What is Natural Family Planning?

Natural Family Planning or, as many simply call it, "NFP" is a holistic and healthy way of planning a family. Essentially, it is the ability to monitor fertility and to modify behaviors according to the intention of either achieving or avoiding pregnancy.
- Marquette University http://nfpstudy.marquette.edu/

NFP FAQ - what it is, how it works, etc:
http://www.njnfp.org/whatisnfp/faq.php

A comparison of different methods of NFP:
http://www.catholicmom.com/nfp_methods.pdf
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Welcome to all of our new members!!
As of November 17, 2009, at 9:45 PM CST, we have 3,497 members!

Growth of our group:

2/2/08 - 800 members
4/6/08 - 1000 members
8/5/08 - 1500 members
12/18/08 - 2,000 members
3/9/09 - 2,500 members
5/11/09 - 2,800 members
6/28/09 - 3,000 members
10/10/09 - 3,400 members

Please continue to invite people to join, and please continue to keep married and engaged couples in your prayers.
Don't feel you need to keep this group to Catholics. We are a group for both Support and Education.
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We have TONS of resources in the "Recent News" section of our group! Please check out the links -- everything from NFP help to scriptural resources to sites for health information or support for parents. :o)
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Please keep the Prayer Requests of our group members in your prayers and please add your own to the discussion so that we can pray for you!
http://www.new.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=3604&post=24671&uid=2229998645#/topic.php?uid=2229998645&topic=3604

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Please consider getting "Contraception: Why Not?" - a FREE CD through One More Soul http://www.omsoul.com/catalog/index.php?target=products&product_id=531

OR, read "Contraception: Why Not?" online http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0002.html

We also recommend Christopher West's "Marriage and the Eucharist" http://www.catholicity.com/cds/west.html
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
NFP highlights the dual nature of the marital embrace: it is both unitive and procreative. Because of this nature, some subjects may be discussed within this group that are of a more delicate and adult nature (read less)

What is Natural Family Planning?

Natural Family Planning or, as many simply call it, "NFP" is a holistic and healthy way of planning a family. Essentially, it is the ability to monitor fertility and to modify behaviors according to the intention of either achieving or avoiding pregnancy.
- Marquette University http://nfpstudy.marquette.edu/

NFP FAQ - what it is, how it works, etc:
http://www.njnfp.org/whatisnfp/faq.php

A comparison of different methods of... (read more)