Natural family planning

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Hi i’m new,

Getting married in less than 2 months, and my NFP teacher is confused.

I get dry days before my ovulation, but after my ovulation I get a lot of mucus every singer day up until my next period. It’s not always clear, but it is usually stretchy.

Confused if i’m fertile ALOT???

Non- catholic husband to be supporting this, but he has been waiting for me and we want to start a sex life.

Advice?
 
I’m not familiar with the NFP methods that use ovulation monitors, but it seems to me that if you are able to confirm ovulation via a combination of sustained temperature rise and ovulation tests, you should be fine. That’s probably going to be expensive, but once you have a longer track record and are more comfortable with starting a family, it should be possible to start streamlining your approach.

When do you hope to start having kids?
 
When you are checking your cervical fluid, you should also be charting your BBT. Most likely you are getting sticky, or watery fluid after ovulation. Taking and charting your temps helps you identify a pattern in your cervical fluid and that should help clear things up for you a lot. There is a free app called My Fertility Friend that I use. I just keep my phone and a BBT thermometer (less than $15 at a drug store) and first thing each morning and take and record my temp. The program pretty much tells you after 2 full cycles when you ovulated and when your fertile days are. Good luck!
 
marypiopadre said:
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Your instructor needs to consult with another instructor or with a NaPro physician regarding your charts. I am not sure how many month’s worth of charts you have, typically 6 would give you a good number to get your charting down and also for a consult with someone affiliated with Dr. Hilgers if there are issues.

Alternately, you can look into Marquette Model NFP which uses Creighton plus a fertility monitor.
 
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I get dry days before my ovulation, but after my ovulation I get a lot of mucus every singer day up until my next period. It’s not always clear, but it is usually stretchy.
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You may need to learn Yellow stickers, “essential sameness”, if you are confidently identifying peak day/ovulation.
 
UnCatholicBride said:

“If OP has non-typical cervical mucous, temping would be the obvious solution”

Yes!
 
UnCatholicBride said:
If OP has non-typical cervical mucous, temping would be the obvious solution
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Maybe.

I don’t think it is necessarily the “obvious” solution.

I would encourage the OP to talk to her instructor and that her instructor confer with a NaPro physician, the mucus may be an indicator of another problem.

I am not sure how she is identifying peak day in Creighton. If she is having anovulatory cycles, temp would not be the “obvious” solution, as she may not have a discernable thermal shift.

Each method handles unusual situations in their own way. The best thing is to talk to the instructor in the chosen method.

I would not suggest trying to add other observation symptoms on one’s own, or mix methods on one’s own. Whatever is done should be done cooperatively with one’s instructor.

If the OP wants to learn a new method, certainly she can do so.
 
Do you have a history of ovarian cysts? Those can make charting confusing (but certainly not impossible). Don’t rule out some of the other types of NFP, which may provide easier signs for you to read. All the main types are good, but most tend to find one is preferred over the others.
 
UnCatholicBride said:
If OP has non-typical cervical mucous, temping would be the obvious solution
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Actually it wouldn’t be. Non-typical mucous can be indicative of a health problem, and Creighton has a method to learn how to distinguish those different kinds as well. They must be identified correctly in the creighton method in order for good charting and diagnosis.

Creighton does NOT integrate temps. Mixing methods is unwise.
 
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