The Five Great Powers of Holy Sex
By Martina Casey In Holy Sex! A Catholic Guide to Toe Curling, Mind Blowing, Infallible Love Making, Dr. Gregory K. Popcak lists five powers of Holy Sex. Let’s begin by defining Holy Sex. According to Dr....
Ecological breastfeeding: the secret weapon of Natural Family Planning by Martina Casey
Research suggests that the optimal wait time to conceive another baby is between 18 and 30 months after giving birth to your last. Too little time between pregnancies may increase the risk of premature birth...
Why FABM’s of family planning won’t work without God at the center of your marriage by Martina Casey
I initially dismissed FABM’s (Fertility Awareness Based Methods) because I didn't understand them. “This is just another form of birth control” I thought, albeit natural, but birth control nevertheless. My flawed thinking was the result...
3 things I believed about sex that turned out not to be true by Allison Dreher
I made a commitment to chastity when I was 13 years old. In my mind, this meant that I had decided to save sex for marriage. Fast-forward a few years, and although I kept this...
How General Fertility Awareness is different than Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABM’s) of Family Planning by Nicole Moore
1.) There are no sex rules There are no sex rules in Fertility Awareness, because it does not serve the same purpose as FABM’s of family planning, which is achieving/avoiding pregnancy. The goal of Fertility...
Why it’s best to work with a trained teacher when learning a Fertility Awareness Based Method (FABM) for family planning by Allison Dreher
When you learned to drive, did someone just hand you a set of keys and say, ‘good luck?’ What a silly question right? Nobody would do that. Yet, when learning about the female body and...
Let’s Talk About Sex: The Four Criteria for a Green Light by Nicole Moore
When talking about sex, our culture has a million and one ways of defining it. As Catholics it’s important that we know how to sift through the lies and recognize the truth of sex. To...
Lord remove the plank…a response to the new abortion law in New York by Allison Dreher
My newsfeed is filled with #Prolife comments and memes. People all over the country are rightly outraged by a bill signed into law on Jan 22 that permits late term abortions up to the day...
3 Benefits to charting, even if you’re not looking to get pregnant by Nicole Moore
Many women think fertility charting is for the sole purpose of beginning a family. But really, fertility charting is for much more than just pinpointing the best day to conceive. As a single woman myself,...
3 Things To Know When You Begin Charting Your Menstrual Cycle by Nicole Moore
Charting your cycle for the first time is both exciting and overwhelming. Exciting, because you are about to take charge of your health and overwhelming because you realize just how complex the female reproductive system...
5 Common Reasons for Anovulation
Thyroid imbalance. Every cell in the body depends upon thyroid hormones for regulation of their metabolism, or the conversion of oxygen and calories to energy. Thyroid hormones also influence body temperature, growth and development, and...
Realizing the truth about the pill by Allison Dreher
Making the decision to go with a natural method of family planning can be terrifying. At least I felt that way when I started in 2002. There is a popular statement around these days...
Why Natural Family Planning Isn’t Catholic Birth-Control
By The Sisterhood Team The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that “marriage is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and procreation and education of offspring.”[1] Pope John Paul the II's...
