NFP survey-which method do you use?

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Just out of curiosity, I thought we could have a survey on which type of NFP method you use.

Feel free to include any other information, such as how easy/difficult it is, if you are satisfied with it, has it been effective, have you ever used any other kind, etc.

Thanks for participating!
 
If’ I’d known about Creighton when we used NFP, it would have been my choice. What I used was closest to Billings.
 
I use STM. We used it successfully for 2 years prior to having a “what the heck baby.” We plan to continue using it after this baby is born.

I like having the three signs to cross-check, and found that I don’t need to go into a huge amount of detail about the type of mucus. So in short, I’m very satisfied with this method!
 
Used an early Billings varient when we were first married, then STM. Enjoyed the simplicity of Billings. Love the knowledge I have about my body and how it is working using STM. Love that my husband and I were forced to talk about all those intimate details. If you work through STM as a couple you really can talk about anything. LOL!
 
I count days and stick to phase 3 only. So usually around day 19 were good. I also double check mucus and cervix on that day to make sure. NFP doesn’t have to be complicated if your cycles are pretty regular.
 
Hubby and I use the Marquette Model method. We tried Creighton and when that didn’t work for us (I could never determine when I was fertile), our instructor contacted an instructor that taught the Marquette Model. The monitor is expensive and the test sticks cost too, but considering my age and hubby’s too, we find the costs worth it. It is an easy method, though more challenging as I age. It has been 100% effective for us.
 
I love STM…I like being able to cross check all three signs as well.

It’s fairly easy for me because my cycles are usually right on the nose. They are usually only off by a day or two.

I’m really hoping this pregnancy doesn’t change anything.
 
There is no option for “nothing.” We simply take babies as they come. It’s a very easy method to learn 😃 😛
 
We learned NFP through our diocese classes… sympto-thermal method. We were taught with this little green booklet - not the CCL… which I really enjoyed the simplicity of! Eventually I purchased the big CCL book, just to increase my own knowledge of the subject, but I found it very cumbersome and overwhelming. But, I do love the sympto-thermal method!
 
I self taught myself STM in college as a part of a paper I did on different NFP methods and their claims on effectiveness. I found I was able to predict when my next period would occur more accurately. It also helped with chastity. I started avoiding watching romance movies during my fertile time as that tended to be the time I was most tempted to impure thoughts.

However, I could never get my BBT accurate and I wasn’t sure about the rules when it comes to being sexually active. I heard a lot of good things about Creighton and decided to learn that instead. We decided to open ourselves up to pregnancy soon after we married. We only tried to avoid for maybe one cycle and then became open to pregnancy. As soon as we used my fertile time I got pregnant immediately. I’m still breastfeeding, but my cycles have resumed. My daughter is one now and so far I’m not pregnant. I suppose it hasn’t been that long, but considering we got pregnant so fast when we were using the fertile time, I feel like its working.

My sister uses STM and has been having issues with the BBT. She had it figured out for awhile but lately she says her temperatures have been all over the place. Meanwhile its very difficult for me to get even 5 straight hours of sleep so that’s why I think STM wouldn’t work for me.
 
MomaMary8 said:
There is no option for “nothing.” We simply take babies as they come. It’s a very easy method to learn 😃 😛
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I’m not saying that is bad, in fact I think that is the best way to live life, but there’s not a “nothing” option because the thread is about NFP users.
 
Thanks for participating everyone. It appears STM is the most commonly used so far.
SummerSmiles said:
I use STM. We used it successfully for 2 years prior to having a “what the heck baby.” We plan to continue using it after this baby is born.

I like having the three signs to cross-check, and found that I don’t need to go into a huge amount of detail about the type of mucus. So in short, I’m very satisfied with this method!
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I really like having the three signs to cross check as well. Especially because, at least this cycle, I had a very scant mucus pattern, so I had to rely on temperature and cervix.
goM0Mgo said:
Used an early Billings varient when we were first married, then STM. Enjoyed the simplicity of Billings. Love the knowledge I have about my body and how it is working using STM. Love that my husband and I were forced to talk about all those intimate details. If you work through STM as a couple you really can talk about anything. LOL!
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That is very true! When I did my class there were, I believe, four other couples, all engaged, also in the class. My husband and I were the only couple who were already married (3 years). I kept thinking, oh my gosh, if we had taken this when we were engaged, I would be so embarrassed about this stuff.
SwizzleStick said:
Hubby and I use the Marquette Model method. We tried Creighton and when that didn’t work for us (I could never determine when I was fertile), our instructor contacted an instructor that taught the Marquette Model. The monitor is expensive and the test sticks cost too, but considering my age and hubby’s too, we find the costs worth it. It is an easy method, though more challenging as I age. It has been 100% effective for us.
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If you don’t mind, I want to ask you a question about Marquette. I have heard somewhere that Marquette does not require as many days of abstinence as other methods? Have you found this to be true?
 
I voted Stm, but learned and used creighton first.

Creighton goes into detail on mucus and works best for those with infertility issues and trying to conceive. there can be difficulty with Creighton when there is sr (semen residue),double peak or anovulatory cycles because there is no bbt temp shift or cervix checks to verify or cross check with. I needed help verifying phase 3/post peak so the bbt temps and cervix checks really helped that’s why I switched to stm. The three signs of fertility also really helped me navigate through crazy postpartum cycles. different methods work for different women.
 
Sympto thermal at age 45+, following the birth of my 6th child a few months ago.

I used billings at one point many years ago, and disliked not having confirmation of ovulation with the thermal shift. I was not confident without the temperature sign.

I find STM very easy to understand and use, and it takes me like 3 minutes a day. I chart electronically. I’ve charted even when we’ve been completely open to life, it’s good information about a woman’s health.

I know STM users (and users of other methods of NFP) who really struggle in the premenopause time and have months and months of abstainance. it’s odd, at a time of life when your fertility is lower (presumably, I have not found this to be the case) than at any other time of your life, all the methods treat you as if you were MORE fertile than ever, with increasing amounts of abstainance, months and months for some women. And it’s also frequently a time when women can have developed significant serious health reasons for the first time during her entire her reproductive years due to age relelated health issues or previous pregnancy issues which can make, for some women, another pregnancy life threatening for both mother and baby.

Personally, I find very little support for women of this age - many, many who may have used NFP in their younger days have had their tubes tied (as the dr’s pressured me relentlessly after my last child was born) or their husbands have been sterilized.
 
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