Comments on: 28 day cycle! And let’s talk about sex http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/ Parenting, privilege, and rethinking the norm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Previously, on Raising My Boychick « Raising My Boychick http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-57103 Previously, on Raising My Boychick « Raising My Boychick Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:12:49 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-57103 [...] 28 day cycle! And let's talk about sex [...] [...] 28 day cycle! And let's talk about sex [...]

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-527 Anonymous Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:58:12 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-527 I don't like FAM. One thing I learned from trying it is that my sex drive is tied to my fertility. I generally only really want sex when I'm fertile, making it a poor form of birth control. (Either I'm only having sex when I have no desire for it and it's uncomfortable to please my partner OR we're basically not having PIV sex, where I might as well skip all the work of charting.) And I think that the experience of fertility affecting sex drive is a fairly common one - and one that makes sense, when you think of the biology of it. I don't like FAM. One thing I learned from trying it is that my sex drive is tied to my fertility. I generally only really want sex when I'm fertile, making it a poor form of birth control. (Either I'm only having sex when I have no desire for it and it's uncomfortable to please my partner OR we're basically not having PIV sex, where I might as well skip all the work of charting.) And I think that the experience of fertility affecting sex drive is a fairly common one – and one that makes sense, when you think of the biology of it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-429 Anonymous Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:01:17 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-429 Great post! This is the method we used successfully for years before we decided to be open to conceiving. Most people don't realize what you said, which is a shame! Especially since the pill causes so many problems for so many women (turned me into an apathetic zombie for a year until I figured out there were options, thanks big pharma for the heads up! not.) <br />Kudos also for mentioning the interdependence aspect. It IS great to be able to have your committed partner participate so actively in birth control. Great post! This is the method we used successfully for years before we decided to be open to conceiving. Most people don't realize what you said, which is a shame! Especially since the pill causes so many problems for so many women (turned me into an apathetic zombie for a year until I figured out there were options, thanks big pharma for the heads up! not.)
Kudos also for mentioning the interdependence aspect. It IS great to be able to have your committed partner participate so actively in birth control.

]]> By: Arwyn http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-428 Arwyn Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:16:32 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-428 Sara, we started out using it to try to conceive too, although I really wish we'd learned about it before then: I had several pregnancy scares while on the pill from Vanishing Period Syndrome -- and then it took months to get my cycles back, and working well, after getting off it. <br /><br />Rachel -- glad to know it's useful! Sara, we started out using it to try to conceive too, although I really wish we'd learned about it before then: I had several pregnancy scares while on the pill from Vanishing Period Syndrome — and then it took months to get my cycles back, and working well, after getting off it.

Rachel — glad to know it's useful!

]]> By: Rambling Rachel http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-427 Rambling Rachel Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:36:09 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-427 Timely information! Thanks for sharing your experience. Timely information! Thanks for sharing your experience.

]]> By: Sara http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-426 Sara Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:54:22 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/06/28-day-cycle-and-lets-talk-about-sex/#comment-426 We use FAM in our house (though at the moment for TTC not the oppisite) and my hubby also participates in my charting which I quite enjoy. We use FAM in our house (though at the moment for TTC not the oppisite) and my hubby also participates in my charting which I quite enjoy.

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