We have finally seen the light of NFP

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Wow! What a great site! now thats just what i have been needing! Thanks Ying Yang Mom! adn everyone! Yall are so great!
 
TarAshly said:
any idea how long it will take my body to regulate after being on the pill for the last three years?
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I was on the pill for 5 years. I went off it and conceived within the next week!

Good luck!
 
TarAshly said:
My husband and I have finally decided to stop the ABC and begin with NFP. I am so excited! My husband took my pills last night and threw them down the garbage disposal. We are finally ready to begin our family. and advice on where to start NFP?
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:dancing::clapping::bounce::love: I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled I am for you. It is so wonderful to see the fruits of prayer. Waaaaaaay back in October of '04 it was your concerns that finally got me posting here on CA. I started praying for you back then. I am soooo happy for you!!!

We use STM Through Couple to Couple. Even with cysts my temps have been my most reliable sign. I don’t have PCOS though as far as we know. Just the months that I don’t ovulate the ovary stays bigger. Then a few months later those cysts will be gone. I used to have a color photo of one of my pretty cysts. :whacky:

Good luck with whichever method you choose. I do second the advice of learning your method ASAP, if possible before pregnancy. We had zero fear of pregnancy post-partum with NFP, while our contracepting friends were terrified. We knew our fertility and made choices accordingly. They were white-knuckled.

God bless you and your wonderful husband! I would have loved to hear that garbage disposal just grinding away!
 
LittleDeb said:
:dancing::clapping::bounce::love: I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled I am for you. It is so wonderful to see the fruits of prayer. Waaaaaaay back in October of '04 it was your concerns that finally got me posting here on CA. I started praying for you back then. I am soooo happy for you!!!

We use STM Through Couple to Couple. Even with cysts my temps have been my most reliable sign. I don’t have PCOS though as far as we know. Just the months that I don’t ovulate the ovary stays bigger. Then a few months later those cysts will be gone. I used to have a color photo of one of my pretty cysts. :whacky:

Good luck with whichever method you choose. I do second the advice of learning your method ASAP, if possible before pregnancy. We had zero fear of pregnancy post-partum with NFP, while our contracepting friends were terrified. We knew our fertility and made choices accordingly. They were white-knuckled.

God bless you and your wonderful husband! I would have loved to hear that garbage disposal just grinding away!
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Wow! I cant begin to tell you how much that means to me, to know that people are out there praying for me for the past two years! Thank you so much for the prayers. We are hoping hoping hoping to concieve by Christmas, our anniversary is Dec. 11 so what a great anniversary or Christmas gift that would be. I have my first NFP class this Sunday, I am really looking forward to it. What is the most reliable use of NFP? I never knew there were so many options out there!
 
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Its so amazing how the whole thing got started really. I had told him that I screwed up my pills (I forgot a whole weeks worth) and that we would have to abstain for a while, meanwhile I was complaining of a headached and feeling cranky. He asked me why I felt so bad and I told him my body was just off balance from messing up my pills. Then he says he doesnt care if i get pregnant, I told him to stop being silly and that I didnt believe them. he said he was tired of the pills making me sick and sad and tired so he went to the bathroom and got my pills and threw them down the garbage disposal! I was so shocked! I just stood there staring at him with my mouth wide open. Baby has been a four letter word to him, he just flat out refused to talk about having one, he said he wasnt ready and didnt trust NFP and now here he is throwing my BC pills down the sink. Then he told me he wants a baby! so I just started crying and he grabbed me up and it was the happiest I have been since my wedding day. I keep asking him if hes sure, is he really sure, has he changed his mind, but he is SO sure its scary. I am scared and excited and elated all at the same time.
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I think it’s beautiful that he acknowledged what the pills were doing to you and then tossed them.

Congratulations! May God continue to bless you both.
 
Wonderful. I can think of no better sign that will be contradicted by the world than tossing those pills of spaying and neutering human pets into the garbage.

God bless you.

Scott
 
TarAshly said:
What is the most reliable use of NFP?
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The one that you stick to the rules with 🙂 Mother Teresa taught very basic, chart-free (I think) version of NFP to the locals and they had a 100% effective rate. Sticking to the rules and being dilligent about your charting/observations makes all the difference. Good luck in your class! That’s wonderful that you’re able to start so soon 👍 Is your husband going with you?
 
unfortunately not, he has to work. But the teaching couple said this would be a one on one with just me and them since the classes started last week and that I could teach my husband what they teach me.
 
TarAshly said:
unfortunately not, he has to work. But the teaching couple said this would be a one on one with just me and them since the classes started last week and that I could teach my husband what they teach me.
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My husband didn’t come along to our NFP classes either (we were still engaged and lived 80 miles apart), and it worked fine for us 🙂 NFP is great in that it involves both the husband and the wife, but the wife is really the one who needs to know what she’s doing.
 
I have no NFP advice, but if you haven’t already, you should both go to confession 👍
 
I dont think anyone answered yet, but I was told it can be 3-6 months after stopping taking the pill for it to be completely out of your system. Of course my sister in law got pregnant within a few weeks so what do 'they" know
 
TarAshly said:
why now?
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Well…'cause artificial contraception is a mortal sin, hon…even if you’ve stopped…it still needs to be confessed. My DH and I had to go too, after we ditched ABC and saw the light of NFP. 🙂 It’s good anyway, you’ll be starting with a clean slate. And congratulations…it is AWESOME that you have made this decision. After a while you will wonder why you put that poison in your body in the first place. When I took NFP classes I had just gone off the Ortho Tri Cyclen pill and I remember thinking how natural and normal NFP was and how icky bc pills were. It’s like, your body has built-in birth spacing. It’s incredible to learn about it. You may have to chart a little differently because you have to wait for the hormones from the pill to clear out of your system.

Anyway, good luck and I hope you two are blessed with a little one soon!! 👍
 
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