by Bethany Smith | Mar 10, 2024 | Getting Started with NFP
Are you thinking about becoming a Marquette Method instructor? Do you have all the questions? This page is for you. I’m Bethany Smith—a master’s prepared registered nurse and one of the Marquette Method instructors at Vitae Fertility. When I was first considering...
by Louise Boychuk, RN | Oct 4, 2023 | FemTech, Getting Started with NFP
For a long time there has just been one fertility monitor that’s compatible with the Marquette Method of NFP—the Clearblue Fertility Monitor. Well, that’s changing. Or at least … it’s starting to. Enter: The Mira Fertility Monitor. Should everyone using Marquette...
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...