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Women Speak on NFP: When Natural Family Planning Doesn’t Go According to Your Plan

April 29, 2013 By Haley 71 Comments

This is a guest post by Christy of fountains of home in the Women Speak on NFP series. In this series you will hear from women using various methods of NFP, some to avoid pregnancy, some trying to conceive, and their experiences. Disclaimer: This series is not meant to be a substitute for any method of training in NFP! If you are interested in one of the methods introduced in this series, please … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Children, Marriage, NFP Tagged With: billings ovulation method, children, faith, marriage, natural family planning, women speak on nfp

Women Speak on NFP: An Interview with Dwija

April 22, 2013 By Haley 15 Comments

This is a guest post by Dwija of House Unseen, Life Unscripted in the Women Speak on NFP series. In this series you will hear from women using various methods of NFP, some to avoid pregnancy, some trying to conceive, and their experiences. Disclaimer: This series is not meant to be a substitute for any method of training in NFP! If you are interested in one of the methods introduced in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Catholicism, Children, Family & Homesteading, Marriage, NFP Tagged With: Catholicism, child spacing, dwija borobia, family, house unseen, marriage, natural family planning, nfp, sympto-thermal method, taking charge of your fertility, women speak on nfp

The Definition of Sexy

April 15, 2013 By Haley 37 Comments

Dear Madly-in-love Newlywed, Your definition of sexy is about to change. It might take two years, it might take ten. And you’re not going to believe a word I say in these blissful days of butterflies in your stomach at the sound of his voice. It’s going to sound mundane and boring to you now, but just file this away. What’s your definition of sexy? Getting surprise flowers from your beloved? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Husband, Marriage Tagged With: marriage, married life, newlyweds, sacrificial love, sexy

Women Speak on NFP: Why My Husband and I Don’t Use Contraception

April 10, 2013 By Haley 13 Comments

This is a guest post by Stephanie of Captive the Heart in the Women Speak on NFP series. In this series you will hear from women using various methods of NFP, some to avoid pregnancy, some trying to conceive, and their experiences. Disclaimer: This series is not meant to be a substitute for any method of training in NFP! If you are interested in one of the methods introduced in this series, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Children, Green Living, Health, Marriage, NFP Tagged With: Catholicism, contraception, family, marriage, natural family planning, nfp, women speak on nfp

Women Speak on NFP: One Girl’s Experience with the Sympto-Thermal Method

April 4, 2013 By Haley 34 Comments

  This is a guest post by Deirdre of Like Mother, Like Daughter in the Women Speak on NFP series. In this series you will hear from women using various methods of NFP, some to avoid pregnancy, some trying to conceive, and their experiences. Disclaimer: This series is not meant to be a substitute for any method of training in NFP! If you are interested in one of the methods introduced in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Children, Marriage, NFP Tagged With: Catholicism, couple to couple league, deirdre folley, fertility, marriage, natural family planning, nfp, sympto-thermal method, women speak on nfp

Women Speak on NFP: Kelley on the Creighton Method

April 3, 2013 By Haley 6 Comments

This is a guest post by Kelley of Over the Threshold in the Women Speak on NFP series. In this series you will hear from women using various methods of NFP, some to avoid pregnancy, some trying to conceive, and their experiences. This series is not meant to be a substitute for any method of training in NFP! If you are interested in one of the methods introduced in this series, please contact a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Marriage, NFP Tagged With: Catholicism, creighton method, faith, fertility, kelley pridgeon, marriage, natural family planning, nfp, over the threshold, women speak on nfp

Women Speak on NFP

April 1, 2013 By Haley 53 Comments

It's NFP Awareness week, so I thought I'd run a post from the archives with the links to all the posts in the Women Speak on NFP series. I learned so much from all the women who shared their stories at Carrots about their experiences with Natural Family Planning and I hope the resources in this series will benefit many families. As a Catholic woman seeking to follow Church teaching about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Children, Marriage, NFP Tagged With: Catholicism, children, contraception, family, fertility, marriage, natural family planning, nfp, series

Catholicism: Empowering Women for 2000 Years (Part IV: “My Body Isn’t Broken,” The Church and Contraception)

February 19, 2013 By Haley 50 Comments

Another post about birth control, Haley? Really? It's true. Sorry, folks. But I think Catholic teaching on contraception is really crucial to understanding the respect for womanhood that the Church affirms. This is Part IV of this series, so be sure to read about how Marian doctrine, the Catholic understanding of vocation, and the female saints and doctors of the Church empower women before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Marriage, Motherhood Tagged With: birth control, Catholicism, contraception, family, female empowerment, marriage, sexuality, the pill, women's issues

Marriage Is a Kind of Death

May 28, 2012 By Haley 25 Comments

Today Daniel and I celebrate six years of marriage. SIX YEARS. I know it’s not a shocking length of time, but I think it’s starting to sound downright respectable. Can anything prepare you for what marriage will be like? No. It is infinitely more difficult and infinitely more splendid than I could have ever imagined. Something like having children, I suppose. We’ve learned a few lessons over the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Husband, Marriage Tagged With: anniversary, forgiveness, marriage

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