Nitty Gritty Question about NFP

[TridentineFan]

I’m not offended by this at all. I don’t feel queasy about my own body or the way it functions or is made. If anything, NFP has made me realize even more how incredible and beautiful our bodies are. I don’t feel queasy when I check my mucus just with toilet paper or anything – for some reason, the “internal” part makes me light-headed. Not “grossed out” – I’m not grossed out by anything having to do with NFP or my body or mucus, but I think it’s just feeling “faint” about sensations I’ve experienced when getting internal exams at my OB/GYN, for example. Although not terrible, they are not pleasant and I often felt light-headed after those exams, too. I have never attempted any examination of the sort on myself… nothing internal, ever. I can’t explain it except that it has nothing to do with feeling gross or dirty or sinful at all!

Ruby: I’ve also wondered about women who feel strange doing an internal observation, but your description of the light-headedness reminds me of my needle phobia. I become light-headed at blood draws, but even when I’m simply reading something biological, like technical descriptions of internal organs. Heck, I became light-headed reading a technical description of the biology of the breast and how milk is made, even though I *love *breastfeeding and studying it! It’s so strange because I have no problem doing an internal exam and I find biology fascinating. It’s just fascinating until I start to faint.