Everyone’s experience with NFP is unique. Women and couples seek it out for so many different reasons and usually stay with it for...

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

Cervical mucus. It might a little uncomfortable for people to talk about or think about but as we like to say: if you can discuss cervical mucus, you can discuss anything. So consider this your opportunity! Cervical mucus is a very important symptom that you can easily learn to observe and be aware of and in doing so get lots of valuable information about your health. The more in tune you are with your body and it's normal functions, and the deviations thereof, the more you

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

Regardless of why you're using Creighton Model, whether to achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy or learn more about your fertility, we want you to be successful in achieving those goals! We are here to walk alongside you. Through years of experience, your Creighton Practitioners have been able to identify key characteristics that we see in women and couples that tend to be the most successful in achieving their fertility goals. We can teach, guide, correct, advise and accompan

We all have expectations. Expectations for little things like how clothes will fit or our ability to keep our promises to volunteer. And...

So far, we've talked about the spiritual , physical , intellectual, and creative elements of SPICE . This week we get to talk about communication! I'm very passionate about this topic. I want to share some tips that my husband and I have received, some of which we have implemented in our relationship and some of which we are still working on incorporating. I have also learned so much from my clients, so I want to share some tips inspired by them as well. 1. Don't be afraid to

Here we are at Part 3 intellectual, if you have missed the previous blogs on SPICE I do encourage you to take a look at them. Being intellectual as a couple can sound BORING and nerdy, but that is far from the truth. Being Intellectual means learning new things with each other which is vial part of growing closer to each other. In many marriages it can be so hard to find time to learn something new together because of the demands of our lives. I have found it very easy to say

As Karoline discussed last week, the Creighton Model System isn’t just a system that approaches human sexuality from a strictly genital...

We've discussed the Creighton Model Fertility Care use of the term "SPICE" in some previous blog posts here and here . But over the next few weeks we'll be diving deeper into the individual aspects of SPICE (spiritual, physical, intellectual, creative, communicative and emotional) because there is just so much to unpack with any one of these topics! With your use of CrMS (and, honestly, just life in general) there will be time periods where you don't or can't have (strictly

One complaint that sometimes comes up about using Creighton Model (CrMS) is the constraints that some couples feel it places on their times available for intercourse. Indeed, if you are using any natural method of fertility regulation (like CrMS) and your desire is to avoid pregnancy , there will be times unavailable to you for intercourse. Sometimes a couple will posit that if they were contracepting , sex could be more "spontaneous". Sexual spontaneity is an interesting “p

“Catholic contraception”, an oxymoron if ever there was one. But there are many people who use this term to define Creighton Model Fertility Care (CrMS) (and other methods of Natural Family Planning for that matter). However, CrMS and contraception by no means belong in the same category. Here’s why… With the use of a form of contraception , whether it is a physical barrier (condom) or a chemical barrier ( pill , or other hormonal device) you are interrupting or impeding th

Volumes have been written on this topic and a blog post can only barely scratch the surface, but hopefully this can be a first step in deepening your understanding of the purpose of our human sexuality. Sexual intercourse was designed by God and like everything He made, it was designed to be very, very good. As with anything God created, it is most beautiful and fulfilling when it’s used the way God designed it to be used. There’s a concept in philosophy called “teleology”. T

“Grit is a prerequisite to a beautiful life… without grit, we stay on the surface of what is possible, without grit we miss the wisdom...

When I present the Introductory Session , I like to highlight that Creighton is a shared system of family planning. It’s one of the many things I love about Creighton. It doesn’t place all of the responsibility for family planning on the woman. It actually helps bring the couple together. As I like to say, if a couple can talk about cervical mucus , they can talk about pretty much anything! Using the Creighton Model System requires communication , which is essential to any he

Years ago when I was first going through my Practitioner training, an educator said something very impactful to me that has become more...

Many new clients that practitioners see are engaged couples. These couples may have found the Creighton Model System on their own, or it...