> On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:
>
> > 3) The Catholic Church does advocate Natural Family Planning, which uses
> > changes in the female's body temperature and cervical fluid to detect
> > ovulation. It is over 90% effective, and is statistically comparable
to
> > the effectiveness of other contraception methods - even when they are
used
> > properly. Natural Family Planning has the advantage of being cheap, and
> > having no risk of side effects.
Marvin replied:
> Out of curiosity, what entirely natural methods are used to take
> temperature and measure cervical mucosity? Pinkies? Index fingers? I
> can think of more enjoyable ways, but they wouldn't be very accurate....
I can speak to this. My wife and I have used fertility charting in
conjunction with condoms as birth control for 3 years, and for 2 years
before that, used charting alone. When we were trying to get pregnant (hm.
We. Like I had to do any of the hard work....), we aimed for a different
portion of the cycle (I'm trying to avoid oversharing here - let me know if
I'm not being clear). It's a pretty reliable system, IMO.
Melissa used a thermometer to check her temperature, and I'll leave the rest
up to you to deduce. Thermometers are pretty cheap at drugstores, and the
birthing center my mother works at gives them out free, so I'm sure it's not
hard to get one, at least in the states.
BTW, we're planning what is considered a large family by most people we
know - 4 children.
Adam C. Lipscomb
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