Advice on birth control

[Biker Babe]

Red Roses it's nice to know someone else on here also uses this method. I did check out your other thread on this topic. Thank you for such detailed information !! That's awesome that you will be teaching classes on this!! I took a class on this YEARS ago.

As stated in previous posts --this method is definitely not for everyone. There are many women who do have trouble with their periods and are put on the pill to help stabilize it. There are others who take medications which would alter the changes in the body and make it very difficult to use this method correctly. It is very risky to do if you are having sex with multiple partners. This method has worked for me all these years. Those who are supposedly using it and have gotten pregnant without planning are obviously not doing it right or not understanding how to check their body. (and I think that's probably what the problem is--Understanding how to use it. )

To EEK--No-I don't think that everything labeled "Natural" means that it's automatically good. I am lucky though. ---I have ALWAYS been very healthy. I know our health is not something to take for granted. I also do realize my health could change tomorrow and I could be one of the thousands of people who come through those doors for Cancer Treatment at the Center I work for.

(Oh, sorry about the typefacing in my original post--I did fix it !! )

[RedRoses]

That reminds me of this:

People who first hear about NFP often ask:
How come couples using NFP always seem to have so many children?

Three answers:
-Because NFP is often put in the large pile of "natural methods" of which many are very unreliable. Ask a bit further and you will learn these people were actually not using NFP, but for example: a calender method.
-Because too many who claim to use the method, fail to really understand it. That's like saying you're on BCP, while taking a pill once a week, instead of once a day
-Because when couples do decide to have children, women using NFP become pregnant more easy and quicker than average couples. Which is actually a good thing Esp in a society where more and more people are struggling with conception. It is for this reason couples even learn the method specifically to conceive, instead of contraception.

Also: I'd like to add that being ill doesn't necessarily makes it impossible to use the method. There are only few medications that contra-indicate use of NFP. And it can also aid in monitoring your body and state of your health and well-being. My physician is very pleased with the overviews I'm able to give him. I even interested him in learning more about NFP as part of his professional knowledge

To be honest: there are two sides to each coin. There are estimates that up to 90% of all fertilized eggcells are lost, the vast majority without a woman ever knowing. About a year ago I unexpectedly and unplanned noticed something was different, before a pregnancytest was even possible. I miscarried a few days after my period would had normally started. I doubt if other women would have consciously noticed or paid serious attention to the signs I did see. That type of consciousness can be considered both an advantage and a down-side. Though in a strange way: I'm glad I did know

[EvilEvilKitten]

RR,
Unlike women in my family, my sisters-in-law were raised to be good, compliant, home-body girls who followed where their husbands led without complaint. He talked her into it because "taking pills was bad" and "natural methods (for everything) was the way we are supposed to live."