Breastfeeding doesn't necessarily prevent ovulation. It's only marginally more effective BC than the rhythm method.
Oh, huh. But the rhythm method can be fairly effective itself, no? Given a regular cycle and a woman paying attention.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
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Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 8:05:21 am PDT #25655 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Sep 23, 2010 8:09:07 am PDT #25656 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But the rhythm method can be fairly effective itself, no? Given a regular cycle and a woman paying attention.
For values of "paying attention" which include charting cervical mucus and temperature. NSM just watching the calendar. (And after pregnancy you won't have had a cycle to keep track of for almost a year, so the first time you ovulate afterwards you won't know it for at least 2 weeks.)
lisah - Sep 23, 2010 8:10:40 am PDT #25657 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
And when breastfeeding wasn't so popular?
My brother and I are 15 months apart because my mother's understanding was that you couldn't get pregnant while breastfeeding.
sarameg - Sep 23, 2010 8:10:46 am PDT #25658 of 30001
A couple of kids I nannied for were 9 months apart. (The second did come a little early, but not by much compared to the mother's other pregnancies.)
Daisy Jane - Sep 23, 2010 8:23:49 am PDT #25659 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
NSM just watching the calendar. (And after pregnancy you won't have had a cycle to keep track of for almost a year, so the first time you ovulate afterwards you won't know it for at least 2 weeks.)
Yeah, my cycle is so irregular my My Days app tells me I won't even have one for the month of November.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 8:25:45 am PDT #25660 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Huh. You can tell I have no experience of life without birth control paranoia.
meara - Sep 23, 2010 8:26:25 am PDT #25661 of 30001
Huh. You can tell I have no experience of life without birth control paranoia.
...I am so glad I"m gay.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 8:37:19 am PDT #25662 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh.
Steph L. - Sep 23, 2010 8:38:29 am PDT #25663 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Huh. You can tell I have no experience of life without birth control paranoia.
IUD! And a related comic (no, seriously, it's FUNNY!): [link]
Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 8:42:41 am PDT #25664 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I mean, I would never be Doing It without bc from the store, which is why I have no real idea how fertility awareness works.
(And by "store" I include the doctor, of course.)