Your Fertility Care Consult (Shows 1-11)

From Spirit Catholic Radio audio shows with Dr. Thomas Hilgers, founder of the Pope Paul VI Institute for The Study of Human Reproduction in Omaha, NE. He is a senior medical consultant in obstetrics, gynecology, reproductive medicine and surgery at the Pope Paul VI Institute and is the director of the Institute’s National Center for Women’s Health. He is the medical director of the Pope Paul VI Institute’s Reproductive Ultrasound Center, which is nationally accredited by the Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Commission of the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine. He is also the medical director of the Institute’s National Reproductive Hormone Laboratory, which is a dedicated reference laboratory for reproductive hormone studies, which is fully licensed for interstate commerce.

A summary of very interesting and informative talks with host Kris McGregor and Dr. Thomas Hilgers. There is nothing else like this that is being done in terms of women’s
health that talks about it from a point of view of Catholic morality. Dr. Hilgers dedicated his professional life to this work after reading “Humane Vitae” in 1968. The descent to Humane Vitae was so overwhelming that if you agreed with it they made you feel like you were an idiot. Within the medical profession Natural Family Planning (NFP) is the butt of multiple jokes, and about 99% don’t know a thing about it. In 2004 the textbook on NaProTECHNOLOGY was published. Dr. Hilgers and his wife Susan met in the pro-life movement and had five children. He wanted to build a Mayo Clinic for the treatment of reproductive disorders that had a Catholic, moral and ethical foundation to it. People come from all over the country for these services. What has happened in the past 45 years is a national tragedy. One out of every three babies is born to unwed mothers. Pope Paul VI predicted faithfulness among spouses would change dramatically. The prematurity rate in the U.S. has doubled in the last 35-45 years. Why would someone take a drug that would shut down our normal bodily activity? Who would take a pill that would shut off their liver or kidney? Years ago all Christian denominations were against contraception. Society is genitally focused in our view of human sexuality. The birth control pill advertisments on television say all this glorious stuff for about 30 seconds and the next 30 seconds the announcer talks real fast, and real low, about the side effects. How does the birth control pill work? Everyday 4000-5000 unborn babies are killed in the U.S. How many of these babies might have found the cure to Aids and other diseases and problems? What happens in an abortion and partial-birth abortion? The complications of abortion. Show eleven has an interesting story about the Roe v. Wade decision and Justice Blackmun. Contraception increases out-of-wedlock pregnancy rates. A doctor will give the pill for menstrual cramps and in the back of the doctor’s mind he will say “and she won’t get pregnant.” Dr. Hilgers discusses the HPV vaccine. Artificial Reproduction Technology - Are we ever going to find a cure for infertility? If we continue down the artificial road we will never find a cure because it is not interested in the causes. About 6.2 million women have some type of impaired infertility. The causes of recurrent miscarriages. What is endometriosis and the treatment and causes. The pharmaceutical industry is not a friend of the NaProTechnology treatments, but some Compounding Pharmacists are interested. Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOS), Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), and Postpartum Depression.

Show One: Humane Vitae - Dr. Hilgers’ Personal Story LISTEN

Show Two: The Pope Paul the VI Institute with Dr. Hilgers and Sue Hilgers LISTEN

Show Three: Disturbing Trends in the Health Care for Women, Children and Families, Pt. 1 LISTEN

Show Four: Disturbing Trends in the Health Care for Women, Children and Families, Pt. 2 LISTEN

Show Five: Creighton Model System and NaPro technology - Care versus Control LISTEN

Show Six: Cerebrocentric vs Genitocentric Sexuality LISTEN

Show Seven: Contraception Pt. 1 LISTEN

Show Eight: Contraception Pt. 2 LISTEN

Show Nine: Contraception Pt. 3 LISTEN

Show Ten: Abortion Pt. 1 LISTEN

Show Eleven: Abortion Pt. 2 LISTEN

Show 12: Teens and the Birth Control Pill LISTEN

Show 13: Artificial Reproduction Technology LISTEN

Show 14: Women Healed- Infertility LISTEN

Show 15: Women Healed- Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion LISTEN

Show 16: Women Healed- Endometriosis LISTEN

Show 17: Women Healed- Polycystic Ovarian Disease LISTEN

Show 18: Women Healed- Premenstrual Syndrome LISTEN

Show 19: Women Healed- Postpartum Depression LISTEN

“Pope Paul the VI Institute Minutes”
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Real Solutions to Real Problems
A-011: Introduction to Real Solutions to Real Problems
A-012: Church’s Teaching on Sexuality and Married Love—Relevant and Valued and Married Love—Relevant and Valued
A-013: Introduction to CrMS
A-014: NaProTechnology—Research Validated
A-015: Introduction to Women Healed

Humanae Vitae: A Call to Men of Science
A-021: Church, Family Planning, and Modern Medicine
A-022: My History—Challenged by Humanae Vitae, First Research, Hopes & Desires
A-023: My History—Developing CrMS
A-024: My History—Establishing Institute, CrMS, NaProTechnology, Science for Human Person
A-025: Other Physicians Rising to the Challenge

Humanae Vitae: A Call to Men of Science, cont’d
A-031: Contraceptive Medicine vs. Another Approach
A-032: Appeal
A-033: Responsible Parenthood
A-034: Married Love (Church’s Views)
A-035: God’s True Family Planning

