For an overall sense of what fertility awareness methods or natural family planning can do for your relationship, start here.

FAM and Relationships

How can FAMs help your relationship? What can you do when sticking with your FAM is hard?

September 2, 2025

“Unheard and unseen:” When women’s reproductive health is dismissed for generations

How body literacy, FAM, & RRM can break the cycle

bySonia-Maria Szymanski

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August 19, 2025

A newly married couple reflects on their first year of using natural family planning (NFP)

What it's really like to learn and use NFP

byLaura Ginikos

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January 30, 2025

Clash and captivate: Saying ‘no’ to sex within marriage

A healthy 'no' to sex isn't manipulation or a power play

byMary Bruno

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August 31, 2024

“The most worthwhile thing in the world:” Catherine Pakaluk, author of Hannah’s Children, on her book and her own fertility awareness journey

Fertility awareness can better serve both the 5 percent and the 95 percent

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

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August 29, 2024

Is your boyfriend asking about the Pill? Here’s how to have the birth control conversation in your relationship

It might be time for a relationship reality check

byRenee Walton

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July 23, 2024

NFP helped us avoid pregnancy to care for our daughter’s medical needs

We were able to be fully present when our children needed us most

byElena Tejeda

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May 21, 2024

Why this nurse became a Marquette Method instructor

And the most fulfilling part of her work

byAnnie Norton

March 14, 2024

‘So much more than family planning’: Finding freedom in Fertility Awareness

FAMs helped me get help for endo, conceive, and carry my children to term

byMelayna Alicea

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December 13, 2023

How recognizing our shared fertility can strengthen marriages

With FAMs, couples are more likely to honor one another, not use one another

byMelayna Alicea

September 8, 2023

Is charting your cycles ever “useless information?” A single woman reflects on the value and the “pain points” of charting

Why charting as a single woman is never "useless," even if it can sting

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

August 31, 2023

“Why doesn’t he care?”: Talking with friends to figure out men’s role in birth control decisions

Why some men think they don't have a part to play in birth control decisions

byAlex Rico

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July 7, 2023

How men can encourage a switch from birth control to fertility awareness

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