WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2002: Re: Safe timing to have sex with no protection

Re: Safe timing to have sex with no protection

From: cathy:- (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:53:18 -0600 (CST)

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>I think that the point everyone should take home is that certain methods
>of birth control are better suited to certain people, independent of the
>"failure rate"...

I disagree that this is the point everyone should take home. What Lisa said is this:

>>Would someone educate me on when I can have sex with my partner without >>getting pregnant. Im not sure how the cycle works, & each woman has
>>their own theory. Thanks Lisa :)

I focused in the the "everybody has her own theory" part. Look, it's not just my "theory" that you can't fertilize a dead egg. I've heard lots of nutty theories in my day... The college student who was convinced she was pregnant because she was late, even though she hadn't had any remotely sexual contact with anyone. The woman who stopped having periods 2 years ago, and is mystified as to why she can't get pregnant even though she and her husband are having lots of unprotected sex. A girl who had sex with guy#1, had a period 1 week later, and then had sex with guy#2 2 weeks after that, and then 3 weeks later has a positive pregnancy test -- and she isn't sure who the father was.

The menstrual cycle works in a certain rather well-understood way. Now whether or not you can use that understanding to construct a birth-control method that works for you is a totally separate question.

--
cathy :-)

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