Which NFP Method to Choose?

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For years I have been doing the NFP method where I take my temperature daily and chart it. However lately I have been getting up at all different hours because one of my children needs this or that and I also do a little travelling for work and have been in different time zones. So all this has thrown off my ability to take my temperature at the same time everyday.

I think I need to check out other methods but I really don’t know which one. I read stuff on the web but I find it all so confusing.

Also I track my menstrual cycle and have found I’ve gone from a regular 30 day cycle to an erratic cyle of 26 days to 36 days and everything in between. So I’m really having trouble knowing when I’m really ovulating.

Does anyone have any advise?

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I’m rather new to NFP, but I have noticed with my own cycles that my mucus changes from dry to tacky to sticky and back down again about 6 days or so before my temp change.

Maybe you could go by the mucus only method described in the “Art of Natural Family Planning”
 
Hi,
I can truly sympathize with you! It wasn’t until lately that I learned that the methods that didn’t use temps were just as accurate!!

Look into the Billings method:

woomb.org/

Or the Creighton method:

creightonmodel.com/

And for extensive NFP help, go to the NFP board on Delphi

forums.delphiforums.com/nfptalk/start

I am going to be studying to become a Billings teacher soon.

Hope this helps!
AlbertaRose
 
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bobtails:
I’m rather new to NFP, but I have noticed with my own cycles that my mucus changes from dry to tacky to sticky and back down again about 6 days or so before my temp change.

Maybe you could go by the mucus only method described in the “Art of Natural Family Planning”
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The reason why I prefer Billings to what’s described in the Art of Natural Family Planning is because Billings is so much more in depth. It deals with mucus only methods for dealing with the return of fertility and while breastfeeding & moving into menopause and such

God Bless
AlbertaRose
 
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T1Catholic:
For years I have been doing the NFP method where I take my temperature daily and chart it. However lately I have been getting up at all different hours because one of my children needs this or that and I also do a little travelling for work and have been in different time zones. So all this has thrown off my ability to take my temperature at the same time everyday.

I think I need to check out other methods but I really don’t know which one. I read stuff on the web but I find it all so confusing.

Also I track my menstrual cycle and have found I’ve gone from a regular 30 day cycle to an erratic cyle of 26 days to 36 days and everything in between. So I’m really having trouble knowing when I’m really ovulating.

Does anyone have any advise?

T1Catholic
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Well, I use Creighton, and I highly recommend it. Creighton uses mucus only-- no temp monitoring. This seems like it would fit with your current lifestyle and needs.

Go to creightonmodel.com or fertilitycare.org to find an instructor-- they also to distance courses if there’s no teacher in your area.
 
My wife and I have used Creighton. Our newborn daughter likes that method – its failure made for her existence. 😃
 
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