She is a contributing author of “Complementary and Alternative Therapies”. She is also a Creighton Model FertilityCare™ Practitioner Intern www.fertilitycare.ca

Thursday, May 31, 2012
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Big Carrot Natural Food Market
348 Danforth Ave., Room 212
(entrance beside Bookcity)

For more information go to  http://thebigcarrot.ca/index.php?id=121

Sessions will last an hour and a half with topics revolving around the SPICE method:  Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Communicative and Emotional.

Spirtual
Defining your purpose, finding peace, forgiveness and understanding.

Physical
Living hormonally balanced.  Exercise and diet. How to live with disease and pain, stress and its effects.

Intellectual
Goal setting.  Balance motherhood/family/work.  Focused choices and priorities.

Communicative
Non-verbal communication.What your body language is really saying, finding your voice, uncovering and communicating your needs.

Emotional
Identifying basement and balcony people, mind over mood, relationships,developing coping strategies.

Women’s Wellness Group

Location:
Cozy Café & Bakery
2075 Danforth Avenue
(Woodbine & Danforth)
7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
$10 per session
Every 3^rd Thursday of the month

For more information contact:
Karen Hemingway at 416-465-5868
Email:  karen@fertilitycare.ca

Sold out last year

 Sell hand-made Belgian Chocolate Easter Eggs
to support our programs. 

  Two ways to help us!

 1.       Run a sale at your Church, club or group. 

March 24, 25. The chocolate eggs will be sold for $3.00 each or two for $5.00.  Your response by February 15, 2012 to (416) 465-2868 or email val@fertilitycare.ca will save our staff a follow-up call.

 We will provide posters and brochures once you have confirmed a date with our Centre.

New This Year!

2.       Pre Orders

Last year we sold out, make sure you have your Easter eggs – pre order your desired quality.  Payment upon delivery.

Please use the attached 2012 Easter Egg Campaign Order Form  and email, fax or mail to Valerie Miller at the Marguerite Bourgeoys Family Centre by March 9, 2012.

 Who can you pre-order for?  Thank you gift for your:

Would you like to try our chocolates?
Order free samples to share and promote orders.
Quantities are limited.  Samples are available in milk and dark chocolate.
Please contact Valerie Miller at (416) 465-2868.

In the past, infertility has been seen as a symptom rather than a disease. There is always an underlying cause, and treating the underlying cause was more effective than treating the infertility. In 1978, however, IVF caused a shift in treatment. The infertility began to be treated, rather than its cause, even though the cause can have an impact both on short and long term health, as well as causing infertility. Using IVF to treat infertility is putting a Band-Aid on the disease which caused the infertility.

NaPro Technology uses a woman’s natural biomarkers to help diagnose the underlying cause of her infertility. Using markers such as her mucus patterns and hormone levels can help practitioners determine what is causing her to have difficulty achieving pregnancy, and can also be used by the couple to find out when and if she is fertile. Using the information, the best treatment can be found for the underlying cause of the infertility, rather than simply putting a Band-Aid on the problem.

Women who are undergoing IVF are frequently taking drugs to suppress their cycles before taking others to stimulate the egg creation process to a massive degree. Then they must endure a series of extremely invasive procedures to harvest and then implant the eggs. The side effects of these drugs can be extremely uncomfortable, and the procedures make a woman feel distant and out of control of her own body. NaPro technology offers an alternative to these women. The system helps them, without disrupting their own natural cycles, and without the side effects.

IVF costs a lot. When the drugs are added to the costs of the medical procedures, a couple can spend tens of thousands of dollars per cycle, a cost which is frequently not covered by any insurance companies and, in Canada, not covered by healthcare, in most provinces. NaPro Technology offers a much cheaper alternative, which decreases some of the stresses felt by a couple suffering from infertility.

By treating the underlying cause of infertility, rather than having the strict goal of achieving pregnancy, NaPro technology becomes a more effective means of doing both. It is more effective than IVF at achieving pregnancy, and also helps a woman suffering with it to have better short and long term health. It is natural, so eliminates many of the physical side effects of the IVF procedure, and it is cheaper. Before agreeing to undergo IVF, take the time to see a local CrMS practitioner.

