Natural Family Planning
We offer a natural approach to family planning and women's health maintenance through professional instruction in the Creighton Model FertilityCare System (CrMS). Our team of FertilityCare Practitioners work one on one with their clients to meet individual needs. This system is designed to meet your specific situation whether it be family planning (postponing or achieving a pregnancy), infertility, irregular cycles, hormonal problems, or simply monitoring your menstrual cycles.
To begin using the Creighton Model System attend one of our monthly Introductory Sessions. Following the Introductory Session you will meet with your FertilityCare Practitioner for personalized follow-up instruction. During follow-ups you will learn how to accurately and confidently interpret your menstrual cycles.
We welcome single women, engaged couples, and married couples of all faiths and backgrounds and we hold the dignity of every human being, born and unborn, in the highest regard.
If you have any questions or concerns please email Kevin Pesek.
Looking to sign up for a session?
After adding the class to your cart you will be able to select which session you would like to attend. Sessions are in-person only. New classes are currently being scheduled for summer and fall of 2024. Check back soon.
Looking to purchase other NFP services or supplies?
For more info on Diocesan-approved models, go to austindiocese.org/natural-family-planning.
What is the CrMS?
Women's menstrual and fertility cycles have been shrouded in mystery since the beginning of time. Most women still do not know about the workings of their cycles of fertility and infertility. Every woman has the right to know how her cycles function in order to understand the way her body works.
The CrMS relies upon the standardized observation and charting of biological markers that are essential to a woman's health and fertility. These 'biomarkers" tell the couple when they are naturally fertile and infertile, allowing the couple to use the system either to achieve or to avoid pregnancy. These biomarkers also telegraph abnormalities in a woman's health. The CrMS allows a woman to unravel the mysteries of the menstrual cycle.
The CrMS is also the basis for the new women's health science, NaProTECHNOLOGY (natural procreative technology). Learn more at http://www.creightonmodel.com/
Your Practitioners
Pam Marvin, Certified Fertility Care Practitioner (CFCP), has been teaching the Creighton Model since 2016 at CHI Primary Care office on 29th Street in Bryan. Pam has been a longtime resident of College Station and part of the Fighting Texas Aggie Class of '87. She and her husband Paul have five children and a growing number of grandchildren. One of her greatest titles is Mother and Wife, and she was blessed by God to be chosen to be a practitioner. Her favorite quote is, "When you give your time and heart to God He knows how to satisfy it better than you do!" Her favorite hobby is hosting a podcast, (Shoulder 2 Shoulder) and radio show (Red-C Roundup) for the local Catholic Radio station KEDC. She attends St. Mary's daily mass and is always happy to answer any questions. You can contact her directly at 979-220-6796.
Erin Atkinson, M.Ed., FCP, is a FertilityCare Practitioner with the FertilityCare Center of St. Mary's. Erin and her husband Michael met in 2008 while students at Texas A&M, learned the Creighton Model during their marriage prep in 2010, and were married in 2011. They have 4 wonderful, energetic children. In addition to raising children and being married, Erin enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, and being active. The family splits their time between St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Mary's. After recently returning to work in the world of education, Erin is able to meet with clients in the evenings via Zoom.
Rodney Boehm, MEEE, FCP is a Fertility Care Practitioner with the FertilityCare Center of St. Mary's in College Station, Texas. Rodney has been teaching the Creighton Model FertilityCare System since 2014 is very active in this practice. He holds Masters of Engineering and Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. After a long business career, Rodney is now an Associate Professor of Practice in the Texas A&M University College of Engineering teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He and his wife, Ann, live in College Station and are very active in the St. Mary's Community. They have 6 children who are all married and live around the world. Rodney meets with clients during weekday evenings.
Kevin and Morgan Pesek teach the sympto-thermal method of NFP. Kevin is a campus minister at St. Mary's, and Morgan teaches high school English. They currently live in College Station with their four children.
Ann Boehm joined St. Mary's Catholic Community in 2010 after 30 years in Dallas where she and Rodney raised 5 sons and 1 daughter. Ann and Rodney met at fish camp in 1976, and have been married over 40 years. Ann is a Child of God, wife, mother, Granny, sister and Aunt to a large family. Retired from a career in sales and organization, Ann is a community volunteer spending her days in prayer, tending a garden, baking, note writing, sewing and walking. Ann handles email communication and order filling for the Fertility Care Center.
