Look at Mary: as soon as she finds out she is expecting Jesus, Mary sets out "in haste" to go visit her cousin Elizabeth to help he

Your fertility is not a race. Your cycle is not a timer counting down. And you are not “behind.”

I want you to know how incredibly common and incredibly frustrating that experience is. Many of the women and couples I work with have spent months or years feeling confused, unseen, or brushed off. They’re told their tests look fine. Their ultrasound is fine. Their hormones are fine. Yet… they’re not getting pregnant and ultimately they end up feeling totally dismissed.

Pelvic floor therapy can be a gentle and powerful tool in restoring balance, bodily integration, and wholeness to women in any stage of life.

I went through the 13 month training process to become a Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner (FCP) back in 2017-2018. The training process for all FCPs involves an 8 day Education Phase, followed by a 6 month Supervised Practicum, another week long Education Phase, and a second 6 month Supervised Practicum which includes a site visit from your supervisor and a final exam. Phew! At the end of my second Education Phase, the director of the program approached me and sai

If you want to build confidence, learn the Creighton Model System in full, reach whatever goals you entered Creighton with, then sticking with the follow up schedule is extremely advantageous to you.

Learn how to build good habits by using simple habit-stacking strategies that make good habits and daily Creighton observations second nature.

How VRPM can wreak havoc on charts and what you can do about it.

Read about the qualities that set Creighton apart from other methods

How the Creighton Model System helps identify indicators of health issues, infertility, and miscarriage

It’s finally May in Michigan, which means more sun, warmer weather, swimsuits (maybe), and…I’m just going to say it…sweatier crotches. Why should you care? Well, my friends, as women, we most likely all have experienced pasty creamy (“PC”) discharge at some point in our lives (I truly can’t remember a client of mine who didn’t have it at least once while charting), and we’re even more likely to have PC discharge in the heat. Last week, Daria talked about how fertility appreci

Your fertility is not a burden. It’s one of your greatest superpowers.

No matter where it comes from, these voices can be loud, overwhelming, and deeply unsettling.

Valentine's Day Celebration

It’s tempting to think, “I can figure this out myself!” NFP seems like it should be simple ,and it can be, track a few signs...

The Groesbeck FertilityCare Practitioners This past Saturday, December 7th, the lovely FCPs and CFCPs met for a day of professional development for the Groesbeck FertilityCare Center at our yearly in-person retreat day for professional development at the beautiful St. Mary’s in Williamston. This year marked our fourth year of meeting in person to discuss the vision of GFCC for the year all while sharing plenty of fellowship, support, and good food.  Today’s blog will