Awareness after NFP

27Jul11

A new spin on things this year.  Instead of talking about the science of NFP, how NFP is one aspect that helps us live our lives differently than atheists, feminine empowerment, or what constitutes just reasons for using NFP during this NFP Awareness Week and anniversary of Humane Vitae, I’m going to talk about things [...]

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Most detailed NFP explanation to date

04Mar11

No quick takes today…but I did want to let you know that I wrote a completely non-controversial article on natural family planning over at the Bubble today.  Its the most detailed explanation I’ve written yet, so if you are curious about what NFP is and how it can possibly work (physiologically and practically), please go [...]

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Cheating at NFP

21Feb11

When we first got married, I feel pressure (from myself) to make sure that we followed the rules of our NFP method exactly.  I did want to be the one to show that NFP does work to postpone pregnancy.  It was important for us to avoid, so it was equally important for us to follow [...]

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My marriage/faith/fertility time-line

10Feb11

I compiled this nice little time-line of my marriage/faith/fertility a while ago and never published it.  I guess I will now, just to share.  Its way more detailed in terms of life events than a treatment history but, maybe understanding where I’ve been will help you understand where I’m coming from and serve as a [...]

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Teaching NFP as a subfertile couple

31Dec10

Believe it or not, one of the first things I thought of when we didn’t get pregnant right away was Oh great, now no one we know is going to believe that NFP works. And I don’t think that was a crazy thought.  I’ve been in the NFP world long enough to know that when [...]

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Not meant to be? Discerning parenthood

13Dec10

“I think clearly God is telling you guys you’re not meant to be parents right now.” I was catching up with a friend the other day and this was what she came up with after I had filled her in with the going-ons of our life these days.  All I could think of in response [...]

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On goaltending

07Dec10

Thank you for your kind comments.  A long Saturday morning Skype conversation with the hubs averted the derailment of the sanity train – at least this time!  [Note to self that not exercising for 3 weeks may also not be good for my mental health.] In case it ever appears that I have it all [...]

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Free BC?

01Nov10

This article makes me sad, but I guess its not really that different from the uphill battle we already face.  It just makes it feel a little steeper. I recently went grocery shopping with my friend at Whole Foods to get chicken and veggies that were sold without hormones and pesticides.  All while she’s ingesting [...]

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In our hands?

04Aug10

A while back I updated how I’m now learning the Creighton method of NFP.  It seems to be the sub-fertile thing to do, so I hopped on, thinking I could get some good information about my cycles and talk to doctors that would understand and respect my stance on ART. I think its finally hitting [...]

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What I did for NFP week

01Aug10

NFP week is almost over and I realized I never wrote anything substantial on it!  I’m not feeling entirely inspired to write anything deeply personal, although if I did want to write something about how NFP helped me fully represent my feminist views, it would look a lot like this.  I did want to mention [...]

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