Building
a strong foundation for couples, women, families! FertilityCare Services of
by Sr. M. Candace Fier
and Paula Dudgeon
Nearly thirty years ago, the
vision and call of the great encyclical, Humane Vitae, captured the attention
of a young obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Thomas Hilgers. He saw in the words of Pope Paul VI a
challenge to men and women of science, doctors, and health care professionals
to not only help clarify the conditions that favor a moral ordering of human
procreation but also bring about the God intended harmony between the divine
laws for transmitting life and those for fostering true conjugal love. He took up this challenge and today the
fruits of his work, the Creighton Model FertilityCare
System and NaProTechnology are touching the lives of
couples, women, and families around the world.
The Creighton Model FertilityCare System is a scientifically developed and
standardized system to enable women and couples to understand their fertility
cycles. It can be used effectively to avoid or to achieve pregnancy. With
appropriate medical support for abnormalities, it can also be used to help
couples with infertility, and to assist in the assessment and management of
women's health problems. The Creighton Model FertilityCare
System helps Catholic couples live out the Church's teaching regarding the
regulation of birth, while simultaneously enabling couples to deepen and enrich
their sexuality and marital relationship. Couples and women find FertilityCare is reliable, scientifically sound, morally
acceptable, and cost-effective.
NaProTechnology
NaProTechnology (Natural Procreative Technology,
or NaPro) is a new medical and surgical women's
health science that builds upon the information gained from the use of the
Creighton Model FertilityCare System. (CrMS) NaProTechnology devotes medical, surgical, and allied
health resources to cooperating with the natural procreative mechanisms and
functions of the human reproductive system. It is medically safe,
scientifically sound, respects the dignity of women, and has many applications
for fertility and women's health. CrMS provides for the first time, that all women, whether
married or single, can become fully engaged in monitoring, maintaining and
evaluating their own gynecological, as well as reproductive health.