5 Powerful Ways to Support Your Hormone Health-Through the Creighton Model Lens

A Creighton Model FertilityCare System-Practitioner's Perspective and Opinion

Hormone health affects much more than just fertility. It influences your energy levels, mood, sleep, skin, digestion, metabolism, and even mental clarity. Yet, most women are never taught how to care for their hormones in a way that’s natural, holistic, and truly effective.

The Creighton Model FertilityCare System (CrMS) offers a powerful framework—not only for understanding your cycles but also for supporting your hormonal health in every season of life.

Here are five ways (in my opinion) you can use the Creighton Model to begin supporting your hormone health right now.

1. Start Charting with the Creighton Model

At the heart of the Creighton Model is daily observation and charting of your body’s natural signs—especially cervical mucus. These external biomarkers reflect your internal hormonal activity in real time i.e. they help you understand exactly what the heck is going on.

Why it matters: Cervical mucus patterns tell you when estrogen is rising, which helps pinpoint ovulation. After ovulation, your chart reflects the presence (or lack) of progesterone. You begin to understand the rhythm of your cycle, notice irregularities, and identify potential issues early.

What charting reveals:

• The window of whether and when you ovulate

• The quality of your estrogen and progesterone levels

• Patterns of inflammation or hormone dominance

• Underlying reproductive disorders

This information can be life changing! Especially if you’ve experienced frustration from vague diagnoses like “unexplained infertility” or “irregular cycles.”

2. Use Your Chart as a Diagnostic Tool

The Creighton chart is not just a tool for tracking fertility—it’s also a diagnostic resource. Trained FertilityCare Practitioners are taught to recognize patterns in your cycle that may indicate hormonal imbalances or reproductive concerns.

For example, short post-ovulation phases may suggest low progesterone, while prolonged mucus observations may point toward estrogen imbalances. These insights are used in collaboration with NaProTechnology, a women’s health science developed to diagnose and treat the underlying causes of cycle irregularities and infertility.

3. Nourish Your Body to Balance Hormones Naturally

Your hormones are affected by more than just your reproductive organs. Lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, and stress all play critical roles. Using your chart, a Creighton-trained medical consultant can recommend targeted lifestyle changes and nutritional interventions based on your cycle patterns.

These may include:

• Nutrition: A diet rich in healthy fats, clean protein, and whole foods--Really everything we have heard before but it truly supports hormone production. Inflammation and insulin resistance are common drivers of hormone imbalance and can often be managed through anti-inflammatory eating.

• Supplements: Based on your chart, a NaPro-trained physician may recommend targeted nutrients like magnesium, vitamin D, B6, or omega-3s.

• Lifestyle: Chronic stress increases cortisol, which can interfere with progesterone production. Sleep and stress management play a key role in hormone health.

4. Precisely Time Hormone Support When Needed

If lab work confirms a hormone deficiency, the CrMS allows you to time therapy in sync with your body. This is a critical distinction.

Most conventional hormone treatments are timed by the calendar, "just come in next week"... But your CrMS chart shows your actual window of ovulation—your body’s true starting point. This means any hormone treatment , such as bioidentical progesterone, can be administered at the exact right time in your cycle, increasing its effectiveness.

Why timing matters:

• Giving progesterone too early can suppress ovulation

• Giving it too late may not support implantation or PMS relief

• Tailoring support based on your chart improves outcomes in fertility, miscarriage prevention, PMS, and more

  
  

Studies have shown that progesterone support timed with ovulation significantly improves outcomes for women with luteal phase deficiency or early miscarriage risk.

5. Support Hormonal Health in Every Life Stage

Hormonal changes happen throughout a woman’s life—not just during childbearing years. The Creighton Model is designed to be used at every stage, offering insights and guidance no matter your reproductive season.

CrMS supports you through:

• Adolescence: Teaching teen girls to track their cycles helps them understand what’s normal and when something needs attention.

• Postpartum & Breastfeeding: Navigating return of fertility can be tricky and even confusing at times. But using a method like the CrMS is POSSIBLE, when postpartum and breastfeeding. All we can say is, be patient.

• PCOS & Endometriosis: Monitoring symptoms, ovulation, and effectiveness of interventions.

• Perimenopause: Understanding cycle shifts and hormone fluctuations as you transition.

In all these stages, CrMS provides clarity. You don’t have to guess what your body is doing—your chart gives you real, objective data.

When It Comes Down To It...

Hormonal health, should never be a mystery, especially when you have the right tools. Hormonal health is also not a luxury—it’s a foundation for your overall well-being. When your hormones are in balance, you feel more like yourself: clearer, calmer, more energized, and more in tune with your body. Unfortunately, too many women are told that painful periods, mood swings, irregular cycles, or infertility are just “part of being a woman.” They’re often offered hormonal birth control or invasive procedures as the only "solutions", without ever learning how their bodies actually work.

The Creighton Model FertilityCare System offers something different. It empowers you to observe your body’s signs, understand what those signs mean, and take action that supports healing rather than suppression. Through daily charting, education, and collaboration with a supportive practitioner, you can begin to uncover the root causes of your symptoms and take a proactive role in your own health.

Whether you’re trying to conceive, regulate your cycle naturally, recover from postpartum hormone shifts, or prepare for menopause, the Creighton Model is a system you can rely on. It’s not just a method of fertility tracking—it’s a window into your overall health and an invitation to care for your body with intention.

You don’t have to settle for guesswork, dead ends, or feeling unheard. With the right information, the right support, and the right approach, healing is not only possible—it’s within reach.