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,...

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

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...

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...

It was a typical Monday night bedtime routine. I was attempting to lead the kids through their bedtime prayers while my husband was...

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. We've talked before about healing after miscarriage and have shared husbands' experiences of loss. We also gave suggestions on how to support a friend after a miscarriage . Today, let's talk about what NOT to say to a friend or family member who is experiencing a pregnancy loss. 1. "How can I help?" You might be saying, excuse me what? How is this not supportive?! Let me explain. The person saying this really has their

I started to share my story a couple weeks ago. I want to share more how I started teaching Creighton as a Registered Nurse. After I started teaching the introduction to NFP, I started reading more about the different methods . I loved that the Creighton model is based in so much research and that it works with doctors to help women through a variety of health concerns, not just planning and avoiding pregnancy . My husband and I started talking about how we would afford tra

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...

Have you ever had a profound calling from God you could not ignore? I have been blessed enough, this has happened to me many times in my...

Starting to observe and chart can be overwhelming. It is can feel impossible to keep charting especially when life gets busy or something...

On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, the priest will often ask the mothers or fathers in the congregation to stand for a special blessing. Blessings are, of course, great, but I want to speak to those who feel like they can’t stand up or who stand and feel a pang of grief as they do. The ones who long for biological motherhood or fatherhood. The ones whose children are already in Heaven. The ones whose families are split between earth and eternity. For many, hearing phrases like

Modern fertility treatment often uses medications designed to assist with ovulation. While these medications are helpful for many women,...

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...

As we enter in Holy Week, I want to share some reflections on suffering. Suffering is present in many stages of the fertility journey,...

We're well into Lent now, and I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but it seems to me that life always feels a little extra "hard"...

Daria and Karoline have shared how the Creighton model has impacted their lives. I want to share my own journey. My cycles were always irregular. I had what I thought were “light periods” of brown bleeding very often. Only some months would I have periods. It was confusing, but I didn’t know what to do about it. While I was in college, I woke up one night in horrible pain. I convinced my parents to drive me to the urgent care in the morning. I didn’t know how to describe the

In this new age of technology and DNA testing which allows us to find out where our ancestors came from and even medical history...

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...