According to the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Healthcare professionals should have access to education in the science, methodology and ethics of Natural Family Planning.
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NaProTechnology™ stands for “Natural Procreative Technology,” a scientifically-based, ethically-sound approach to treating reproductive health problems, including infertility and recurrent miscarriage. Unlike assisted reproductive technologies used to treat infertility, such as IVF and IUI in which a woman’s naturally-occurring fertility cycle is “over-stimulated” or “bypassed,” the goal of NaProTechnology™ is to identify the underlying causes of a couple’s infertility and correct them, allowing a couple to conceive through natural intercourse.
Despite the fact that many causes of infertility are correctable, most fertility centers perform only a limited evaluation of the woman’s fertility cycle before suggesting invasive procedures like IVF or IUI.
NaProTechnology, on the other hand, extensively evaluates the woman’s cycle. Then, treatments are used which work cooperatively with her naturally-occurring cycle to restore health and normal function, thus optimizing the chance for conception through natural intercourse.
The principles of NaProTechnology™ are applied to the treatment of all women’s reproductive conditions. Other conditions for which there are NaProTechnology™ alternatives include:
Polycystic ovarian syndrome, Irregular cycles, Abnormal vaginal bleeding,
Chronic pelvic pain and painful periods, Menopausal symptoms, Ovarian cysts,
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD),and Postpartum depression
NaProTECHNOLOGY ® (Natural Procreative Technology) is a women’s health science that monitors and maintains a woman’s reproductive and gynecological health. It provides medical and surgical treatments that cooperate completely with the reproductive system. Thirty years of scientific research in the study of the normal and abnormal states of the menstrual and fertility cycles have unraveled their mysteries.
This is the first women’s health science to network family planning with reproductive health monitoring and maintenance. It is a fertility-care based medical approach rather than a fertility-control approach to family planning and gynecological health. NaProTECHNOLOGY ® uses the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System biomarkers to monitor easily and objectively the occurrence of various hormonal events during the menstrual cycle. NaProTracking provides valid information that can be interpreted by a woman and by physicians who are specifically trained in this system.
Unlike common suppressive or destructive approaches, NaProTECHNOLOGY ® works cooperatively with the procreative and gynecologic systems. When these systems function abnormally, NaProTECHNOLOGY ® identifies the problems and cooperates with the menstrual and fertility cycles that correct the condition, maintain the human ecology, and sustain the procreative potential.
The doctors and healthcare professionals at the Saint Peter’s Gianna Center provide general gynecological care, prenatal care, natural family planning education, and infertility services – all with a deep commitment to honoring a woman’s dignity and the sanctity of human life. The Saint Peter’s Gianna Center is dedicated to providing a more natural alternative to assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization in accordance with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. Comprehensive gynecologic primary care and specialized fertility and family planning techniques are used to unmask the true causes of infertility for all women, regardless of faith.
We are pleased to be the first medical practice in the community to feature two unique women’s health services:
The FertilityCare™ System
NaProTECHNOLOGY™
These services allow us to provide you with a natural, restorative, scientifically based approach to monitoring your health and managing your fertility. Our physicians perform procedures both in the office and in the hospital setting.
The Gianna Center of Philadelphia is dedicated to providing general gynecologic care, natural family planning education and infertility services which honor the sanctity of each human life, the dignity of women and the sacramental integrity of marriage.
FertilityCare Centers of America (FCCA) is a non-profit corporation founded by the developer of the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare System (CrMS), Thomas W. Hilgers MD, in 1999. CrMS is the innovative system which, for the first time, networks family planning with a woman's reproductive and gynecologic health.
The purpose of FCCA is to unite and promote CrMS educational services through local FertilityCare Centers. FCCA manages a network of over 200 nationally and internationally affiliated FertilityCare Centers that provide instruction in CrMS.
To ensure the quality control and standardization of all CrMS services provided, each FertilityCare Center affiliated with FCCA must have a Responsible Creighton Model Practitioner who is formally trained and certified in CrMS.
The Saint Paul VI Institute is the only medical Institute of its kind that specializes in research, diagnosis, and treatment of procreative and women’s healthcare within a pro-life ethic.
Since 1976, our research has explored new methods for treating infertility and other women’s health conditions — including over 238 professional books, book chapters, poster sessions, peer-reviewed medical articles, videos, and other presentations.
Over 30 obstetrician-gynecologists have been trained through the St. John Paul the Great Fellowship in Medical & Surgical NaProTechnology.
Thousands of Practitioners, Supervisors, Educators, and Medical Consultant physicians from all 50 states and six continents have been trained through our Health Education Programs.