How NFP Works“Each and every act must remain open to the transmission of new life.”
John Paul II Familiaris Consortio
Basic PrinciplesNFP is based on the nature of human fertility. § Pregnancy is possible only for a brief time during the menstrual cycle. § NFP identifies the fertile days. The basic concept of Natural Family Planning XE "Natural Family Planning" is simple. It is based on the nature of human fertility. § A man is always fertile. § A woman is only fertile during the ovulation phase of her menstrual cycle. § Pregnancy is possible only during this brief time of fertility. § During the other phases, it is not. § Thus, there are only certain days when a woman can get pregnant. NFP methods simply identify the fertile days. § Married couples who, for serious reasons, decide to delay childbirth, choose to abstain from sexual relations during the days of the wife’s fertile period. § Couples trying to conceive will time sexual intercourse to coincide with the wife’s fertile time. NFP Chart
The fertility cycle includes the three-to-seven-day range of a woman’s menstrual period (conception not possible). § a woman’s fertile period (conception possible). § a woman’s dry period (conception not possible). Determining the fertile timeSome parts of the monthly cycle are the same for all women, some are different. Majority of woman have a 28-day cycle. NFP methods enable a couple to identify the woman’s time of fertility in her own cycle. There are two primary symptoms that indicate fertility/ovulation § Mucus § Temperature MucusThe changing quality of vaginal mucus tells a woman about her fertility. Ovulation takes place during the most liquid phase. TemperatureA shift in body temperature also tells a woman about her fertility. Ovulation takes place the third day after the temperature shift.
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