DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES
1. Diocesan Natural Family Planning Classes (Sympto-Thermal Method)
Instruction Course (Available in English or Spanish)
Course Overview:
The 4-session course held once every five weeks for four months is based on the observation and interpretation of changes in basal body temperature, cervical mucus and the cervix to determine the fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle. The course is presented by a trained, experienced married couple. Sessions are offered in a number of locations throughout the diocese.
Enrollment fee of $75.00:
Fee covers all 4 sessions and materials:
· NFP book/manual
· Digital thermometer
· Charts
· Lifetime of free phone/email consultation
Teaching Couples:
Phil & Freda Russo, NFP Coordinators
Deacon Steve & Rosemary Kern
Chuck & Colleen Nejmeh
Roger & Paula Miller
To enroll call the Family Life Office (732) 562-1990 x 1623 or click
here for NFP class schedule and registration form.
2. Saint Peter’s University Hospital Fertility Awareness Program
Instruction Course (Available daily in English or Spanish)
Course Overview:
The 4-session course offers information about the Sympto-Thermal or Billings Method of Natural Family Planning – some of the most effective methods of achieving or postponing pregnancy without drugs or side effects. Class format is small group presentation or private consultation, with personalized private chart review.
Enrollment fee of $20 per class:
Fee covers all 4 sessions and materials:
· NFP book/manual
· Digital thermometer
· Audio tapes on NFP
· Charts
· Lifetime of free phone/e-mail consultation
Current Course Sessions:
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Class
Private
Instruction by
Appointment
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Day
Mon-Fri
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Tme
9:00 am-2:00 pm
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Location
St. Peter's University Hospital
254 Easton Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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Instructor(s):
Rosemary Kern, MHA, Fertility Awareness Coordinator
Erica Arias, BA, Fertility Awareness Counselor
Shannon Devine, BS, Fertility Awareness Counselor
Keiona Miller, BA, Adolescent Fertility Awareness Counselor
3. Couple to Couple League (Sympto-Thermal Method) (www.ccli.org)
Course Overview:
A three session course, each session spaced about a month apart for achieving or postponing pregnancy without drugs or side effects. Each class is approximately two hours in length. Class format is built around the Couple to Couple League Natural Family Planning DVD presentation and hands-on chart analysis.
Enrollment:
$135 feecovers all 3 sessions (some insurance plans accepted) and everything you will need to practice NFP including:
· The bi-monthly magazine from CCL (Family Foundations)
· NFP book/manual
· Digital thermometer
· Audio Tapes
· Charts
· Lifetime of free phone/e-mail counseling
(Home Study Course is available in English [$159.00] & Spanish [$55.00])
Course Overview:
An initial one hour Introductory Session is provided one-on-one by a professional FertilityCare Practitioner who will explain the scientific foundations, methodology, and application to various reproductive categories, how to make observations and chart. Follow up sessions are provided by the FertilityCare Practitioner who will tailor the system to your specific needs.
The Follow-Up one hour sessions occur five times during the first three months of use and an additional three times over the remainder of a year. Subsequent annual follow-ups are recommended. A certified Creighton Model NFP Medical Consultant Physician is on staff and/or available for medical consultation. Some insurance plans accepted.
Enrollment fee of $25.00 per Introductory Class
Creighton Fertility Care Medical Consultant Physican
Jean Golden-Tevald, DO
Fertility Care Center of Hunterdon
416 Mechlin Corner Road
Pittstown, NJ 08867
(908) 735-9344
Creighton Fertility Care Practitioners
Kathleen Golden Amy Sherlock
Pittstown, NJ 08867 50 Hill and Dale Road
(973) 694-4830 Lebanon, NJ 08833
(908) 500-1695
5. Online NFP Courses – Please check the following websites for various online NFP Instructional
Courses:
>Northwest Family Services (Sympto-Thermal Method), (English only)
>Creighton Model Fertility Care System (Billings Ovulation Method), (English only)
>Marquette University (Sympto-Thermal Method), (Available in English & Spanish)
>World Organization of Ovulation Method Billings, (Available in various languages)
>Family of the Americas (Billings Ovulation Method) (Available in English & Spanish)
“Love & Fertility” Textbook - $29.95 & “Love & Fertility” Charting Kit - $4.95
6. Other NFP Resources:
>One More Soul, Fostering God’s Plan for Love, Marriage, and Procreation,
>Clearinghouse of information about various methods of NFP,
>Women’s Health, Infertility Solutions, IVF Alternatives
Gianna Catholic Healthcare Center for Women
15 East 40th Street, NY, NY 10016
(212) 481-1219
>Fertility Care Pope Paul VI Institute
7. List of NFP-Friendly Physicians:
Ana P. Gomes, DO
Speciality: Family Practice
Phillipsburg, NJ
(908) 454-9902
Jean Golden-Tevald, DO
Speciality: Family Practice, NFP Model:Creighton Method
Pittstown, NJ (908) 735-9344
Leonie S. Watson, MD, NFPMC
Fertility Care Consulting
Mountainside, NJ, NFP Model: Creighton Method
(908) 232-0995
Joanne Swift, MD
Garden State OBGYN Associates
2401 E. Evesham Road, Suite A1
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Practice: (856) 424-3323
Natural Family Planning (NFP) educates a couple in human sexuality and fertility. Couples can use the NFP knowledge to achieve, as well as to postpone, pregnancy through an awareness of natural body signs which indicate fertile and infertile times.
During each cycle a woman normally becomes fertile then infertile. As this happens, her body provides certain signs and symptoms which tell her when she can conceive or not conceive a child. The main signs are: changes in the cervix, cervical mucus and resting body temperature. Couples can learn to observe, chart and interpret these signs with a high degree of accuracy.
NFP is not Calendar Rhythm, which was developed in 1930 and tried to mathematically determine the probable time of ovulation for the average woman. It did not account for individual differences. NFP provides a personal profile of each woman’s own cycle.
Click here for NFP chart (PDF).
Who
NFP is based on present scientific knowledge of a woman’s daily fertility signs. It can be used successfully by couples in regular or irregular cycles, while breastfeeding, during premenopause, as well as when attempting to achieve a pregnancy.
NFP is a way of life which can open new areas of mutual communication and cooperation in the marriage relationship and afford a couple new insights into the procreative and unitive aspects of their fertility.
This way of life requires full participation from both partners and both must be completely familiar with the method. Couple participation is one of the strongest benefits and recommendations of NFP. However, all will be welcome to the sessions. (It is often easier for couples to learn the method before marriage.)
Where
The program is presented by a trained and experienced married couple in a series of four meetings. One each month for four months. There are a number of locations throughout the Diocese where sessions are offered.
Call the Family Life Office to see if classes have available space prior to mailing the registration form. Please do not attend a class without registering in advance.
Cost
The entire cost for the NFP program is $75 per couple. (Includes all materials).
Click here for Registration Form (PDF).
Session Dates
| First Class |
Day |
Time |
Location |
| March 14 |
Sunday |
2:30 PM |
New Brunswick |
| April 7 |
Wednesday |
6:30 PM |
Clinton |
| May 21 |
Friday |
7:00 PM |
Three Bridges |
| June 22 |
Tuesday |
7:30 PM |
Flemington |
| September 12 |
Sunday |
2:30 PM |
Somerset |
| October 6 |
Wednesday |
6:30 PM |
Clinton |
Visit Natural Family Planning of NJ website.
