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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Online there is indeed information about the method, natural family planning. There is a lot of information available in English. But have you actually tried to put it into practice? From my own experience, I can say that a relatively small percentage of women are able to use this information correctly in their own lives. This is because independent study lacks important details. All women are different, even the cycles of the same woman differ from one another. That is why guidance from an instructor is needed in teaching the method, so that you understand the practical purpose of theoretical knowledge in the functioning of your own unique body and you obtain the reliability rate of the announced method in pregnancy prevention (99.6%).
It's easy to respond to this. The effectiveness of different methods has long been measured, and it's easy to compare the numbers. This is done using the failure rate, also known as the Pearl Index (PI). The PI shows how many out of one hundred women using a method become unintentionally pregnant within a year.
PL 0 means 100% effectiveness.
For example:
The Pearl Index (PI) for condoms is 2-20. This means that out of 100 women who use condoms, 2-20 will become pregnant within a year.
The Pearl Index (PI) for interrupted intercourse is 10-20.
The method is considered reliable when its Pearl Index (PI) is below 1 (a few pregnancies per 1000 women). This includes the hormonal IUD, hormonal contraception, sterilization, and... the symptothermal method!
In addition, the symptothermal method is safe for health and aligns with moral, ethical, and spiritual principles.
If your couple is ready to receive all possible children, that's wonderful! Ideal!
Among users of the method, there are families with many children, some even have 7 children. They use the method when they want to give the mother rest and recovery time. In this regard, the symptothermal method is invaluable!
And besides, the method is also good for this reason: it opens people to life. In its teachings, different terms are used compared to a contraceptive mindset: it's not "preventing" but "postponing pregnancy to a suitable time", not "critical days" but "fertile days" or "blessed days". A child is not a disease or an enemy that we want to prevent or defend ourselves against.
Natural family planning is the only method of birth control morally accepted by the Catholic Church.
That's exactly where an instructor comes in handy – to help you adapt the method to fit your life. For me, measuring temperature doesn't take much time at all. I set my alarm earlier or sometimes I just wake up in the early morning, then I take the thermometer and go back to sleep. The thermometer measures the temperature, records the result, and turns off. When the alarm wakes me finally up, I take the thermometer out, and later, after morning routines are done, I write down the measurement result.
Measuring can be made easy, there are ways to do it.
To me, it seems like a small price to pay for the reliability of family planning, maintaining health, and achieving complete intimacy with my partner.
Complete intimacy for me means that it’s just the two of us—my husband and I—without anything extra, such as contraception (as any form of contraception affects the natural process and sensations) or fear (the fear of unwanted pregnancy). This means that when a couple is postponing pregnancy, they must wait until the fertile period, when libido is at its strongest, ends.
Fortunately, we are human! Our main sexual organ is the brain! Desire shifts to the infertile period when it is usually weaker. When a couple builds up desire during the fertile period, they get everything and even more during the infertile period—unlimited intimacy without fears. Such a goal greatly enhances libido. And after experiencing such intimacy, I wouldn't agree to use a condom under any circumstances!
How about buying a toothbrush, remembering to go to the bathroom after eating, turning on the water, putting the right amount of toothpaste on the brush, then brushing your teeth for a long time, rinsing your mouth with water, and doing this twice daily - isn't this difficult?
However, you know why you do it and you made it automatic – these are health habits.
However, you know why you are doing it, and you have made it automatic—these are health habits.
That's right! 😊 Similarly, many visits to the gynecologist can be avoided by tracking yourself. If I continue the comparison, I can say that when I'm lazy to continue tracking, I remind myself that condoms are uncomfortable and tracking becomes my daily necessity!
And one more thing - if I can't find the strength for these simple tracking activities - this is a sign that it's time to slow down and rest.