Achieve or Avoid Pregnancy - Naturally

One of the great things about Natural Family Planning is that it can be used both to achieve and to avoid pregnancy.

Achieving Pregnancy

For many couples who come to CCL to learn NFP with the intention of limiting the number of children they will have, the opportunity to use the same signs of fertility to achieve a pregnancy is not something they have in mind - but in our society about one in six couples will have difficulty in achieving pregnancy when they decide that it is the right time.

In many of these cases, knowing the most fertile part of the cycle can be all it takes to make the difference. For others, there will be indications in their fertility charts of where the problems may be, and this will enable them to make changes to diet or lifestyles, or to seek appropriate medical help if necessary, to overcome these problems.

For those with more difficult problems, the first step in any natural and ethical treatment for infertility will be to establish their fertility patterns - so learning NFP will be a first step on the way for them too.

Avoiding Pregnancy

If you wnat to use NFP to avoid pregnancy; to space out pregnancies or to limit their family size, then NFP can be used very effectively to do exactly this. Since this is the reason that most couples come to CCL to learn NFP, most of the rest of the information on this website asumes that this is your intention.