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Why Natural
Family Planning?
Natural family planning
(NFP) is the art of using the fertility awareness method to either
plan or avoid a pregnancy. NFP uses no chemical or medicinal
measures for birth control. The focus is to learn about the female
reproductive system.
NFP requires patience and a little effort to learn and to practice.
Once the steps are learned it is easy to add to your daily routine
and become habit. Within 3 weeks you will be practicing the steps
and getting to know your body – within 3 months you will know your
body better than you ever thought possible.
Learning the steps is easy. I call it the art of charting. Charting
of the fertility signs. I have articles on these that detail the
method. First I will focus on pregnancy achievement and then in the
near future I will focus on avoiding pregnancy. Of course you can
take the steps in pregnancy achievement and reverse them for birth
control.
It has long been my opinion that birth control pills, shots,
implants and such are simply not good for the body. God made our
bodies to function perfectly – and if we take the time to get to
know them, we can then learn natural birth control without outside
substances. A lot of women are allergic to spermicide too – which
leaves out using barrier methods. This is where NFP comes into play
and works rather well if you follow it every day.
Contrary to popular belief NFP does not mean that you will be
pregnant year after year. NFP is the only means of birth control
that the Roman Catholic Church approves, and if you will notice
Catholic families aren’t any larger now than those of non-Catholic
families. Why? Because in learning NFP – women can control when and
if they get pregnant naturally.
© Lori Ramsey of
Stages
in Pregnancy
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