Family Planning

The Creighton Method is a modern method of fertility awareness which enables a couple to identify the days of fertility and infertility in the woman’s cycle. Once identified, they can then select those days for intercourse or not depending on whether they want to achieve pregnancy or not.

Modern methods of fertility awareness such as the Creighton Method are far removed from methods of ‘natural family planning’ from decades ago such as the rhythm method or calendar method. These methods were not reliable and were based on certain assumptions about the woman’s cycle which we now know not to be true.

The Creighton Method has stemmed from decades of research and studies have shown that it is 99.5% effective in avoiding pregnancy if used correctly.

Some of the benefits of using a natural method to plan and avoid pregnancies is that it is medically safe, has no side effects, gives an in-depth knowledge and appreciation of a couple’s fertility and is a system that is shared between the couple.