Marquette Method Blog
Joyful Anticipation: Advice & Encouragement for Engaged Catholics
You’re engaged! Congratulations. We were married in 2014. Our engagement was a beautiful period in our lives, filled with growth and colored by...
All the NFP Acronyms You’ll Ever Need to Know
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...
Switching from Creighton to Marquette NFP? Here’s what to expect.
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...
Is This My Period? A Guide to Navigating Postpartum Bleeding with NFP
You’ve got a new baby in your house. Congratulations! Maybe you’re snuggling a newborn, or maybe your baby is on the move and you’re chasing a...
5 Tips for Airplane Travel with The Marquette Method of NFP
Recently, my husband and I thought it would be fun to take our six-week-old newborn and three other small children to Hawaii. My mom came too. I was...
All About the Clearblue Fertility Monitor (For Couples Who Are Trying to Conceive)
Trying to conceive? There are so many fertility monitors available—way more than there were just 5 years ago ... which can make it hard to...
“You’re Not Broken”: A Story of When NFP is Hard
Many of the couples I teach are switching to the Marquette Method as a last-ditch effort to follow the Catholic Church's teachings on natural family...
How Effective are Marquette’s Breastfeeding Protocols?
In my last few posts I’ve laid some groundwork by explaining how to interpret NFP effectiveness rates, and then reviewed Marquette’s effectiveness...
How Much Does it Cost to Use the Marquette Method of 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...
How Effective is the Marquette Method of NFP?
Let’s start with a short answer to the question. How Effective is the Marquette Method of NFP? For women in regular cycles, the Marquette Method of...