The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System is a form of family planning that involves identifying the fertile time during a woman's cycle. Clinical trials and data collected from Creighton Model users has proven the system to be effective in achieving or avoiding pregnancy. It is safe and natural, cooperating with a woman's natural fertility. Furthermore, the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System is not just a form of family planning. It is also a useful means of monitoring a woman's overall gynecological health that may help identify and treat a wide variety of health issues. For all these reasons, the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System is a versatile tool useful throughout a woman's reproductive life.
FAMILY PLANNING
The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System is a modern, precise, and effective system of family planning that can be used by couples either to achieve or to avoid pregnancy. It is based upon knowledge and understanding of women’s naturally-occurring phases of fertility and infertility. Women learning to use the System are taught to routinely observe natural biomarkers, such as the presence or absence of cervical mucus, and how to chart these observations using a standardized recording system. Couples learn to recognize patterns that indicate times of fertility and infertility that help them make informed, deliberate choices regarding the achievement or avoidance of pregnancy.
The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System was designed by Dr. Thomas Hilgers based upon research he conducted while a doctoral student at Creighton University. Since the System’s introduction in the 1970s, it has been extensively tested and researched in specialized programs at St. Louis University Medical School in Missouri and the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction in Omaha, Nebraska.
EFFECTIVE
AVOIDING PREGNANCY: The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System is between 96.8% (typical use) and 99.5% (perfect use) effective for avoiding pregnancy.
Source: Hilgers & Stanford, "Creighton Model NaProEducation Technology for Avoiding Pregnancy," Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 1998: 43(6), 495-502.
ACHIEVING PREGNANCY: 76% of couples (of normal fertility) who use days of fertility for intercourse will conceive during the first cycle, 90% by the third cycle, and 98% by the sixth cycle.
Source: Hilgers, Daly, Prebil, & Hilgers, "Cumulative Pregnancy Rates in Patients with Apparently Normal Fertility and Fertility-Focused Intercourse," Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 1992: 37(10), 864-6.
Source: Hilgers & Stanford, "Creighton Model NaProEducation Technology for Avoiding Pregnancy," Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 1998: 43(6), 495-502.
ACHIEVING PREGNANCY: 76% of couples (of normal fertility) who use days of fertility for intercourse will conceive during the first cycle, 90% by the third cycle, and 98% by the sixth cycle.
Source: Hilgers, Daly, Prebil, & Hilgers, "Cumulative Pregnancy Rates in Patients with Apparently Normal Fertility and Fertility-Focused Intercourse," Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 1992: 37(10), 864-6.
SAFE AND NATURAL
The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System cooperates with a woman’s natural procreative system, rather than suppressing it. The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System has no medical side effects and is entirely natural – there are no chemicals or devices involved.
GYNECOLOGICAL HEALTH
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In addition to being a very effective tool for both achieving and avoiding pregnancy, the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System can be used to monitor women’s gynecological health. Through daily observation and charting of natural biomarkers, a woman may see the effects of stress, medications, diet, and exercise on her health and fertility. Together with NaProTECHNOLOGY®, the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System can help in evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various gynecological problems including infertility, recurrent miscarriage, PMS, endometriosis, irregular cycles, ovarian cysts, and hormonal imbalances, just to name a few.
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Example of a Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System Chart
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Through observing and charting, women become active participants in their own healthcare by monitoring gynecological health and seeking medical help when necessary. The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System is the only family planning system that integrates fertility monitoring with gynecological and procreative healthcare. Moreover, it is the only family planning system that can be used with NaProTECHNOLOGY® to help diagnose and treat reproductive health problems.
VERSATILE
The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System can be used effectively throughout a woman’s entire reproductive life, from the teenage years to menopause. Moreover, the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System can be used with irregular cycles just as accurately as with regular cycles. The Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System can be used very effectively by breastfeeding mothers, women who have long cycles, women who are coming off of the birth control pill, and those with continuous discharge. It can be used by married couples as a method to avoid or to achieve pregnancy, by engaged couples who are preparing to start a family, and by single women as a tool to monitor their health and fertility and to gain a deeper understanding of how their bodies work.