NFP International offers the complete approach to natural family planning. NFP can be taught directly from the NFPI manual. Thus it can be taught in poor countries where electricity is not always available. The NFPI manual can also be downloaded for free for the poor. Free charts are available for anyone at the home page of www.nfpandmore.org.
What is unique about NFP International?
• It is the only American NFP text that teaches ecological breastfeeding as a form of natural family planning for spacing births. NFPI instruction does not force anyone to breastfeed for any specific duration, but it does empower couples to make a well informed choice. One can choose only what they know.
• It is the only American NFP text that uses the simple-to-grasp covenant statement of sexuality to explain and support the teaching of Humanae Vitae.
• It is the only American NFP text that teaches the cross-checking signs in such a way that couples can determine the earliest start of Phase 3 consistent with all the evidence. Thus Phase 3 may start one or two days earlier than with other rules.
• NFPI teaches all the fertility signs and their rules.
• NFPI spends considerable time teaching generosity in having children.
• NFPI teaches how to be chaste during the fertile time when avoiding pregnancy.
• NFPI teaches the need to have a sufficiently serious reason for avoiding pregnancy.
• NFPI teaches what the Catholic Churches teaches about sexuality and explains why the Church does so.
• NFPI believes that most persons of average intelligence can learn natural family planning by reading the NFPI manual.
• NFPI provides a very reasonably priced home study course for learners and engaged persons preparing for marriage.
• NFPI provides free teacher training for those who are passionate about the NFPI Triple Strand and agree to teach from the NFPI manual.
SOME THANK YOU’S TO NFPI:
I absolutely LOVE your manual. I am a 40-year-old mother of four (all spaced three years apart by breastfeeding and casual NFP use), and my fertility recently returned after our fourth child. We have been aware of NFP for 13 years and even charted for the first few years but since our first baby came 10.5 years ago we have been very laid back about it. With my “ecological” (as you call it) style of nursing we have enjoyed 15-24 months of natural “spacing” after each child, so we were never very serious about it until now. But at this point we wanted to know the method in full detail, and you have really given it to us with this manual. I understand that some parents might be intimidated by all the rules and details that you present; maybe it was easier for us because I was already familiar with it. For us though, your book is perfect. We want ALL the information, and we are not afraid of complexity. Thank you for giving us what we needed! — Michigan mother
I apologize for not being able to donate even that amount. My fiance’ met with a priest that day and I was in a rush to download it and get started. As a college student..my account was empty as usual…:). I learned about the site by personally searching for it and advice from a spiritual director. I thought my relationship with the Lord was at its strongest point and that I understood myself as His female image…until I read the NFP manual. It is the most beautiful and Truth defending process I’ve ever encountered. I think it’s wonderful that people are able to download it from a website..even free of charge if necessary…because it shows how much the Truth needs to be out there no matter what. –Kentucky mother
John and Sheila Kippley
NFP International
www.NFPandmore.org
Being a Registered Nurse, nfp-user, and nfp instructor, it seems unethical to me that some nfp teachers not only exclude some of this information, they discourage it or downplay it – even though this is all backed by irrefutable scientific research. I am speaking here mainly about the temperature/cervix signs plus the ecological breastfeeding.
It is imperative to me that all nfp programs promote and teach this complete approach. This will not only give more credibility to nfp as a lifestyle, it gives couples choices, rather than only giving them the instructor’s preference.
I am not saying that I am against a couple using one sign only, or choosing not to nurse their baby, but it is the couple’s decision when to use which sign or when to ecologically breastfeed. They know themselves the best and cannot make these choices if they do not have a complete picture of how broad nfp is.
This is a constant source of irritation to me, a frustration, an injustice, because the medical community revolves around informed consent, patient education and decision participation. A more complete treatment of nfp in presentations will attract more people to it. Even the Holy Father (John Paul II) said that different couples have different needs. Wasn’t he a wise man?
Thank you so much for offering your book online and for all your research. We took the NFP classes before we were married, had some success after marriage prior to having our first child and then after, really struggled with NFP. We have 5 children in 5 years even while using ecological breastfeeding (except the nap). We co-slept and breastfed on demand. I wish I read this earlier other than the fact that we might have not been blessed with our children if I had. This had the clearest information on NFP that I have read. I made it to a first birthday party without being pregnant for the first time. I tried to take a nap when possible, used extended breastfeeding and added the cervix recommendations (which are the clearest in your book). My fertility didn’t come back until 10 months this time instead of the usual 2-3 months. The longest I nursed before was 19 months and I am still nursing my 1 and almost 2 1/2 year old this time. We will be making a donation soon even though we can’t afford much and I have recommended this site to tons of people. My sister in law contacted you recently and was very grateful also. She had a septated uterus. I was tempted to give up because we just couldn’t afford any more kids and were really struggling homeschooling and having so many kids so close together so I really appreciate your help!
Thanks and God Bless,
Beth Johnston
P.S. I will add that we must be very fertile because our last child was conceived 4 days before my peak day.
JOHN: First, we are grateful for Beth’s comment. It illustrates three things we teach. 1) The daily nap is an important part of the Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding. 2) The cervix sign can be very helpful. Mothers have been telling us this since the late 1960s. 3) If mucus was present on Peak Day minus 4, that day would be considered a day of normal fertility. In the presence of mucus, especially the more-fertile type, sperm can live up to five days. Further, ovulation can occur on Peak Day minus 1, Peak Day minus 2, and very rarely even on Peak Day minus 3, according to the published research. For up-to-date information and research on The Seven Standards, we encourage our readers to read The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding: The Frequency Factor.