The hardest time of the year is here...cold and flu season...get all the tissues, electrolytes, soup, but be careful when reaching for...

If you're looking for the right "fit" Natural Family Planning method... here's a bunch of information all in one place about Creighton...

Let’s take a trip down memory lane, to the time of my first follow-up after attending the Creighton Model Introductory Session. This is...

This is a question I get all so often, most especially in the Catholic world. In case you aren’t familiar, normally when people ask me if Natural Family Planning can be used with a ‘ contraceptive mindset ’ or ‘contraceptively,’ what they’re really asking is if NFP can be used with bad intentions. Or, if NFP can be used faithfully by a Catholic to avoid a pregnancy. Sometimes I get asked by people with a half raised skeptical eyebrow, others with a curiosity of how NFP actual

In the world of reproductive health and family planning, the landscape is constantly evolving with new developments. One such development...

It's no secret that when using any type of NFP, a period of abstinence is used during the fertile time of a woman’s cycle if the couple...

Dryness. The lack of any discharge. Not a single bit of anything. It is just the desert down there... I think you get what I am talking about. Being dry or seeing a lack of cervical mucus can be a good thing or sometimes a sign of an underlying issues. There are certain times in the cycle where we want to see no discharge and there are other times where we really need to have it present. So let's talk dryness! When Should You Be Dry? Having no discharge at all should/can occ

So you're finally ready to learn a method to learn more about your fertility. You're excited and also nervous. You finally receive all of...

We all know estrogen is a very important hormone when it comes to the female reproductive system. But, did you know you can have too much...

On this cold rainy spring Tuesday (at least if you’re reading this in real time in mid-Michigan), I have a little history lesson for you....

I sat in the gathering room at the Ronald McDonald Apartment in Ann Arbor, Michigan looking out the window. It was cold outside, the air...

I first heard of the Creighton Model Fertility Care System in April of 2019. At that point in our marriage, my husband and I had three children. With my youngest turning one and breastfeeding officially ending, my menstrual cycle was back in full force with an a vengeance that had become the new "normal" after weaning my second baby over 2 years. For one week each month I would become an anxious, weepy mess, barely able to keep up with the demands of my life as a stay-at-h

Here we meet again friends, three days into the New Year of 2023. So how are your New Year’s resolutions holding up? If you are a...

Have you ever had family members who simply could not keep their noses out of your sex life? Or worse, strangers? I've heard stupid...

" If therefore there are well-grounded reasons for spacing births, arising from the physical or psychological condition of husband or wife, or from external circumstances, the Church teaches that married people may then take advantage of the natural cycles immanent in the reproductive system and engage in marital intercourse only during those times that are infertile, thus controlling birth in a way which does not in the least offend the moral principles which We have just ex

I'm too busy to chart. It's just one. more. thing. And it didn't get done again this month. I can't have one more thing on my plate clamoring for my time and attention. How much of this do I actually have to do for it to count? Will it still "work" if I get it done sometimes but not all of the time? You can do this I get it. Life feels nuts right now. I'm right there with you. Here's a slight perspective shift that might help. Have you ever been so busy that you didn't go to

Here at Groesbeck and on or blog we have talked a lot about hormones and why they are so important to conceiving a baby, helping with...

While the first official day of Fall may not be until next week, it feels like Fall is already here. The cooler temperatures in the...

We haven't interviewed a client on our blog since last summer and we thought it was time again to check in with some real-life Creighton Model users and ask them about their experience using CrMS. I had the privilege of asking 2 long-time clients of mine about their experience and feedback. Both of these wonderful women have been charting for nearly 5 years. They started using CrMS before marriage and have navigated health challenges, NaPro interventions, babies, miscarriag

I've heard a million response about why FertilityCare will never work. For example: -"there is no rhyme or reason to fertility" -"my...