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    Natural Family Planning

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    This document discusses natural family planning (NFP) as presented in a college course. It describes NFP as a way for married couples to space out births or limit family size, while still being open to life. It explains that NFP uses observations of a woman's menstrual cycle and fertility to determine when intercourse could risk conception. The document outlines several common NFP methods, such as the Billings Ovulation Method and symptothermal methods. It stresses that NFP must be used with the intention of being open to life rather than as a contraceptive to eliminate the possibility of pregnancy.

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    This document discusses natural family planning (NFP) as presented in a college course. It describes NFP as a way for married couples to space out births or limit family size, while still being open to life. It explains that NFP uses observations of a woman's menstrual cycle and fertility to determine when intercourse could risk conception. The document outlines several common NFP methods, such as the Billings Ovulation Method and symptothermal methods. It stresses that NFP must be used with the intention of being open to life rather than as a contraceptive to eliminate the possibility of pregnancy.

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    This document discusses natural family planning (NFP) as presented in a college course. It describes NFP as a way for married couples to space out births or limit family size, while still being open to life. It explains that NFP uses observations of a woman's menstrual cycle and fertility to determine when intercourse could risk conception. The document outlines several common NFP methods, such as the Billings Ovulation Method and symptothermal methods. It stresses that NFP must be used with the intention of being open to life rather than as a contraceptive to eliminate the possibility of pregnancy.

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    This document discusses natural family planning (NFP) as presented in a college course. It describes NFP as a way for married couples to space out births or limit family size, while still being open to life. It explains that NFP uses observations of a woman's menstrual cycle and fertility to determine when intercourse could risk conception. The document outlines several common NFP methods, such as the Billings Ovulation Method and symptothermal methods. It stresses that NFP must be used with the intention of being open to life rather than as a contraceptive to eliminate the possibility of pregnancy.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    University of Northern Philippines

    Tamag, Vigan City

    COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

    BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MIDWIFERY

    LYRA JANE T. EDUARTE DR. HONORATO PATUBO

    BSM-III PROFESSOR

    NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING

    Natural Family Planning (NFP) is not contraception. NFP gives a married couple a way

    to space out childbirths and limit the total number of children. But it does not give the couple

    complete control over procreation. Even when the couple prayerfully decides to limit their

    family size, or to wait before having another child, NFP is open to the possibility of life and

    to the will of God. NFP is used in a moral and praiseworthy manner when the couple, though

    making responsible decisions about family size, are still willing to accept an unplanned child

    from God's Providence.

    In most cases, a couple will use NFP only to limit the total number of children and to

    provide a space of time between births. They must have a just reason to do so, such as the

    limited resources of the family and the need to provide for existing children. Most couples

    today meet this standard and can use NFP to limit family size and space births. It is not moral
    in such cases to attempt to use NFP so strictly as to eliminate the possibility of conception.

    Using NFP with a contraceptive intention is immoral. The couples' intentions must be open

    to life and to the will of God concerning the procreation of children. If a couple has a serious

    reason, they may use NFP very strictly, with the aim of avoiding conception entirely. Few

    couples have such a grave reason, which may include a significant risk to the health or life of

    the mother if she becomes pregnant, or a similar risk to the health or life of the child. All

    pregnancies involve some risk, so a grave reason must be well above the ordinary risk of

    pregnancy. Natural Family Planning uses the natural increase and decrease in fertility built

    into a woman's menstrual cycle to increase or decrease the possibility of conception. There

    are several different modern effective methods of NFP. Each identifies the most fertile time

    in a woman's cycle and requires the couple to abstain from sexual intercourse during that

    time, if they wish to avoid conception.

    The Billings Ovulation Method uses observations about changes in a woman's body during

    her cycle to determine the time when she is most fertile.

    Ovulation methods: This method is based on the observation and sensation of cervical

    mucus, which becomes clear, wet and stretchy when the woman reaches ovulation. this is

    the best indicator of fertility. The Billings method is an example. The Fertility

    care(Creighton) method is based on the Billings method. A woman records her observations

    on a chart, and is taught patterns that show the fertile and infertile times in her cycle.

    Symptothermal methods involve the woman taking her temperature every day, as well as

    observing cervical mucus and charting her cycle. Instructors of this method may advise

    observing other changes in the cervix.


    By using contraception, couples may think that they are avoiding problems or

    easing tensions, that they are exerting control over their lives. But the gift of being able to

    help create another person, a new human being with his or her own life, involves profound

    relationships. It affects our relationship with God, who created us complete with this

    powerful gift. It involves whether spouses will truly love and accept each other as they are,

    including their gift of fertility.

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