New Orleans Chapter of the Couple to Couple League
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The Couple to Couple League is a volunteer organization dedicated to teaching Natural Family Planning. When it comes to spacing children, many couples are turning to natural family planning (NFP) for a healthy alternative to artificial contraception and sterilization.
The classes teach the Sympto-Thermo Method of NFP and are taught in a four part series. Class schedule
Research indicates that NFP is highly effective in avoiding pregnancy when practiced by well motivated and adequately instructed couples. The natural method is completely safe and can also aid normally or marginally fertile couples seeking pregnancy.
Three signs of fertility are used in the method: basal body temperature, cervical mucus and actual changes in the cervix itself. Women with irregular cycles can use the method, which is based on their personal fertility, unlike the calendar rhythm method, which did not take individual differences into account.