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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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.)
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.
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.)
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.
Huh. You can tell I have no experience of life without birth control paranoia.
Huh. You can tell I have no experience of life without birth control paranoia.
...I am so glad I"m gay.
Heh.
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]
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.)
IUD! And a related comic (no, seriously, it's FUNNY!): [link]
BWAH!!!