Natural Procreative Technology
Clinical studies show NaProTech to have a success rate of up to 75-80%.
Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTech) uses a woman’s biological markers to identify both healthy and diseased aspects of a woman’s reproductive physiology.
Developed at Creighton University in Omaha by a team of reproductive specialists, NaProTech cooperates with a woman’s menstrual and fertility cycles to restore the body’s natural ability to conceive.
Unlike other methods of assisted reproduction – which can mask or ignore underlying health issues – NaProTech uses information about a woman’s health to identify the cause, or factors contributing to, fertility difficulties. With the knowledge gained and the problem identified, appropriate action can be taken to correct the situation.
Clinical studies show NaProTech to have a success rate of up to 75-80%.
In the Diocese of Oakland, contact Dr Mary Davenport, MD, FACOG
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Phone: (510) 222-2098
Fax: (510) 222-7107
You can also consult our local Integrative Medicine specialist
Dr. Elisa Yao, MD, ABIHM
Website
For the nearest medical consultant outside the Bay Area, look here:
NaProTECHNOLOGY Medical Consultants – California
For the differences between NaPro Technology and IVF go here
“IVF vs. NaProTech”
Other Resources
Creighton / NaProTechnology
FertilityCare Centers of America
Infertility – NaProTechnology
NaProTechnology.com
Articles
“Good Medicine” (2011)
“The State of Naprotechnology” (2011)
“Catholic Couples Use Faith and Science in Their Struggle to Overcome Infertility” (2009)
“Test-Tube Baby Report Will Scare Parents Off IVF” (2009)
Fertility Treatment is Hugely Successful but Largely Ignored by Medicine (2008)
To learn more about available NFP classes,
contact one of our teachers (below), or the Family Life office.
For more information on NFP/fertility awareness methods, go here
Ed Hopfner / 415-614-5547 / [email protected]
Looking for an NFP class outside the Archdiocese of San Francisco?
(Click on the links for teachers in the East Bay or San Jose.)
Paul/Margaret Turano
City: Santa Rosa
Parish: St Peter
Eastern Catholic Church
Phone: (707) 217-4022
Email: [email protected]
Method: NFP International
Dcn Bill/Pat Turrentine
City: Fairfax
Parish: St. Sebastian
Phone: (415) 459-1956
Phone: (415) 246-3160
Email: [email protected]
Method: Sympto-Thermal (CCL)
Mary Valentine, FCP, MBBS, MD
(foreign trained)
City: San Francisco
Parish: Star of the Sea (SF)
Phone: (415) 741-4920
Email: [email protected]
Method: Creighton
Barbara Villalobos, Pharm.D**
**Bilingual – English/Polish
City: San Bruno
Parish: St. Roberts:
Phone: (951) 201-9333
Method: Billings
Vilma Aleman
*Bilingual – English/Spanish
City: South SF
Parish: St Charles SF
Phone: (415) 987-1917
Method: Billings
Temo/Sonia Alvarado
*Bilingual – English/Spanish
City: South SF
Parish: All Souls
Phone: (650) 270-5848
(650) 534-8672
Method: Billings
Travis/Ileane Athougies
City: Marin
Parish: St Sebastian
Phone: (503) 894-0322
Method: Sympto-Thermal (CCL)