Rachel Interiano RN, BSN graduated from Texas Tech University in 2005. Her career has mostly focused on surgery, most recently pediatric surgery. She has now transitioned to teach the Marquette Method of natural family planning. Rachel attended Marquette University to learn this method and teaches clients both in person and online. Rachel has a passion for helping couples live a 100% authentically Catholic marriage in every way and this includes practicing natural family planning. She enjoys sharing knowledge about human sexuality, theology of the body and the Catholic view on sex and marriage that is so amazing and refreshing! Rachel is a wife and mother of 6 who enjoys spending time with her husband, living and loving life with her children, traveling (especially incorporating her faith), doing anything outdoors, reading, and just exploring in general. Rachel has always loved to teach, throughout her nursing career, and has fully embraced this role as a Marquette Method instructor, walking with clients on their NFP journey!
Email: uniquelymarynfp@gmail.com
Website: www.uniquelymarynfp.com
NaPro Physicans
Kathryn Karges, MD, CFCMC
Caritas Complete Women’s Care
OB/GYN/NFP Medical Consultant
1327 Lake Pointe Parkway, Suite 410, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone: 281.637.9095
www.chistlukeshealth.org/caritas-womens-care
Brooke Jelmelka, MD, CFCMC
Caritas Complete Women’s Care
OB/GYN/NFP Medical Consultant
1327 Lake Pointe Parkway, Suite 410, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone: 281.637.9095
www.chistlukeshealth.org/caritas-womens-care
Jamie Hernandez, MD, CFCMC
Caritas Complete Women’s Care
OB/GYN/NFP Medical Consultant
1327 Lake Pointe Parkway, Suite 410, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone: 281.637.9095
www.chistlukeshealth.org/caritas-womens-care
Stephen Hilgers, MD, JD, CFCMC
Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians Group
OB/GYN/NFP Medical Consultant
6550 Fannin St. Suite 2221, Smith Tower, Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-797-9666
www.houstonmethodist.org/doctor/stephen-hilgers
Jeremy Kalamarides, D.O
Vitae ClinicOB/GYN/NFP Medical Consultant
1600 W. 38th Street, Suite 115 Austin, Texas 78731
Phone: 512-458-6060
Email: info@vitaeaustin.com
www.vitaeaustin.com
Steven G. Pilkington, MD PLLC
Dignity Women’s CenterOB/GYN/NFP Medical Consultant
4499 Medical Drive #151
San Antonio, TX 78229 Phone: 210-593-4392
www.dignitywomenscenter.com
Testimonies
Kristin and Austin:
We first became interested in NFP when many of our friends were talking about it and learning it in preparation for marriage. We were not engaged yet but were discerning the possibility of marriage some day. We decided to attend a class. Austin was pretty skeptical at first, but once the presentation began, it was so interesting he couldn’t stop raising his hand to ask questions.
By the end of the introductory session, we had decided to sign up to learn the Creighton Method. We continued to learn and chart during the time of our engagement to monitor Kristen’s fertility, and when we got married we decided to use the method to achieve a pregnancy. We were blessed to conceive quickly and welcomed our first little girl just over 9 months after our wedding! We now have three beautiful girls and a baby boy on the way.
We did encounter some difficulty conceiving our third child. But since Kristen was charting, we were able to receive prompt help through Dr. Hilgers in Omaha, Nebraska to fix her imbalanced hormones. We also discovered that she has very low progesterone in pregnancy. We were blessed not to lose our first two children to miscarriage. But Kristen had difficulty during the pregnancies with hot flashes and fainting spells. Dr. Hilgers helped her with this by prescribing supplemental progesterone during pregnancy which has greatly helped her symptoms!
We are so thankful for NFP and how it has blessed our marriage and our family. Kristen even went to Omaha, Nebraska when she was pregnant with our first child to be trained as a Fertility Care Practitioner and has now been teaching the method to other couples and single women for about 7 years.
Monica and Jason:
We first heard about NFP while we were preparing for marriage because it was a requirement for our marriage preparation. The first NFP encounter we had was not a positive experience. We walked away from the information session thinking ‘mucus, rhythm method’, and the joke “Yeah I know people who use NFP, their called parents.”
Luckily God did not give up on us and gave us another opportunity to learn about all the wonderful benefits of NFP. We attended pre-cana at St. Mary’s and heard not only the intro session, but also the benefits to our marriage, relationship, and sex life. The most compelling information we received was the testimonials presented by current NFP users. There were couples who had been married for several years and had successful postponed pregnancy as well as couples who had successfully used the method to achieve pregnancy.
Using the Creighton model we postponed pregnancy for 2 years and then use it to achieve pregnancy and were blessed the most beautiful baby girl just 7 days after celebrating 3 years of marriage.