unveil the mystery of your fertility
What is the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ System (CrMS)?
A service program that provides standardized instruction for making natural procreative choices and for monitoring, maintaining, and evaluating a woman’s procreative & gynecological health.
FertilityCare™ System Facts
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.
CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ Services (CrMS) is:
charted via a paper chart or an app. The app may be used after the 5th follow-up.
a mucus-only method. No additional supplies are necessary (thermometers , ovulation kits, etc).
relies on a woman’s own observations of the changing patterns in her cervical mucus.
CrMS works for regular or irregular cycles and during all phases of procreative life (premenopausal, breastfeeding, & post pill or IUD).
Effectiveness
The system has a 99.6% degree of effectiveness to avoid pregnancy and a very high degree of accuracy in achieving pregnancy. A Meta Analysis of five effectiveness studies was published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine.
FertilityCare™ System is the First Step to NaProTECHNOLOGY®.
The standardized charting of CrMS or NaProTRACKING provides a tool to identify indicators of reproductive problems. Through NaProTECHNOLOGY®, a new reproductive science that has its roots in the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare System, Creighton Medical Consultants (Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants & Midwives) can assist women with diagnosing and treating a variety of reproductive issues including :
infertility
repeated miscarriages
PMS
ovarian cysts
endometriosis
menopause
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Next Steps & Details of CrMS
introductory session
Learning the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ System (CrMS) requires attending an Introductory Session and a series of follow-up teaching sessions. The client couple attends an Introductory Session which is specifically designed to introduce them to be users of the System. The introductory slide presentation usually lasts approximately one hour. With the scheduling of appointments following the Introductory Session, the entire session will take approximately 90 minutes.
follow-up schedule
The CrMS is taught in a series of follow-up teaching sessions. The client &/or couple receives individual attention in a system of organized in person or online follow-ups per the following schedule:
1st-4th follow-ups conducted every two weeks starting two weeks after the introductory session
5th follow-up is one month after the 4th follow-up
6th-8th follow-ups conducted every 3 months following the 5th follow-up
tailor-made
This is done through a series of teaching sessions conducted in association with a trained FertilityCare™ Practitioner. The system is tailor-made for use by each individual client &/or couple. CrMS can be tailored to:
engaged couples (fulfilling the Archdiocese Requirement for premarital preparation)
couples experiencing infertility
women experiencing gynecologic conditions (PCOS, unusual bleeding, etc)
women discontinuing artificial contraceptives
client materials
The CrMS requires only a few materials:
User Manual: Seventh Edition ©2020
CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ Chart & stickers
FertilityCare™ App (can only be purchased after 5th follow-up)
Nissa Brodman
FertilityCare™ Practitioner (FCP)
After graduating from Steamboat Springs High School, Nissa attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. In 2005, Nissa was commissioned as a 2LT in the Army and eventually branched as Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Officer. Nissa served in Fort Rucker, AL, Soto Cano, Honduras, Savannah, GA, and Regional Command East in Afghanistan in OEF before resigning her commission in 2013. Nissa met her husband while stationed in Honduras and they were married in May 2009. In February 2012, Tim and Nissa bought twenty acres with a small cabin north of Steamboat Springs. Soon after on October 17, 2012, Nissa delivered a stillborne baby girl, Penelope. In February 2013, the Brodmans officially moved to their Steamboat Springs homestead where they have a small farm they lovingly named The Little Penny (www.thelittlepenny.com) after their daughter, Penelope. Tim & Nissa have four living daughters: Violet (2011), Lydia (2014), Gabrielle (2015), and Naomi (2021).
Nissa started using CrMS in 2008 and attended the CrMS FertilityCare™ Practitioner Education Program in 2017-2018 in Omaha, NE. After completing her internship, she registered as the Responsible FertilityCare Practitioner of the Epiphany FertilityCare™ Center. She is most passionate about the opportunity to support and teach couples experiencing infertility.
