This is a guest blog about postpartum depression and baby blues

If you have been following our blog for a while it may be no surprise we talk A LOT about cervical mucus. It is literally the foundation...

“Do you mind if I ask, are you married?” asked one of my clients during a follow up. I don’t mind that question, and it’s a valid question to ask when they notice that I’m not wearing a wedding ring (unless, of course, I’m in Rome wearing a fake engagement ring. Italian waiters….if you know, you know) and teach the Creighton Model System. People are further surprised to hear that I in fact, as all practitioners do, teach no less than a handful of girls who are younger than 18

It’s no secret that there are a lot of particular and personal questions a Fertility Care Practitioner asks a client during a follow-up. And it’s not because practitioners are nosey or don’t understand personal boundaries; on the contrary, a good practitioner is able to professionally inquire about personal topics in a thorough manner.  This intense attention-to-detail during a follow-up allows a practitioner to properly assess how well a woman or couple is learning the meth

We have talked about the important of SPICE , all the different forms of intimacy . Intimacy and connection can be as simple as a hug or a note slipped into a lunch box or work bag or as complicated as a fancy dinner out. Speaking of date nights , they can be really expensive! Factor in babysitting costs if you have kids, and the total cost is up even higher. But date nights don't have to be fancy, and they don't have to be at night. If you have children that nap, you can hav

“I have PCOS so I never will be able to have kids.” This statement, and statements similar to it, break my heart. Some women express their sorrow while in their teens or early 20’s, single, engaged, or years into marriage when they discover that they have been diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). The look or the way they discuss their fertility goes the same: the sadness in their eyes or what you can hear in their voices coupled with the self-defeat that pregnan

Many women and couples come to the Creighton Model Fertility Care System to achieve a pregnancy, to find answers to why they haven't...

Picture this: six women walk into a room, each at a different stage of life's journey. One is a single gal, another just got engaged,...

I've heard it said often "we live in a soundbite world." Technology, and how we process information, is changing at a break-neck pace. Do we truly live in a soundbite world? And is that term even still relevant? Who even listens to soundbites anymore? Maybe we should think of it more like a headline culture. Or, perhaps, an Instagram or TwitX culture. According to Gallup , fewer books are being read with a more pronounced drop being seen amongst college graduates. Maybe its j

When most people think of Creighton Model Fertility Care they think "NFP" and "family planning" and "marriage preparation". Those are all valid but one of the beautiful things about Fertility Care is that it goes far beyond these applications and is about true women's health for a reproductive lifetime . This begins with puberty and ends with menopause. There are so many varied seasons to a woman's reproductive healthcare. Each season comes with its own unique needs. One co

On behalf of all the wonderful Fertility Care Practitioners at the Groesbeck Fertility Care  Center, happy New Year’s! As fate would have it, I have the privilege of writing the first blog of the Groesbeck Fertility Care  Center for 2024, an honor I also received last year for 2023.  While I reviewed some helpful tips to turn over a new leaf in the new year last year, I thought it would be helpful this year to explore how motivation makes all the difference to sticking to n

Advocating for your needs makes for a better life, marriage, and existence.

I'm really excited about all the holiday-related posts we have so far about double peaks, self gift, and charting while traveling. In the...

The Holiday Season is in full force which means things can be crazy. All the school programs. The cooking and baking. Parties and family...

"Can we have sex" on such-and-such day? This question pops up in follow ups all the time. Spoiler alert: if you're married and you're both interested in intercourse on a particular day YES you are perfectly capable and you don't have to ask my permission. (Phew!) Our role as Fertility Care Practitioners is not to tell you when you are or are not "allowed" to have sex with your spouse. Our role is to help you gain a full understanding of your fertility so that you know which

Last year during the holiday season, I wrote about how to handle nosy relatives that butt into your sex life . And last week, Jessica talked about how holiday stress can affect your chart . So what else is there left to discuss about the charting and the holiday season? Alcohol! I'm kidding. Gifts, actually. Specifically, spousal self-gift. In the past, Karoline, has discussed the meaning of sexual intercourse on a natural level . I'd like to dive a bit deeper into her discus

The holidays can be a very beautiful time of the year with all the traditions, time with family and delightful meals. The holidays also...

As a young lady, I believed that having a period meant that I must be ovulating and was able to get pregnant. Many women have had "the...

We've discussed how the Creighton Model is very effective when you are trying to avoid pregnancy . Is the Creighton Model effective when you want to achieve pregnancy? Yes! The Creighton Model is a system of true family planning. It can be used (very effectively!) to either avoid or achieve pregnancy. So let's dive into the numbers! First, let's talk about the effectiveness for achieving pregnancy for couples of normal fertility. This means couples who are not experiencing i

Happy Halloween! I hope that you have fun spending time with your children, handing out, eating candy, etc. or wherever you find yourself this Halloween. Much like Halloween, the Sunday Scaries can be....well...scary. You know the feeling: Sunday afternoon rolls around and you've got a knot in your stomach thinking of all of the things that need to get done throughout the week. Maybe it's the project you've been procreating at work, that difficult conversation with your frien