Planning a family is an important decision for a couple to make. Avera’s fertility support is based on the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System, an internationally recognized family planning system. As an accredited program in line with the Catholic faith, this simple approach shows you and your partner how to observe and record the biological markers when you’re most likely to conceive.
Women in their reproductive years can find this fertility appreciation program useful, from onset of menstruation through perimenopause, without side effects or complications. Independent of a woman’s menstrual cycle, simple tracking of daily observations can take place right after childbirth, when breastfeeding and during irregular cycles. An Avera provider trained in the Creighton Model can also apply this same information to treat gynecologic conditions and reproductive health.
Family Planning with FertilityCare
FertilityCare is the most acceptable method of family planning or infertility treatment according to the Catholic Church’s teaching. Depending on your health and situation, participation in the FertilityCare program at Avera may benefit couples experiencing infertility in the following ways:
- Increased chances of conceiving
- No drugs, medical procedures or devices required
- Considerably less expensive than other fertility options
- Effective for spacing pregnancies and family planning
Introductory Sessions
Creighton Model FertilityCare practitioners provide instructions by appointment and in a series of private, personalized sessions with professional follow-up care available long term.
- Sioux Falls class is on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Call 605-322-4434 to learn more.
- Aberdeen class is on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. Call 605-622-5730 to learn more.
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How FertilityCare Works
This fertility appreciation approach is based upon a couple’s own knowledge of their naturally occurring cyclic phases of fertility and infertility. For some couples experiencing infertility, it can increase the chance of becoming pregnant by 20-40%. This system has shown success in not only achieving and avoiding pregnancy, but also in treating infertility, chronic miscarriage, ovarian cysts and other gynecologic programs.
Private Assessments
Ask your doctor for an infertility and gynecologic health assessment conducted with natural procreative technology, a process designed to help you understand your unique fertility patterns by monitoring and tracking body symptoms. This approach gives the couple a specific time when pregnancy most likely can occur. This technology works cooperatively with a woman's cycle to address:
- Hormone disorders
- Irregular bleeding
- Ovarian cysts
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Sub-fertility states
- Other health conditions
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