To inspire, educate and support couples in family planning that is natural, effective, healthy and consistent with God’s plan for life, love and marriage.

his February — which is National Self-Check month — commit to making your fifth vital sign your most important self-check. Don't accept vague dismissals about what "normal" periods look like (after all, normal and healthy are not always the same). Don't be fooled by the artificial "stability" of the Pill or the lie that to be good, a female body must perform like a man's.

There’s something unsettling about implanting foreign substances into our bodies to stop them from working properly. Men should be repulsed by hormonal contraceptives in any form. Women should feel slighted that they’ve been kept in the dark about better alternatives and convinced that their fertility is a “burden” that falls only on their shoulders. The beauty of NFP is that it respects the dignity of the human person in a way hormonal contraceptives just don't.

In fact, fighting menstrual cycles — especially with hormonal contraceptives — can hurt athletic performance. Inadequate nutrition, sleep, and body fat negatively impact hormone levels, which in turn can create symptoms that disrupt training such as sluggishness, bloating, intolerable cramping or bleeding, and more. Medicating cycles away with artificial hormones can create further troubles, including poor bone density and increased risks of blood clots in otherwise healthy athletes.