Natural Family Planning (NFP) provides information so that you, as a couple, can learn to understand and appreciate your fertility. During each cycle a woman experiences times of fertility and infertility accompanied by specific signs. Natural Family Planning is the practice of observing and charting these fertility signs to determine accurately when a woman is fertile and when she is infertile. When you want to achieve pregnancy, NFP helps you identify the most fertile time. When you want to avoid pregnancy, you abstain from genital contact during the fertile time.
NFP can be used in ANY cycle regardless of the woman's circumstances, including regular cycles, irregular cycles, breastfeeding, pre-menopause, or low fertility. Natural Family Planning is up to 99% effective in spacing births.
Please click on the link below to go to the Ft. Worth Diocese web site on National Family Planning. https://fwdioc.org/natural-family-planning
Pre-registration is preferred two weeks before the class begins.
Register online at www.ccli.org. Limited financial assistance may be available.
The courses of NFP sponsored by the Diocese of Fort Worth (listed in the link above) are four classes in length. Couples preparing for marriage must attend all four classes of one method to fulfill marriage preparation requirements. To ensure adequate time for completion, the diocese recommends instruction begin at least 90 days before your wedding day.