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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2005, 05:30:02 PM »
It's not that hard Aim.. you'll learn to notice your cycle quickly when you know what to look for.  And if going off the pill means less headaches, DO IT!  I still get one, maybe 2 a month but with a prescription for Zomig, I don't suffer like I did.  Yeah, condoms are a pain in the butt but it's better than having a baby you're not ready for!
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2005, 05:31:49 PM »
well they're not that much of a pain...they save the clean up dance.

lol

ok that was TMI!!!!!  ;)
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2005, 05:46:41 PM »
LOL  the clean up dance.. or the 'where's the towel' hunt.  hehehehe
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2005, 07:30:34 PM »
Just be careful. My parents (and many other Catholics) used rhythym for years...I'm one of seven!
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2005, 08:15:12 PM »
Quote from: paula1219 on July 29, 2005, 07:30:34 PM
Just be careful. My parents (and many other Catholics) used rhythym for years...I'm one of seven!

NFP is not the rhythm method.  The rhythm method assumes you ovulate on day 14-most women don't.  NFP charts your cycle to accurately predict ovulation, using several different predictors.  They are very different.
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2005, 08:19:13 PM »
Quote from: Saf on July 29, 2005, 08:15:12 PM
NFP is not the rhythm method.  The rhythm method assumes you ovulate on day 14-most women don't.  NFP charts your cycle to accurately predict ovulation, using several different predictors.  They are very different.

i agree.. it's way more than counting days.. there is a few  'cross references"  you have to look for.. if all the 'stars are not aligned".. it's no dice.. :P
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #21 on: July 29, 2005, 11:16:13 PM »
The book goes out of it's way to show how it is NOT the rhythm method!!
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2005, 11:32:43 PM »
Quote from: Saf on July 29, 2005, 08:15:12 PM
NFP is not the rhythm method.  The rhythm method assumes you ovulate on day 14-most women don't.  NFP charts youre cycle to accurately predict ovulation, using several different predictors.  They are very different.


 I couldn't agree more.. after charting for the last 15months I have only once ovulated on day 14 of my cycle.. my body goes in a 3 month cycle.. first month is a "normal" month, second one is short  and the third is long .   But since I've been charting for so long and know my body so well now I recognize this as normal for me.
  Now we will have to see if I can go without charting for a while and see if I can become pg.. after I move over that is.. charting stresses Micky out too much.
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2005, 11:39:09 PM »
Quote from: MickysMartha on July 29, 2005, 11:32:43 PM
  Now we will have to see if I can go without charting for a while and see if I can become pg.. after I move over that is.. charting stresses Micky out too much.

Use a Persona kit.  No temping first thing before you get out of bed, writing things down, etc.  I am too lazy for that.  The Persona is like taking a pregnancy test again and again, so there's no nerves when it comes time to take the real thing.  Well, I already knew deep down that I was pregnant this time round.
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2005, 12:13:14 PM »
Quote from: MickysMartha on July 29, 2005, 11:32:43 PM
Now we will have to see if I can go without charting for a while and see if I can become pg.. after I move over that is.. charting stresses Micky out too much.

Why? He doesn't have to do any of it?! Men, I swear, if the tables were turned.... ;)
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2005, 03:49:35 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on July 30, 2005, 12:13:14 PM
Why? He doesn't have to do any of it?! Men, I swear, if the tables were turned.... ;)

 When he was in Canada for 4 months we only had the weekends together.  So on the weekends where I was ovulating, or close to it he would feel pressured to perform.   He was very into my charting progress and helping me keep track of my temps over the weekend, so that I could input them into FertilityFriend when I went back on Mondays, etc so he knew when the time was getting closer to O without me telling him.. not to mention that he can now read my body signs as well I me (see what happens when you give men too much information.. he's read TCOYF). 
  Since the average fertile couple takes 3-4 months to conceive without using any form of protection, I've agreed to give him 4 months of carefree sex and if we aren't pg by then he's having an SA(Semen Analysis) done and if all is good with that, I'm to get some more extensive testing done (internal vs. bloodwork which I've already had done).
 
 Geez, now you know more about me then you ever wanted to know  ;D
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2005, 01:50:00 PM »
Hmmm. I may look into some of these suggestions. I absolutely do NOT want kids, but side-effects from BCPs were really getting to me and I went off of them. In order to get a coil I have to make an appt. on the last day of my period (because I haven't had kids and so it'll apparently be tricky to, er, get in), but the office always books up appt.s so far in advance that the one time I've been free during that particular time of the month, they didn't have a free time slot.  ::) I'm seriously considering getting a Depo shot and taking calcium supplements, but I'm a tiny bit worried that I'll have the same side-effects with that as I did on BCPs....
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #27 on: August 02, 2005, 02:23:12 PM »
Quote from: AnneR on August 02, 2005, 01:50:00 PM
Hmmm. I may look into some of these suggestions. I absolutely do NOT want kids, but side-effects from BCPs were really getting to me and I went off of them. In order to get a coil I have to make an appt. on the last day of my period (because I haven't had kids and so it'll apparently be tricky to, er, get in), but the office always books up appt.s so far in advance that the one time I've been free during that particular time of the month, they didn't have a free time slot.  ::) I'm seriously considering getting a Depo shot and taking calcium supplements, but I'm a tiny bit worried that I'll have the same side-effects with that as I did on BCPs....

Have you tried a well-women's clinic, Anne?  They might be able to fit you in better than the GP.  Depo is a hormonal-based contraceptive, so if you have problems w/BCPs talk it over w/a nurse practitioner at a well-women's clinic.  Tubal ligation is also provided on the NHS, although the wait list for vasectomy is shorter. 
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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2005, 02:27:42 PM »
Quote from: Kristi on July 29, 2005, 05:46:41 PM
LOL the clean up dance.. or the 'where's the towel' hunt. hehehehe



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Re: Charting/Temping for birth control?
« Reply #29 on: August 02, 2005, 02:29:42 PM »
Quote from: AnneR on August 02, 2005, 01:50:00 PM
Hmmm. I may look into some of these suggestions. I absolutely do NOT want kids, but side-effects from BCPs were really getting to me and I went off of them. In order to get a coil I have to make an appt. on the last day of my period (because I haven't had kids and so it'll apparently be tricky to, er, get in), but the office always books up appt.s so far in advance that the one time I've been free during that particular time of the month, they didn't have a free time slot.  ::) I'm seriously considering getting a Depo shot and taking calcium supplements, but I'm a tiny bit worried that I'll have the same side-effects with that as I did on BCPs....

Anne, I had a horrible experience with Depo...don't do it! (though I am sure there have been many women who love it...I have known of several women who had a hard time like I did.)

I had a coil (Mirena IUS) inserted in Jan...in fact, just got off the phone with a clinic here because I am having complications (very rare, nothing to worry about, not out of the ordinary etc.) and she told me the same advice, if I can hang in there another month or two I will have 4 years of ''bliss''!

I used FAM for many years...it is the best way to go. After the twin blessing though, I am going for the armored tank of birth control because I just feel like it is the right thing for me (well, I'll decide that for sure in another few months!)

www.fertilityfriend.com is a good website to check fam out...whether you're trying to conceive or not

Vicki
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