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Summary: A mixed bag
Review: This book provides thorough, easy-to-understand information about a much-maligned but wonderful means of planning a family. Unfortunately, I hesitate to recommend it to others because of its strident tone. The Kippleys' insistence on doing things their way is frustrating at times. (How many times do they say co-sleeping families should buy a king-sized bed with no headboard? Is that a moral imperative? I don't think so.) The book is frequently pharisaical and smug. And there is a section on maintaining a happy marriage by freshening up before hubby comes home and acting like you care about his political views that makes me cringe.I hope that in the next edition of this book they'll stick to the facts about the method and the theology that informs their work, and leave the editorializing out.
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Summary: Most Comprehensive Manual on NFP!
Review: This book is very thorough in explaining what natural family planning is and how to use it to conceive or to avoid pregnancy. The religious perspective is refreshing in today's world where birth control ads and abortion are commonplace. Learning about and using NFP has motivated me to become an NFP teacher. Read this book and tell others about NFP!
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Summary: a NFP reader
Review: This book is "the Bible" of NFP how-to's...however, the authors are very biased toward ecological breastfeeding, co-sleeping, family bed and attachment parenting. Be forewarned before you read. The authors can come across somewhat dogmatic in approach too. I found that my husband was overwhelmed with all of the technical infomration and just left all of it up to me...hardly participatory, but as in most things with NFP, the real work is the wife's. I suspect tha even with NFP, the male benfits the most from it.
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Summary: A great and natural help with planning for our children
Review: My husband and I found this very useful in planning for our children (ie. achieving pregnancy) and extremely effective in delaying pregnancy. This book is full of helpful information, whether you are trying to conceive or delay pregnancy. Very Christian in its perspective, but very well done. The authors have a lot of good, worthwhile things to say.
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Summary: Eye-opening and Marriage-enhancing
Review: My husband and I bought this book in preparation for taking an NFP class taught by the Couple to Couple League. The class and the book compliment each other very well; I highly recommend taking the class in addition to buying the book. We learned so much! I learned things about my body and my own fertility that I never knew, even after having attended years of public school "sex education" classes. Yes, the book is written from the Christian perspective; I suspect the authors could not have done otherwise, as they give every evidence of trying to live their lives according to the Gospels. One of the things I liked best about the book, other than its sound scientific methodology, is its focus on fertility as an integral aspect of a Sacramental marriage. Thus fertility isn't a "woman's problem" (it isn't a "problem" at all!) but rather something a couple shares. While indeed it is the wife's symptoms that are being observed, there is strong emphasis on the husband's active participation. NFP is something a couple practices TOGETHER. NFP depends upon and promotes regular dialogue between husband and wife. Contrast this with Toni Weschler's much ballyhooed "Taking Charge of Your Fertility." This book shares much of the same science of observing and charting signs of fertility, but its perspective is much different. Weschler heavily promotes "control" and "taking charge." Her underlying theme is that men are evil and selfish and have foisted birth control upon women; now women must take back their bodies and take control (and yet ironically, she markets her "fertility awareness method" as another form of "birth control.") Weschler's book is full of feminist attitude. It is all about empowering women. On the other hand, The Art of Natural Family Planning seeks to promote healthy families and strong marriages. Thus it depends on your perspective. If your focus is on marriage and the family, the Kippleys' book is the one for you. (Also check out Marilyn Shannon's "Fertility, Cycles, and Nutrition.")
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Summary: Great Resource, Needs a bit of Revision
Review: This book is an excellent resource and NFP really is the best method for planning and postponing pregnancy. However, if you are not a Christian, you will find many of the biblical references unneccessary and, in some cases, offensive. I look forward to a new resource that is unbiased with respect to ALL faiths, men and women alike. Otherwise, this book is great.
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Summary: A must have
Review: This book is amazing. Not only does it demonstrate that God has a natural way of birth control/family planning. It also gives practical ways of growing or limiting your family size without any nasty pills or other unnatural forms of birth control.
Buy it today!
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Summary: Best NFP Manual Available!!
Review: For NFP users, this book is perfect. It simply and comprehensively explains the steps, features, and reasons why NFP should be the only method of child spacing. I highly suggest it for any married or soon-to-be married couple who need the answers on their sexuality.
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Summary: The Art of Natural Family Planning
Review: This book has a lot of useful information - it did bother me at times because of religious stuffs in it.
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Summary: Confusing
Review: This book is not written clearly. It would benefit from summaries at the end of chapters. A good editor could do wonders for it. Understanding your fertility doesn't have to be that confusing. Try Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler.
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