Comments on: 23 days later http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/10/23-days-later/ Feminist thoughts inspired by parenting a presumably-straight white male Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Arwyn http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/10/23-days-later/#comment-2209 Arwyn Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:27:30 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=1043#comment-2209 Woah! You made it! And to a recent post! I'm, like, flabbergasted! :D (Hi!) Woah! You made it! And to a recent post! I’m, like, flabbergasted! :D (Hi!)

]]> By: Lisa P http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/10/23-days-later/#comment-2207 Lisa P Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:53:03 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=1043#comment-2207 Bleh, don't you hate that? I always had longish cylces pre Orion, then in between Orion and Akasha they were really short. I was like, what the heck universe? Are you paying me back for all that lost time from before lol? Bleh, don’t you hate that? I always had longish cylces pre Orion, then in between Orion and Akasha they were really short. I was like, what the heck universe? Are you paying me back for all that lost time from before lol?

]]> By: Arwyn http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/10/23-days-later/#comment-2009 Arwyn Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:55:10 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=1043#comment-2009 I'm just tired of it deciding to shift based on whether or not I'm charting! Back when we were trying to conceive, the very month I started charting, my cycles went from irregular 30-some days to regular 27-28. This cycle, after months of regular, and charted, 26-29, we don't chart and it drops to 23. I know that physics says the act of observation changes that which is observed, but come on! And yay, cycle sisters! (Ish. For now, anyway. ;) ) I’m just tired of it deciding to shift based on whether or not I’m charting! Back when we were trying to conceive, the very month I started charting, my cycles went from irregular 30-some days to regular 27-28. This cycle, after months of regular, and charted, 26-29, we don’t chart and it drops to 23. I know that physics says the act of observation changes that which is observed, but come on!

And yay, cycle sisters! (Ish. For now, anyway. ;) )

]]> By: Arwyn http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/10/23-days-later/#comment-2007 Arwyn Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:52:02 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=1043#comment-2007 Oh, you really can do symptothermal method with irregular cycles (not rhythm method -- never, ever rhythm method). It's just a right pain the the arse. The thing is, any pre-ovulation days (which is all but the last 9-16 days of your cycle, depending -- mine tends to the short side), after the first five, you have to be super ultra conservative about if you want to be able to rely on it as a birth control method. Me, I don't even bother: we use condoms during that time, because I almost always have some amount of fertile-quality cervical fluid then. And if your cycle is 114 days, that means 95 days are going to be a right pain in the arse, with lots of "yes? no? maybe?" days and decisions. So it sucks. And I probably wouldn't. But it is possible. Oh, you really can do symptothermal method with irregular cycles (not rhythm method — never, ever rhythm method). It’s just a right pain the the arse.

The thing is, any pre-ovulation days (which is all but the last 9-16 days of your cycle, depending — mine tends to the short side), after the first five, you have to be super ultra conservative about if you want to be able to rely on it as a birth control method. Me, I don’t even bother: we use condoms during that time, because I almost always have some amount of fertile-quality cervical fluid then. And if your cycle is 114 days, that means 95 days are going to be a right pain in the arse, with lots of “yes? no? maybe?” days and decisions.

So it sucks. And I probably wouldn’t. But it is possible.

]]> By: Chally http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/10/23-days-later/#comment-1989 Chally Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:01:09 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=1043#comment-1989 At the start of this year, my body apparently decided my whole cycle needed to shift two weeks over. Um, okay, body. Am on me period right now :). I'm using http://www.cyclespage.com to keep track. At the start of this year, my body apparently decided my whole cycle needed to shift two weeks over. Um, okay, body. Am on me period right now :) . I’m using http://www.cyclespage.com to keep track.

]]> By: Krissy http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/10/23-days-later/#comment-1985 Krissy Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:17:40 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=1043#comment-1985 In my pre-kid days my cycle was anything from 21 days to 114 days. I know that people say you can still do natural family planning with an irregular cycle, but I just don't buy it. (I haven't had enough cycles post-kid to know what I have.) In my pre-kid days my cycle was anything from 21 days to 114 days. I know that people say you can still do natural family planning with an irregular cycle, but I just don’t buy it. (I haven’t had enough cycles post-kid to know what I have.)

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