Selecteer een taal Child Protection Report Abuse Parish Finder Search Donate Fertility Awareness/ NFP Home / Pastoral Offices / Family Life / Fertility Awareness/ NFP Celebrate and Reverence God’s Vision of Human Sexuality Fertility Awareness, and Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FABMs) –are the contemporary terms and methods for practicing NFP (Natural Family Planning). We speak more of Fertility Awareness and FABMs which mainstream the goodness of NFP and expand to encompass overall women’s health. These are methods of monitoring and managing women’s health, as well as family planning, in which external and internal signs or biomarkers [that reflect underlying hormonal changes] are combined with an effective set of instructions to help identify times of a woman’s cycle when pregnancy can and cannot occur. The term NFP highlights that couples do not use artificial barriers or chemicals to prevent pregnancy, and intends that both spouses “share responsibility” for the decision of achieving or avoiding pregnancy. FIND A FABM/ NFP EDUCATOR INFERTILITY AND ALTERNATIVES TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION This is one of the most misunderstood issues in and around the Catholic Church. God created a beautiful and practical biological system by which a woman’s body tells her (and her husband) everything she needs to know about her fertility. This is why it is so important to learn about the natural science that enables couples to reap the benefits of God’s plan for love and life. Learning about your combined fertility allows couples to tap into those benefits, which are great, both in this world and throughout eternity. Many of the foundational NFP methods were developed by Catholic scientists back in the mid-20th century shortly after the timing of ovulation was discovered. Over the past 5-10 years, companies and organizations have joined in this area of advancing research and innovation in women’s health and fertility. God created us to live with sexual integrity, because he loves us and desires our happiness. To do this, we need to get educated and understand what God’s plan is, and strive to embrace and live it. Sex means “a total gift of self,” and understanding how our fertility is a part of this gift of self helps us open our hearts to God’s plan for our marriage and family. Is a Fertility Awareness-Based Method (FABM) the same as NFP? Evolving Technologies Partners and Resources Physicians and Healthcare professionals Contact Us IN THIS SECTION Fertility Awareness/ NFP NFP/FABM Training & Educators Infertility Concerns Facebook Twitter Instagram Vimeo RESOURCES For EmployeesPensionMediaPrivacy PolicyContact UsCareer OpportunitiesReport AbuseDSC Support SUBSCRIBE Get updates from the Archdiocese of New York SIGN UP ArchNY.org © 2021 Web Design by Speak Creative