FertilityCare Program

Jasper – The FertilityCare program, formerly known as Natural Family Planning, refers to a natural method to avoid or achieve pregnancy. The Creighton Model coordinates with a couple’s fertility cycle without the use of drugs or contraceptives. The program teaches the couple to identify the woman’s fertile and infertile days in order to achieve or avoid a pregnancy. This program is available at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center.

Instructors Sharon Wagner and Yvonne Lueken have been trained through the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction. The program content follows the moral teachings of the Catholic Church.

Couples attend an introductory session, and may then schedule up to eight individual follow-up appointments with their instructor to explain details of the program, review the couple’s chart and answer questions. Regular appointments assist the couple in feeling confident to use the method.

The FertilityCare program is safe, morally acceptable, easy to learn, inexpensive and can precisely identify the true days of fertility and infertility. The method is shared by both the man and woman as they grow together and plan their family.

Introductory and follow-up sessions are private and scheduled to meet the needs of the couple. Sessions take place in the Conference Room at Memorial Southside Office, 1100 West 12th Avenue. The cost of the introductory session is $25 per couple, and each follow-up session is also $25. Materials are available for the course for an additional fee of $20.

For more information about the FertilityCare program, please contact Memorial Hospital’s Community Relations department at 481-2399 or toll-free at 800-852-7279, ext. 2399.