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Vitae Fertility Education

At Vitae Fertility, we teach the Marquette Method. It's easy to learn, highly effective, and taught by RNs.

The Marquette Method is a type of Natural Family Planning which uses Clearblue Fertility Monitors to precisely track your LH and estrogen levels. Vitae Fertility Education is run by a Registered Nurse trained as an instructor of the Marquette Method of Natural Family Planning. By tracking the hormone levels in a woman's body throughout her menstrual cycle the woman is able to identify the time in her cycle in which she is fertile. She can use this information to achieve or avoid pregnancy or to track hormone imbalances she may be experiencing. The Marquette Method boasts the highest efficacy rates of the mainstream NFP methods, outranking Billings, Creighton, and Symptothermal! In regular cycles it is 99% effective at avoiding pregnancy when used with an instructor, and when used during the breastfeeding/postpartum phase it is 98% effective. The Marquette Method utilizes urinary hormone levels and can detect the fertile window more accurately than most other methods. A more accurate detection of the fertile window means less days of abstinence per cycle! In-person courses are available at this time, and online courses will be available in the next few months. Individual and group sessions are offered, with discounted rates for group sessions (5 couples or more).

04/03/2026

❓“I’m not sure if this is a period or not…” is a very common inquiry we get from women who are postpartum and trying to understand what is going on with their bodies and fertility.

To put it simply, not all bleeding is a period. Sometimes it’s due to being freshly postpartum. And even if you’re in regular cycles, it could be breakthrough bleeding, withdrawal bleeding, bleeding related to structural abnormalities, implantation bleeding, an indication of a thyroid issue or something else out of balance…the list goes on.

👆The moral of the story: you don’t have to figure out if it’s a period or not, that’s what we’re here for!

We get to know you and your cycles as human beings, and as medical professionals we can interpret the cues and clues your body is giving you to make a very educated conclusion on what’s happening 🙂

🔗 If you are postpartum, Katie wrote a very helpful article on understanding this period (pun intended): https://www.vitaefertility.com/postpartum-bleeding-or-period-nfp/

04/01/2026

📣 You’re going to want to tell your friends who practice (or want to practice) NFP about this because friends don’t let friends pay for stuff if they don’t have to.

Good news for our friends in the US! 🙋‍♀️

If you have an HSA card, you can use it to purchase your Marquette supplies (the monitor and test sticks) from Amazon (or your preferred supplier)! 💚

03/30/2026

I’ve been catching myself saying this a lot to my clients lately: Sometimes NFP feels like a Choose Your Own Adventure book!

👩‍⚕️ As instructors, we are here to teach you the rules, and help you understand the science of your fertility.

👫 As a couple, you get to decide what you do with that information!

If you decide to use days that are identified as potentially fertile, there’s ZERO judgment from us 🙅‍♀️

Choosing your own adventure with your husband is part of the beauty of NFP and we are here for it! 💚

03/28/2026

TL;DR: we know how effective Marquette’s Clearblue monitor protocols are…we don’t know how effective Marquette’s Mira monitor protocols are, YET.

Have you been wondering if you should be switching to (or starting with) the Mira monitor while using the Marquette Method of NFP?

You may be hearing lots of opinions online!

👩‍⚕️ This is how we see it:

The research is ongoing, and the results aren’t back yet.

So at this time, we still don’t know if Marquette’s Mira monitor protocols are more effective, less effective, or similarly effective to Marquette’s well-studied Clearblue monitor protocols.

The lack of published, peer-reviewed effectiveness studies is the main reason we don’t recommend the Mira monitor to everyone at this time.

This doesn’t mean you can’t have a conversation about this with your instructor, though! We are keeping a close eye on this topic and can give an educated opinion while also considering your unique situation.

03/26/2026

👩‍❤️‍👨 Some couples simply abstain when they’re postpartum, and figure it’s only for a little while before her cycles return…it won’t take long…

And the days turn into weeks, and the weeks turn into months…and then an email shows up in our inbox because there simply is no sign of a period just yet and the baby’s sleeping through the night, and they want to enjoy date nights again… 😑

That’s totally fair!

Whether you’re breastfeeding or not, whether your baby’s sleeping through the night or waking up at all hours of the night…the NFP researchers (geniuses) behind Marquette were able to identify a way to use this method effectively, and simply, during the postpartum period.

We can teach you Marquette’s breastfeeding protocols, and once you’re back to regular cycles, we’ll teach you how to transition then, too! 💚

03/24/2026

Sometimes we end conversations with, see you next month! Sometimes with, see you in a decade! 😂

I recently met with a lady for a follow-up. I first met her when she was 6 weeks postpartum and started with the 10-day protocol.

