Sympto-Thermal Method
For those wanting to learn to chart to achieve or avoid pregnancy
Breakdown of cost:Registration $20 + Kit $75 + Instruction $30
*Note, we will deduct $15 from the fee if you already have a basal body thermometer
$125
Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)
For charting through the breastfeeding relationships in early postpartum
*Prerequisite is the STM class (so you will already have paid your one-time registration fee)
Breakdown of cost:Kit $22 + Instruction $30
$52
Pre-menopause Charting
For those approaching menopause and anticipating or noticing changes in the cycle
*Prerequisite is the STM class (so you will already have paid your one-time registration fee)
Breakdown of cost:Kit $5 + Instruction $30
$35
What’s in the kit?
($75 with the class)
- Thermometer
- Serena 40-day charts (pack of 12)
- The Sympto-Thermal Method General Instruction Handbook
- In Tune with your Fertility by Dr. Suzanne Parenteau
- Managing Your Fertility Naturally
- Questions and answers about the practice chart
- Practice chart, one cycle
- Serena pamphlet
- Audio CD: “Contraception, Why Not?” by Dr Janet Smith
- Serena pen
- Registration form
- Carrying folder
- Serena 80-day charts for breastfeeding
- Introduction to NFP after childbirth/services provided by Serena
- Fertility after childbirth
- Using natural methods after childbirth
- Directions for the weekly LAM report
- How to complete the Sympto-Thermal chart, postpartum
- Registration form
- Sample charts
- General Instruction Handbook
- Special periodic abstinence rules during pre-menopause handout
- Early days rules for pre-menopause handout
- 55-day pre-menopause charts (2 copies)
Just want to purchase some charts?
*Online charts available at www.serena.ca or talk to your teacher couple for a referral for an app
Serena 40-day charts (pack of 12) $5.00
Serena 55-day premenopausal charts (choose legal or letter sized) $0.25/copy
Serena 65-day breastfeeding chart (choose legal or letter size) $0.25/copy
Serena 80-day charts (legal size) $0.25/copy
Looking for Infertility information?
Getting Pregnant: can natural family planning help (also called Achieving a pregnancy: what may help, Serena) $3.00
Fertility, cycles and nutrition: can what you eat affect your menstrual cycles and your fertility? (Marilyn M Shannon, 4th edition, 332 pages). For irregular cycles, problems with PMS, and to correct sub-fertility. $25.00 Also available on Amazon.
Looking for Premenopausal information?
Serena premenopausal charts (choose legal or letter sized) $0.25/copy
What your doctor may not tell you about premenopause: balance your hormones and your life from thirty to fifty (John R. Lee M.D., 1999, 395 pages). Available on Amazon.
What your doctor may not tell you about menopause: the breakthrough book on natural hormone balance (John R. Lee M.D., 2004, 440 pages). Available on Amazon.
Other Resources
Pamphlets
(first copy is free, multiple copies $0.35/each)
- Chastity and dating, how far is too far?
- Chastity, what are you saying yes to?
- God said it was very good, so why should I wait?
- Man to man, marital chastity and fatherhood
- Manage your fertility in a natural and effective way (Serena Canada)
- Modesty, what’s the point?
- NFP: safe, healthy, effective
- Pornography, what’s the problem?
- Problems associated with hormonal birth control
- To give life/Natural and effective (Serena Canada)
- Tubal ligation/female sterilization, some questions and answers
- Vasectomy, some questions and answers
- Why use natural family planning?
Bookmarks
- A man’s strength is in his character, abstinence until marriage $0.40
- Baby “God’s biggest blessings are often His little ones” $0.40
- My boyfriend’s parent’s trust me $0.40
- My girlfriend’s parent’s trust me $0.40
- Romance without regrets $0.50
Miscellaneous Items
- “Contraception, why not?” (Dr Janet Smith) Audio CD $5.00
- Coverline Newsletter issue (no charge)
- Serena SK pen $0.55
- Thermometer (Pharmasystems brand, digital, in both degrees C/F, 2 decimal points) $20
*all prices subject to change without notice