The Pill — We Never Quite Swallowed It

Jan. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- Although the mainstream media produced much ballyhoo about the birth control pill’s 50th anniversary last year, an undercurrent of discontent can still be heard about the century’s most popular form of birth control.

New York Magazine recently carried an article, authored by Vanessa Grigoriadis, which reflected on the Pill and the feminist movement, but admitted that “for the wheatgrass-and-yoga generation, there’s something about taking a pill every day that’s insulting to one’s sense of self, as an accomplished, adult woman.”

She also notes that although the Pill didn’t create the field of infertility medicine, “it turned it into an enormous industry.” She said that a cult market has sprung up catering to women coming off the pill, and the most popular new method is Natural Family Planning (NFP), which she calls the Fertility Awareness Method.

This method is discussed in a popular 400-page book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility, written fifteen years ago by Toni Weschler, and is ranked higher by customers on Amazon than all other books except the third and fourth Harry Potters. It talks about cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and signs of the cervix, the three symptoms also taught by the Couple to Couple League.

Natural Family Planning Classes Taught

Classes in Natural Family Planning are taught in 17 locations in the Chicago metro area, including southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. The next series of classes will begin Friday, Feb. 4, at Holy Family Hospital, 100 North River Road, Des Plaines IL, taught by Matthew and Anne McClure.

Classes will also begin Sunday, Feb. 6th, 2011, at 1:30 pm, at Resurrection Medical Center, 7435 West Talcott Avenue, Chicago IL, taught by Dave and Mona Cattapan.

To register, and for a list of classes throughout the U.S., go to CCL International at http://www.ccli.org, (800) 745-8252. Chicago area NFP information is at http://www.naturalfamilyplanningchicago.com.

The method taught is the Sympto-Thermal Method, which is also taught via CylePRO software. Sign up for a membership with the Couple to Couple League International at www.ccli.org, and receive “Family Foundations.”

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The Couple to Couple League (CCL) is an international, Catholic, non-profit organization dedicated to teaching Natural Family Planning (NFP) to married and engaged couples. This news article is sponsored by the Chicago chapter of CCL International.