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Also a good link from within the website detailing the CrMS (Creighton Method) which is actually a modified / standardized version of Billings.
creightonmodel.com/background.htm
Note that one of the advantages is in the ability to use it even with irregular / breast feeding / post pardum cycles b/c it is a day by day observation and distinction and not based on the regularity of the cycle. I will say from experience (I have some irregularities) that I think that women with more regular cycles still find it easier than those with irregular cycles to use. But in my opinion it is the most effective at dealing with the irregularities, also the most effective at training the couples in how to read these irregularities.
I believe it is also the only NFP method that has also been created to be used as a diagnostic tool. In other words, your own irregular cycle tells them what the problem is, it can then be treated, and you’re then on your way to a significantly more regular cycle and far more ease of use. When I started with it I had quite a few issues that made it more difficult to use (and for my husband and I to trust the system). But if you’re willing to keep up the disciplined charting (and the instructors even “quiz” you on this at your sessions, not in a bad way, just in a way to give you an idea of how reliable your chart is – so being honest and saying, “I didn’t keep up with it all that well this month” is a good thing), as we were, they can p(name removed by moderator)oint problems within months and treat them.
creightonmodel.com/background.htm
Note that one of the advantages is in the ability to use it even with irregular / breast feeding / post pardum cycles b/c it is a day by day observation and distinction and not based on the regularity of the cycle. I will say from experience (I have some irregularities) that I think that women with more regular cycles still find it easier than those with irregular cycles to use. But in my opinion it is the most effective at dealing with the irregularities, also the most effective at training the couples in how to read these irregularities.
I believe it is also the only NFP method that has also been created to be used as a diagnostic tool. In other words, your own irregular cycle tells them what the problem is, it can then be treated, and you’re then on your way to a significantly more regular cycle and far more ease of use. When I started with it I had quite a few issues that made it more difficult to use (and for my husband and I to trust the system). But if you’re willing to keep up the disciplined charting (and the instructors even “quiz” you on this at your sessions, not in a bad way, just in a way to give you an idea of how reliable your chart is – so being honest and saying, “I didn’t keep up with it all that well this month” is a good thing), as we were, they can p(name removed by moderator)oint problems within months and treat them.
Until every woman on God’s green Earth understands her fertility, I for one, will keep talking…(and talking, and talking, and talking.) 
