by Stephanie Hilgert, RN | Mar 28, 2023 | Getting Started with NFP
You’re engaged! Congratulations. We were married in 2014. Our engagement was a beautiful period in our lives, filled with growth and colored by joyful anticipation for our new life together. But it also came with a long to-do list. Dates and venues. Flowers and...
by Ashlee Underwood, RN | Jan 30, 2023 | Getting Started with NFP
Peek into an online community of women practicing natural family planning (like the Marquette Method NFP group on Facebook) and you’re likely to be taken aback by the sheer quantity of acronyms that get thrown about. TTA? TTW? TTC? What do they all mean? We remember...
by Ashlee Underwood, RN | Feb 1, 2022 | Getting Started with NFP
So, you’re back to the drawing board… researching NFP methods and trying to figure out which one is the easiest to use and least frustrating. It’s a big decision—it’s baby or no baby—so you want to get it right. Choosing a method of natural family planning (NFP) can...
by Louise Boychuk, RN | May 3, 2019 | Featured, Getting Started with NFP
This post is about sex and money. Good, I have your attention. If you’re trying to choose a method of NFP, you’re probably most concerned about effectiveness. Next up, you’re going to want to make sure you can afford to practice the method long-term. There’s no point...
by Louise Boychuk, RN | Dec 5, 2018 | Featured, Getting Started with NFP
Are you in the market for a Clearblue fertility monitor? Perhaps you’re just getting set up with the Marquette Method of NFP, and need some help choosing which monitor model best suits your needs. Or maybe you’ve been practicing Marquette for a while, but today your...
by Louise Boychuk, RN | Dec 2, 2018 | Featured, Getting Started with NFP
What is the Marquette Method? The Marquette Method is form of natural family planning (NFP, or fertility awareness based method, FABM). The Marquette Method uses Clearblue fertility monitors to measure estrogen and LH levels directly. Daily fertility monitor readings,...