NaProTECHNOLOGY vs. RRM

NaProTechnology (NaPro) is the most established and most studied approach within Restorative Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Thomas Hilgers developed it at the Pope Paul VI Institute. It is built on the Creighton Model FertilityCare System. RRM is the wider field. It covers medical care that identifies and treats the root causes of reproductive problems. That care works with the normal function of the body. Some NaPro clinicians describe their work as RRM, and others do not. Other approaches share this view, including NeoFertility, Marquette Model-based medical care, and FEMM-based care. All share one framework. Charted signs of the cycle guide cycle-timed testing, root-cause diagnosis, and restorative treatment. Clinicians in these approaches do use medication. They choose it to support ovulation and the luteal phase, the second half of the cycle. The shared goal is to restore the function of the cycle, not to suppress it and not to bypass conception.¹