On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
> Marvin insouciantly queried:
> > 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....
>
> 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.
I have no quarrel with the method as such, and I think it has its
place. I'm just wondering how one can apply the word "natural" to
something which, in current days, will almost certainly involve the
use of a digital thermometer (in the US anyway) and a fair amount of
scientific understanding.
As in the case of "natural" law, this is one of those irritating uses of
the word natural to mean "the proper prejudice," or, in this case, "the
approved technology."
Sorry, just a pet peeve. Please move along, we are a hedge!
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Nuke the straight consumerist wildebeests for Buddha!
