Tag Archives: NFP

How has NFP worked for you? -Part IV

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Rae 8 Comments

How NFP has worked for me Continued from Parts I, II, and III Maggie’s Answer How has NFP worked for me? NFP has helped me in a psychological and emotional way. Without going into too much ugly personal detail, I … Continue reading →

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How has NFP worked for you? -Part III

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Rae 3 Comments

How NFP has worked for me Continued from Parts I and II Alison’s Answer In my experience, usually when people ask “How does NFP work in your marriage?” they’re mostly curious/concerned about the abstinence required to make using NFP to … Continue reading →

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How has NFP worked for you? -Part II

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Rae Leave a comment

How NFP has worked for me Continued from Part I Michelle’s Answer First of all. NFP WORKED for us every time we have WORKED NFP. We are a couple that has a 100% success rate with NFP in achieving and … Continue reading →

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How has NFP worked for you? -Part I

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Rae 5 Comments

Meg asked “Do you practice NFP? If you do and feel comfortable, could you write a post on how it’s worked for you?” Somehow my “yes, though I prefer to think of it as ‘fertility awareness‘ and it works wonderfully” … Continue reading →

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Feminism and Fertility

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Rae 24 Comments

My views on birth control somehow blissfully line up with the rest of my religion. This is a wonderful thing, but it almost certainly would not have happened for another 50 years were it not for the fact that my … Continue reading →

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Teaching NFP and Talking about Sex

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Rae 19 Comments

I once went to hear a couple present NFP as taught by the Couple to Couple League to a group of Catholic students. The group consisted of a mixture of single undergrad and graduate students with a few married grad … Continue reading →

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NFP Websites

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Rae 6 Comments

In a comment Stephen asked “Are there any good websites about NFP?” As I tried to figure out which sorts of websites were best to list, Batrice responded with a few. Diocese of Charlotte Catholic Social Services Marquette NFP Outreach … Continue reading →

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Gross Fertility

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Rae 28 Comments

I believe that human fertility is simply wonderful. A woman’s reproductive cycle is a beautiful thing. I am extremely comfortable with my own body and have no qualms reading stories about other’s bodies involving birth, surgery, wounds, etc. But I … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk Natural Family Planning/Fertility Awareness

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Rae 16 Comments

I am thinking about doing a series of posts on Natural Family Planning/Fertility Awareness. There are plenty of good bloggers out there who post about NFP regularly, so I never felt the need to do so myself. But I also realize … Continue reading →

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Birth Control Pill an Abortifacient?

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Rae 25 Comments

If you spend much time in pro-life circles you are likely to encounter statements that birth control pills cause abortions. These people are not talking about a woman waking up after a night of drunken stupidity and downing her roommate’s … Continue reading →

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