Natural Family Planning (NFP) - Couple to Couple League

Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning

The Couple to Couple League (CCL) is an international, interfaith, non-profit organization which is endorsed by the US Bishops' Diocesan Development Plan for NFP.

Marc and Cheryl Hallada, who are certified as NFP instructors by the Couple to Couple League, present a four week course on a rotating basis in the fall and spring, and depending on demand, in the summer.

The following topics are covered at the first session:

Subsequent sessions address:
  • the female endocrine cycle
  • abortifiacient effects of IUDs and birth ocntrol pills
  • inaccuracies of the old rhythm method
  • impact of nutrition and exercise on male and female fertility, and on the appearance of the female symptoms
  • effect of breast-feeding on fertility
  • the return of fertility after childbirth
  • changing fertility symptoms during premenopause TOPIC: Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning
    FACILITATOR: Marc and Cheryl Hallada
    WHEN: Monthly, Sunday afternoons: Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 15, Apr 19
    TIME: 2-4 PM
    WHERE: St. Bernadette's Religious Education Center, Room A-14
    COST: $50. for reference manual, basal thermometer, rule application book, blank charts, unlimited personal counseling by any CCL couple world-wide, subscription to CCL's Family Foundations newsletter
    INFORMATION: Contact Marc or Cheryl Hallada at 293-5201

    They also offer the same course at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Rio Rancho. Please call for more information.

    Natural Family Planning

    is not what society calls "birth control" and it is not just for women.

    NFP allows a couple to cooperate with God in planning their family by understanding their changing fertility and making mutual decisions based on that understanding. Fertility becomes a gift to be shared rather than a problem to be dealt with. Natural Family Planning (NFP) refers to the practice of achieving or avoiding pregnancies according to an informed awareness of a couple's changing fertility.

    The various methods of NFP use one or several natural indicators of fertility often in a cross checking way. As a result, these methods are highly effective at both avoiding and achieving pregnancies works with irregular cycles, after childbirth and through premenopause.

    In fact, since the physiological changes that occur each month are observed and recorded, medical problems can often be detected in their early stages, marginal fertility problems can be corrected and pregnancy achieved.

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