Since then, she’s transitioned through the breastfeeding cycles, the first 6 regular cycles, and is now established in regular cycles with Marquette.

At our last meeting, she asked if she should renew her follow-up with Vitae for an additional year.

My answer was: Absolutely not! You know what you’re doing! The next time you’ll need to reach out is if you have another baby and need help with the postpartum transition, if your cycles start to change unexpectedly, or when you hit perimenopause!

This lady is almost 30, and planning on avoiding pregnancy moving forward.

So the next time I’ll see her is likely in about 10 years! 🤗

So what happens if you know Marquette really well, haven’t had an instructor in years, but are now facing a change in your cycles or life circumstances and need help?

We meet you where you’re at. You don’t need to start from scratch. Just renew a follow-up year with your instructor and pick up where you left off! 💚

03/23/2026

🤓 More data points ≠ more confidence

Tracking every fertility bio signal you possibly can is, counter-intuitively, not a good strategy according to science.

Sometimes couples do this when NFP has failed them (or they feel like they have failed at NFP!).

When this happens, they then tend to think that they only way to do NFP effectively (or to trust it again) is to do All. The. Things. 😓

Buuuut…that’s actually a recipe for confusion and chaos 🙇‍♀️

You don’t need to do all the things, you just need expert help.

👩‍⚕️ We are here to help you gain clarity. Start with a free consultation on our website: www.vitaefertility.com

03/21/2026

!❔When should you start your NFP instruction if you’re getting married later this year?

❕Great question! And one I get from many engaged couples.

Ideally, you should learn a method 6 months before your wedding. Why?

Tracking 6 cycles with the Marquette Method means you’ll have gone through the most conservative cycles while you’re engaged, and then have more available days by the time you get married!

You’ll also have 6 more months with an instructor following you, should any questions arise - remember that our cycles are sensitive to stress, including good and fun stress like wedding planning!

💡 Pro Tip: check with your Parish or Diocese to see what their requirements are, if any, as some require a certain number of cycles tracked.

🤔 Getting married in less than 6 months? Learning now is still better than not learning a method at all!

One of the nice things about learning the Marquette method of NFP is that you can be up and running after your teaching session and identify your fertile window fairly quickly!

Start with a free consult through our site (www.vitaefertility.com)

03/19/2026

🫠 Are you in your 40’s and noticing changes in your cycle? Maybe you haven’t had a period in a few months…

It could be perimenopause.

Perimenopause can be a challenging season to navigate with NFP because your cycles can become variable and unpredictable - fun, we know.

Hold on… there’s good news! 🤗

If you’ve been doing Marquette in regular cycles, and you’re starting to suspect you’re entering into perimenopause, now’s a good time to touch base with your instructor…and if you’ve never had an instructor, now’s a good time to get one!

The Marquette rules will change depending where you are in the perimenopause transition, and your instructor will be able to guide you through this process as gracefully as possible.

We're here to help, visit www.vitaefertility.com to learn more about us! 💚

03/17/2026

🗨 Real client feedback (shared with permission):

“No guessing.”

That was this client’s favourite part of using the Marquette Method.

She told us the teaching sessions were exactly what she wanted for the postpartum first year, and that Marquette has been a much better experience than what she and her husband used in the past.

They appreciated the method instructions at the bottom of the charts, the comprehensive manuals we mailed them, and being able to contact their instructor by email, who always got back to them quickly with answers!

We are grateful and honoured to serve each of our clients and thank you for trusting us to journey with you! 💚

03/15/2026

👰‍♀️💒 This one is for all the excited brides who are planning their weddings in the Catholic Church!

First of all, congratulations! 🥂

Will you allow me to be a helpful aunty for a moment here?

You might be looking for a Natural Family Planning method to learn with your fiance so you’re ready when you get married.

I can help 👩‍⚕️

My team and I take turns teaching engaged couples Natural Family Planning once a month (and yes, you can request a certificate of completion should your Parish require one!).

Our NFP Talks (as part of Marriage Prep) cover:
🔬 The science of fertility
📚 An overview of NFP methods
🙏 How it all fits into God’s design for marriage

Plus, we share real life stories so it’s more than just theory - and we promise, they’re not cringey!

🗓 When: The third Tuesday of every month for an hour
📍 : Zoom (limited to 100 participants)
🔗 Register at https://www.vitaefertility.com/nfp-presentation-sign-up/

03/07/2026

☀⏰ The days are getting a little longer again (yay!), which means time changes for some of us!

And while you’re changing the time on your electronics, you can also change the time on your Clearblue monitor.

Not sure how?

We created a handy video that walks you step-by-step!

🔗 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzPzuZCWGOc

Or search YouTube: “Marquette Method of NFP - Daylight Savings”

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