Who does the Creighton Model FertilityCare System help?
A-041: Development of the CrMS
A-042: CrMS: Authentic Language of a Woman’s Body
A-043: CrMS Effectiveness
A-044: CrMS: Monitoring and Maintaining Health
A-045: CrMS Advantages

How does NaProTechnology Unleash the Power in a Woman’s Cycle?
A-051: Current Approach and Alternatives
A-052: Basics of the NaProTechnology
A-053: Fertility as a Disease
A-054: NaProTechnology Solution to Fertility Problems
A-055: Why Women Like NaProTechnology

Pope Paul VI Institute: Building a Culture of Life in Women’s Health Care
A-061: Problem with Artificial Reproductive Technologies
A-062: Dr. Hilgers’ Response to Humanae Vitae and Major Developments
A-063: Summary of PPVI Institute Non-Profit
A-064: Summary of PPVI Institute Patient Care—National Center for Women’s Health
A-065: PPVI Institute as Pro-life Beacon

Truth and Compassion in Obsterics and Gynecology
D-011: Being Compassionate is Being Responsible
D-012: Principles of Compassion
D-013: Natrual Methods of Fertility Regulation are Good
D-014: Problems with Contraception and Artificial Reproductive Technologies
D-015: How I Show Compassion

Gospel of Life
B-011: Conspiracy Against Life
B-012: Contraceptive Mentality; Life and Fertility as Gifts from God
B-013: Challenge to be Unconditionally Pro-Life
B-014: Role of the Family and Centers for Natrual Methods of Regulating Fertility
B-015: Services of the Institute

Trends in Women’s Health Care
D-021: Disturbing Trends
D-022: Disturbing Trends: Contraception and Abortion
D-023: Disturbing Trends: Divorce, Pregnancy Statistics, Teenage Sexual Activity, Crime Rates, Child Abuse
D-024: Disturbing Trends: Prematurity Rates, Multiple Pregnancies, STDs
D-025: Disturbing Trends: Reversing the “Sexual Revolution”

AIDS Epidemic and Condoms
F-031: Epidemic: Condoms Not Effective
F-032: ABC Approach to Epidemic
F-033: Epidemic and Vatican Rumors Debunked
F-034: Why A and B Only
F-035: C for Creighton Model FertilityCare System

Ficticious Claims about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System
C-011: Ficticious Claims about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System
C-012: Ficticious Claims: Unnatural
C-013: Ficticious Claims: Not Spontaneous
C-014: Ficticious Claims: Too Long to Learn, Imprecice
C-015: Ficticious Claims: Too Much Communication

Ficticious Claims about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System, Cont’d.
C-021: Ficticious Claims: Chastity
C-022: Ficticious Claims: Too Much Trust, Openness to Human Life
C-023: Ficticious Claims: Must Be Religious
C-024: Ficticious Claims: Must Respect Life
C-025: Ficticious Claims: Negative Effects of Benefits?

Creighton Model Charting: Key to Unlocking a Woman’s Health

C-041: The CrMS Key
C-042: Important for All Women
C-043: Menstural Cycle Patterns
C-044: Charting that Indicates Hormonal Malfunctioning
C-045: Testimonial on CrMS Charting and Understanding the Body

Creighton Model System: Long-term Follow-Up
C-051: CrMS: “100,000 Mile Warranty”
C-052: Why Should I Continue Charting?
C-053: Benefits of the Long-Term Follow-Up
C-054: Knowing and Understanding Your Body from Puberty to Menopause
C-055: Know Your Fertility and Track It!

Mind and Body Sexuality vs. Body-focused Sexuality
B-051: Society’s View of Sex and Sexual Freedom
B-052: Sexual License and Solutions
B-053: Sexuality is an Exchange: Masculinity and Femininity
B-054: Nulti-Dimensional Expression of Sexuality
B-055: Cohabitation, Marriage and Mid-and-Body Sexuality

National Center for Women’s Health
E-021: Doctors and Nursing Staff: Consults
E-022: Reproductive Ultrasound Center
E-023: National Hormone Laboratory
E-024: Clinical Psychology
E-025: Services for the Whole Person: Make an Appointment

Targeting the Cycle
D-181: Hormones and the Menstural Cycle
D-182: Preovulatory Hormone Levels
D-183: Post-ovulatory Hormone Levels
D-184: Creighton Model System Identifies Ovulation
D-185: Solving Problems

Dr.Thomas Hilgers 12/28 Four-Part Interview Segments
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Summary - If Planned Parenthood’s mantra “every child a wanted child” was something that would build a better society, then over the past 45-50 years we would have seen it but we haven’t. There are more unloved children in today’s world than there ever has been. One of the things that Humane Vitae is very clear on is the importance of the role of men. The culture wants to pull the Church toward it when in fact the culture needs to come to the Church. Abortion and sexual promiscuity are probably responsible as why the prematurity rate has increased. NaProTechnology is an answer to dealing with women’s health issues. We had better success rates in treating infertility 35 years ago than we do today. Dr. Hilgers says if he had to sit and prescribe birth control pills all day long he would go batty.

12/28 Interview Segement 1
12/28 Interview Segement 2
12/28 Interview Segement 3
12/28 Interview Segement 4