WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2002: Re: 'Standard Days' Birth Control Method or CycleBeads

Re: 'Standard Days' Birth Control Method or CycleBeads

From: eek (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:36:46 -0500 (CDT)

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I forgot to tel lyou that I dispute that 95% effectiveness rate not as preventing pregnancy, but 95% at achieveing pregnancy unexpectedly LOL.

The real effectiveness rate is around 80%, which is the lowest of all the methods of birth control.

Also, go visit Toni Weschler's website full of bulletin boards and information:

http://www.tocyf.com

At Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Christine wrote: >
>After reading the recent thread on the rhythm method and how unreliable
>it is, I was wondering what the docs here think about the "new" Standard
>Days method of contraception. A few weeks ago, it made big news on TV
>and it seems, if one has a regular cycle, it is about 95% effective. The
>theory is, if you have a 26-32 day menstrual cycle (i.e., you are very
>regular), you can have unprotected sex on days 1-7 and days 19-32 of
>your cycle. They even have a beaded necklace you can buy to monitor
>your days if you don't want to mess with tracking a calendar. I have
>not asked my doc about it yet, but it sounds pretty good for someone
>like me who is sensitive to hormones, sensitive to spermicide, and
>sensitive to lubricated condoms. I think I'm pretty responsible in that
>I can abstain on days 8 through 18, and my cycle has always been 29 days
>long ever since I was 13! So what do you think?
>Christine

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