The emotions faced by those suffering from infertility are in constant flux. There is the excitement and hope as new treatments are started, as well as the fresh start at the beginning of each new cycle, and the incredible low when the cycle does not end in pregnancy. Also, there is a feeling among many couples that when they go to the doctor to address their infertility, the medical system takes over and they lose control of their bodies, which adds a sense of helplessness.

NaProTechnology offers these women another choice. The technology teaches a woman to use the natural biomarkers of her own body, such as her hormone levels and her mucus patterns, to determine when she is most fertile, and uses those biomarkers to help diagnose reasons why she might have trouble conceiving. The technology has better success rates than many more invasive procedures, and helps a woman to feel more in control, and in tune with her body.

Women using other treatments for infertility can undergo far more invasive procedures: hormone altering drugs intended to either suppress the natural functioning of the body or stimulate it far more than nature ever intended. Because these procedures cause a woman’s body to act in ways it was not meant to, all of them have physical consequences that have nothing to do with infertility, and only add to the stress and pain the woman is already experiencing. Because NaProTechnology uses a woman’s natural biomarkers, and works with them to help to achieve pregnancy, many of the side effects of the less natural methods can be avoided.

Many other methods of treating infertility come with hefty price tags, ranging from hundreds of dollars per treatment to tens of thousands. Financial worries can add exponentially to the burdens of a couple coping with the inability to achieve pregnancy, and be a seriously limiting factor in how many cycles they can make the attempt. CrMS and NaProTechnology is a much cheaper alternative to many of the more extreme procedures.

Infertility is never easy, no matter what choices a couple make in finding help to cope with it. But CrMS and NaProTechnology offer them a natural alternative. It uses the woman’s own biomarkers to help in planning and diagnosing problems, and teaches a couple how to use them, meaning less reliance on medical procedures and drugs. If you are suffering with infertility, and looking for an alternative strategy to the artificial means of treating infertility, it will be worthwhile to investigate NaPrTechnology

No. The past century has witnessed tremendous progress in many areas, including the field of Natural Family Planning.  The old Calendar Rhythm Method of the 1930′s is obsolete in the face of modern medical research.  Unfortunately, the medical community and the general population have had limited opportunity to learn of these advances.

Promotion of methods of hormonal contraception by the pharmaceutical industry has overshadowed the field of family planning.  Doctors in training receive practically no education in the field of modern Natural Family Planning.  To gain this knowledge physicians must attend specialized medical education programs that are not yet widely available

Is this a Catholic Method?

Science has determined that the ovaries are non-sectarian!  It is true, however, that the major impetus for research and development of the system has been the encouragement of the Catholic Church.  The word catholic itself means universal, and it is true that this system is universal, and can be utilized by every woman in the world for self-knowledge, achieving and/or avoiding pregnancy, and for medical applications.

Teenagers & Single Women

Every young woman deserves to know how her reproductive system functions.  This understanding increases her ability to appreciate and care for her fertility.  Teenagers are often put on ‘the pill’ as a remedy for menstrual cramps and ovarian cysts.  This off-label use can only mask the problem and create additional problems.  NaProTechnology identifies underlying causes and treats them cooperatively.

Engaged & Married Couples

The Creighton Model System is an excellent means of natural birth regulation.  When used to avoid pregnancy, the use-effectiveness is 96.8%.  When used to achieve pregnancy the effectiveness is 76% in the very 1st cycle of use and 98% by the 6th cycle.

In addition, the development of SPICE* techniques improves couple relations and contributes to a very low divorce rate.  Engaged couples should attend class 6 months prior to the wedding if the woman has not already done so.

*Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Communicative & Emotional

The primary goal of the CEIBA study is to assess the effectiveness of the CrM to avoid pregnancy with newer statistical methods, and in the context of motivations, intentions and behaviors of the participating couples during its use. The study is observational in nature and does not involve any blood tests or medications. New users of the CrM at participating FertilityCare Centers throughout Canada and United States will be offered the opportunity to participate in this study.

Participants in the study will receive updates about the study and personalized feedback on their own observations of fertility biomarkers. This study will yield valuable insight into the effectiveness of CrM, which will be helpful for all the couples using the system and will provide important information to clinicians regarding its effectiveness.

For further information about the study, you can e-mail Executive Director Karen Hemingway at: fertilitycare@on.aibn.com