A friend of mine just sent me this link to a new article about napro and the Gianna Center. I try to search Google for articles but they are sometimes hard to find. If you see a new one, please contact me. I always make a post about it and then I add a link to my section on articles.
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/gianna-centers-pro-life-medicine-seeks-to-expand-beyond-new-york/
This is a great article bc it goes through the histroy of the Gianna Center and how they had to adjust when St. Vincent's closed. Now they are part of St. Peter's and have opened up two locations. They are working on opening more.
Here are some quotes from the article.
"Now the Gianna Center is back in its original office in Manhattan, 
run by Nolte, and has opened a second office at St. Peter’s Hospital, 
run by Dr. Kyle Beiter, an obstetrician-gynecologist who delivers babies
 and performs surgery, while specializing in NaPro technology as well. 
Under the auspices of St. Peter’s Hospital, the Gianna Center  accepts 
health-insurance plans again and there are plans afoot to open 
additional offices across the country."
“The work of the Gianna Center is totally consistent with our 
Catholic principles and our special emphasis on women and children,” Rak
 said, pointing out that St. Peter’s Hospital is sponsored by the 
Diocese of Metuchen, N.J. “Their approach to medicine fully complements 
what we are doing at St. Peter’s, and we are looking to expand these 
services beyond the confines of New Jersey. Patients come from very long
 distances for their services because they cannot find this kind of care
 where they live.”
Although most people think of NFP as only a Catholic Church-approved 
method to delay conception, the Gianna Center is serving many women from
 across the country who seek help with infertility problems through 
NaPro technology.
Maureen  and her husband were married nearly five years without a child when they found 
that physicians in their area did not know how to treat infertility in a
 morally acceptable way. The Catholic couple rejected in vitro 
fertilization, which is prohibited by the Church because it separates 
conception from the conjugal act by joining egg and sperm in a petri 
dish. The couple found a NaPro family physician in New Jersey, who 
eventually referred them to Dr. Beiter at the Gianna Center, where 
surgery was performed  to treat endometriosis.
Two months after the surgery, Maureen became pregnant. She said that 
she and her husband are expecting a child in April, and hope to
 have a large family. “You have to trust God,” said Wilkins, who is 30 
years old, “because you never know what will happen.”
Thank you for sharing this information! I've had the pleasure of meeting Dr B and he is such a wonderful man (and I'm sure doctor!)!
ReplyDeleteHmmm... very funny, I just spoke to Maureen on the phone yesterday ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat the article didn't mention is that she and her husband traveled over 3 hours by car for each of her appts in NJ.