NaProTECHNOLOGY® – New Hope For infertile Couples

By Tanzél Picard, FCP
View Article in TRL Summer 2009 Newsletter

NaProTECHNOLOGY® (NPT) is a major breakthrough in monitoring, treating and maintaining a woman’s reproductive and gynecological health. NaProTECHNOLOGY® offers new hope for couples with infertility; it is nearly three times more successful than IVF, it doesn’t result in frozen embryos or early selective abortions. It is inexpensive and uses a step ladder approach to dealing with infertility. This new health science approaches women as whole persons and maintains the dignity of the couple. NPT works cooperatively with the body’s natural reproductive cycle. It doesn’t suppress the body’s reproductive system but instead enhances its function by thoroughly evaluating and treating the underlying problems.

The “per woman” pregnancy and family-building rates comparing NaProTECHNOLOGY and In Vitro Fertilization

NaProTECHNOLOGY® is provided by physicians who have been specifically trained in the system. It uses the Creighton Model FertilityCare System ™(CrMS) to help diagnose the underlying cause of infertility. Women are taught in the CrMS to record different biological markers such as menstrual and mucus flow. These observations are recorded on a daily basis by a woman in a standardized process. These recordings show the various hormonal events occurring in her cycle, which allows testing and blood work to be done at the correct part of the cycle to help identify abnormalities in her health. The Creighton Model FertilityCare Sytem ™ allows a woman to “unravel the mysteries of the menstrual cycle.”¹ By learning to chart her cycle, a woman or couple are put in to the driver’s seat and are taught to not only understand how her body works but they are given the opportunity to be a proactive advocate in monitoring and maintaining her gynecological and reproductive health.

A women’s CrMS chart can reveal things such as infertility, high risk of miscarriage, low progesterone, abnormal bleeding, and much more. The effectiveness for achieving pregnancy for couples with infertility with the CrMS chart alone is 20-40% and with the CrMS and NaPro- TECHNOLOGY® it is up to 80%². A study leasd by Dr. Phil Boyle in Ireland and published by JABFM in 2008 showed that of couples who had previously been trying for over a year to achieve pregnancy; after completing up to 24 months of treatment with NPT 52.8% had a live birth. Younger couples had a higher success rate and only 4.6% were twin births³. To learn more about how to “unleash the power in a woman’s cycle” please visit www.fertilitycare.ca or call 416-465-2838.

1 www.naprotechnology.com
2 Pope Paul VI Institute. (2004) The ‘Per Woman’ Pregnancy and Family Building Rates NaProTECHNOLOGY and IVF.
3 Stanford, J.B., Parnell, T.A., Boyle, P.C. (2008).Outcomes from Treatment of Infertility with Natural Procreative Technology in an Irish General Practice. Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine, 21:5, 375-384. NOTE: Toronto Right to Life chose to feature NaPro TECHNOLOGY® and the Creighton Model FertilityCare System ™(CrMS) completely independently; the organization was in no way compensated for this feature.