The dates of NFP Awareness Week highlight the anniversary of encyclical Humanae Vitae (July 25) from Pope Paul VI and the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne (July 26).

Santa Ana FertilityCare Center joins with the bishops in highlighting the need to promote to all women and families the benefits of NFP.

Married couples who use NFP and SPICE report many benefits including: better communication between spouses, increased patience, increased emotional maturity, deeper understanding of each other’s bodies, and growth in respect for God’s gift of fertility.

Resources for celebrating and promoting NFP Awareness Week in your area can be found at One More Soul .  For more information, contact nfp@usccb.org. To learn more about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System and SPICE please contact us: santaana@safcc.org

Yes! For couples of regular fertility, the identification of the woman’s fertile days through Creighton Model charting can help couples to achieve pregnancy 76% of the time after just one cycle, and 98% after five cycles .

For couples who suffer from infertility as a result of common conditions such as endometriosis and PCOS, Creighton Model charting combined with Medical and Surgical NaProTECHNOLOGY can help 40-45% of them to naturally achieve pregnancy and live birth within one year, and 75-80% within three years (pregnancy rates may vary, depending on the cause(s) of infertility).