Is ther any NFP method for an irregular cycle?

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Please let me know if you know of any Natural Family Planning method for an irregular cycle. My wife’s cycle is anything but regular and at the end of everything we read regarding NFP, there is usually a statement saying you must have regular cycles. We need help!

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Not sure what you’ve read . . . but I thought all methods of NFP are for any cycles! That’s the point- to learn fertility signs and apply them to your cycle. Search the web for the Couple to Couple League and read their materials. I doubt they say you need a regular cycle to use the method. —KCT
 
That is the hardest concept to get over, is that a normal cycle can run between 24 and 35 days. And for cycles longer then that, such as when a woman is breastfeeding. There are whole sections of NFP for breastfeeding and women who have PCOS in which their pre-fertile phase and be extended greatly… You aren’t counting days like in the rythym method you are making observations of bodily signs.
 
Definitely!!

There is a bounty of information for you on this at www.popepaulvi.com and www.fertilitycare.org. These two sites are associated with the Creighton Model. We use it and love it, my wife teaches it. Not only is it designed for any type of cycle, any type of reproductive category, there are actually medical applications available with this method that can assist in correcting hormonal imbalances etc, that may be responsible for the irregularity. Check it out! 👍
 
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Please let me know if you know of any Natural Family Planning method for an irregular cycle. My wife’s cycle is anything but regular and at the end of everything we read regarding NFP, there is usually a statement saying you must have regular cycles. We need help!

Thank you!

AnotherRay
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Well, Ray, you have received some good advice. All modern NFP methods can handle cycle irregularity. I would venture to say more cycles are “irregular” than they are “regular”, for we have seen a rise in cycles that have all types of “irregularities”.

My wife and I teach the Sympto-Thermal method for the Couple to Couple League. It has a combination of fertility signs that it trains couples to use to track thier fertility awareness. The Creighton model referred to above also has a combination of fertility signs that they track, though thier approach is more clinical. They have been the lead group in the NFP movement for working to reform the Ob-Gyn industry.

Let me add that the vast majority of cycle irregularity can be corrected or reigned in to more understandable parameters with diet changes and some basic hormonal studies. I would suggest learning an NFP method together and start taking the first steps to deepening your understanding of your wife’s fertility cycle. She needs your support and encouragement to buck the culture and take control of her fertility care.

I, of course, am biased toward the Sympto-Thermal method, though we have worked quite closely with Creighton teachers here in our area. Contact CCL via their website (www.ccli.org) and see if there are any teaching couples near your, or better yet, go to www.omSoul.com for a complete cross-referenced list of NFP teachers and NFP supportive Ob-Gyn’s.
 
Well it sounds like things have come a long way. I am a mom of three and 55 years old, so I am sure information has improved. When we were young the Billings method was wonderful. I believe it is still effective. There are sites n the web.

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