Posts Tagged ‘charting’
Top Four Charting Questions from Newlyweds
During the CCL Marriage Prep NFP Course, couples begin building the daily habits of taking temperatures and recording fertility observations on their chart. By the end of the course, most couples feel confident navigating fertile and non-fertile days on paper or on the PeakDay App. The real learning often begins after the wedding, when couples…
Read MoreWhy Fertility Education Matters
At Dakota Hope Clinic, nurse and fertility educator Janis Neumann sees firsthand how little many young women know about their cycles. “I have found that many do not even keep track of their periods,” she says. “When they begin to understand, it empowers them.” Information that Empowers To bridge that gap, Janis introduces girls to…
Read MoreStart to Chart: Smarter Fertility and Healthier You
Have you ever wished you understood your cycle better? So many women go through life with little more than a vague sense of what their monthly rhythms mean for their health, energy, and fertility. The truth is, your body is giving you valuable information every single day—you just need the tools to understand it. That’s…
Read MorePeakDay Young Adult: Fertility Awareness and Cycle Charting
Young women today are looking for more than just quick fixes to their health questions. They want real knowledge, practical tools, and confidence when it comes to understanding their bodies. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the PeakDay Young Adult Series, The Young Adult series is a brand-new program created to empower young, unmarried women…
Read MoreA Story of Cycles, PCOS and Hope
Lying on a restaurant bathroom floor is not how I saw myself helping my mom spend her birthday but that’s how it went. As my mom sat next to me putting cold paper towels on my head, I laid in the fetal position with terrible cramping. I have always had awful cramps. From the time…
Read MoreA Candid Take on NFP, Man to Man
So you’re thinking about natural family planning? You’re probably asking if it’s really good for your marriage and why the Church cares about your method of family planning. You might be wondering what life is really like for couples who use NFP. I know. I’ve been there. Here are some things I wish I had…
Read MoreCharting in the First Year
Congratulations! Now you are married and can put what you learned in your NFP class to practice. On top of combining two lives into one, you now also get to start using NFP ‘for real’ together. It’s a great time for the husband to take over inputting the data onto the chart or app each…
Read MoreFebruary: National Self-Check Month
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.
Read MoreNew Study: Fertility App Users with Formal NFP Education More Likely to Stick to Charting
We know, we know. It sounds like common sense that formal training on NFP makes users more consistent and committed to charting, but it’s important to back up claims with data…and now we have data. CCL’s own Mike Manhart, PhD, conducted the study which analyzed anonymous data from CycleProGo users who gave their permission. CycleProGo…
Read MoreStraight Talk on NFP, Man to Man
So you’re getting ready to get married in the Catholic Church and you’re wondering about natural family planning? You’re probably wondering if it’s really good for your marriage and why the Church cares about your method of family planning. You might be wondering what life is really like for couples who use NFP. I know.…
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