455. Sacred Timing: The Catholic Perspective on Fertility Awareness with Jen Ricard

During National NFP Week, Fr. Ryan sat down with Jen Ricard for a conversation on Fertility Awareness.  They discuss how it has impacted Jen's life and marriage, some of the challenges of NFP, and offer hope and guidance to those discerning NFP for their marriage. 

 

NFP Resources: 

• Intro into Different Methods of NFP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twcnJ5jPZyE 
• Northeast Ohio Natural Family Planning
  Part of the national Couple to Couple League, NEO-NFP provides local classes in the Sympto-Thermal method and pairs you with a mentor. https://www.neo-nfp.com/main/ 
• Veranova Health
  Located in Middleburg Heights, Veranova offers classes for teens and adult women at any stage in life in the various evidence based methods. https://www.veranovahealth.org/learning-to-chart/ 
• Use NFP
  Gina Haas is a registered and licensed dietitian and Marquette Method Instructor, who loves talking about all things related to nutrition, fertility and prayer. Her goal is to help women understand the connection between nutrition and fertility, and how prayer can help you succeed with both. https://www.usenfp.com/ 
• FAbM Base
  A database that provides practical resources to women and couples in an effort to minimize barriers to understanding their options of care related to their fertility and to find support in the practice. https://fabmbase.org/ 
• Natural Womanhood
  A women's health literacy initiative that exists to help women discover safe, side effect-free natural birth control options. https://naturalwomanhood.org/ 
• Ascension Presents: Jackie and Bobby Angel 
  • Why We Love NFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zurYP8yj26U&t=50s&pp=ygUMY2F0aG9saWMgbmZw 
  • Why We Hate NFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgXKbF4Q5A0&pp=ygUMY2F0aG9saWMgbmZw 

 

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