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Vonsalza
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“Well too bad! No sexual freedom of any sort for the cripples per canon law!”Vonsalza:
Oh, yes! Me! Greatly!
I gotta get outta here before I get banned…
Fun chat!
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I gotta get outta here before I get banned…
Fun chat!
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ConstantLearner
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I don’t think they care. It’s legal, and they have the photos and the presents they wanted. And let’s not forget the cake and the dress.
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Pup7
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I’m a registered nurse.
NFP is only called NFP because we know more about what happens to a woman’s body during her cycle than we did twenty years ago. It’s also a bit of a “softer” term for the exact same thing.
The moniker “rhythm method” is still completely accurate, as the goal is to avoid intercourse during the most fertile time of the cycle according to the woman’s specific biological rhythm. Women long knew that during certain times of the month (and I’ll spare the specifics) their bodies exhibited specific signs. We know what those signs are now and what they correspond to and what’s “actually going on” when these things occur.
In my day (I’m 44) in high school and junior high school it was indeed called the rhythm method. It still is in some medical circles.
People claim that “NFP” is more accurate than the “old rhythm method” - but it’s the exact same thing. IF DONE INFALLIBLY the method - no matter what you call it - has a failure rate between 3 and 10 percent. Illness, antibiotics, other medications, so-called “natural supplements”, stress, hormonal fluctuations due to aging or just normal living - all of this has a profound effect on what is otherwise a very delicate cycle, and in any given month can make or break you.
The only difference in now and 30 years ago is we have finally acknowledged that not every single woman on the planet runs on a 28 day clock (and that’s normal!) and we have more variables to check. But in reality ovulation doesn’t run on a clock and may or may not happen on the day/at the moment the woman believes it has. Plus a newly released egg only lives for a very short amount of time - and when you record that temperature increase or add up all the other “positive signs” that ovulation has likely occurred you’ve potentially lost as much as 24 hours since the actual release.
Hope I didn’t interject. Part of what I see as my job is education.
NFP is only called NFP because we know more about what happens to a woman’s body during her cycle than we did twenty years ago. It’s also a bit of a “softer” term for the exact same thing.
The moniker “rhythm method” is still completely accurate, as the goal is to avoid intercourse during the most fertile time of the cycle according to the woman’s specific biological rhythm. Women long knew that during certain times of the month (and I’ll spare the specifics) their bodies exhibited specific signs. We know what those signs are now and what they correspond to and what’s “actually going on” when these things occur.
In my day (I’m 44) in high school and junior high school it was indeed called the rhythm method. It still is in some medical circles.
People claim that “NFP” is more accurate than the “old rhythm method” - but it’s the exact same thing. IF DONE INFALLIBLY the method - no matter what you call it - has a failure rate between 3 and 10 percent. Illness, antibiotics, other medications, so-called “natural supplements”, stress, hormonal fluctuations due to aging or just normal living - all of this has a profound effect on what is otherwise a very delicate cycle, and in any given month can make or break you.
The only difference in now and 30 years ago is we have finally acknowledged that not every single woman on the planet runs on a 28 day clock (and that’s normal!) and we have more variables to check. But in reality ovulation doesn’t run on a clock and may or may not happen on the day/at the moment the woman believes it has. Plus a newly released egg only lives for a very short amount of time - and when you record that temperature increase or add up all the other “positive signs” that ovulation has likely occurred you’ve potentially lost as much as 24 hours since the actual release.
Hope I didn’t interject. Part of what I see as my job is education.
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Pup7
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raises hand I for one am proud to be one of them.
Couldn’t resist. Sorry.
Couldn’t resist. Sorry.
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CaptainPrudeman
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Nah you’re fine. It’s nice to see there’s more that feel the way I do.
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ConstantLearner
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Postmenopausal means monthlies have ceased for one year. Otherwise, the woman is menopausal (when monthlies cease) and perimenopausal long before that.
Edited: To correct information.
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Mi_Rose
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My doctor told me it was a year.
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ConstantLearner
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I think some do call it one year. My mistake. Sorry. Maybe I was thinking of perimenopause. Maybe I was just confused, the more likely option:
Perimenopause or “menopause transition.” Perimenopause can begin 8 to 10 years before menopause, when the ovaries gradually produce less estrogen. It usually starts in a woman’s 40s, but can start in the 30s as well. Perimenopause lasts up until menopause, the point when the ovaries stop releasing eggs. In the last 1-2 years of perimenopause, the drop in estrogen accelerates. At this stage, many women can experience menopause symptoms. Women are still having menstrual cycles during this time, and can get pregnant.
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BoomBoomMancini
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I don’t mean to sound condescending but if you’re 17 maybe don’t make definitive statements about the effects of sex (or lack thereof) on a marriage.
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Pup7
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No, what I said was in response to “there are a lot of people whose mothers thought they were postmenopausal”.
Clearly my mother’s MD was wrong.
And yes, I am very much an RN.
Clearly my mother’s MD was wrong.
And yes, I am very much an RN.
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Mi_Rose
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No harm done. When I was growing up babies born to older women many years younger than their siblings were called oops babies and if mom was over 40 menopause babies.
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Pup7
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I’ve called myself an oops baby for years and years and years.
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ConstantLearner
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My mistake. Sorry.
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CaptainPrudeman
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I mean, I understand that it could have an effect, but if it kills the happiness then it wasn’t a healthy marriage.
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ConstantLearner
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Yes, I have a sister who is twenty years older than I am, but my mom was not over forty when I was born.
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Pup7
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Not a big deal.
It’s a forum. That stuff happens.
It’s a forum. That stuff happens.
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Pup7
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So is my oldest brother! I have a niece who was born on my third birthday. 
The looks I get when I talk about my 41 year old niece are priceless.
The looks I get when I talk about my 41 year old niece are priceless.
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BoomBoomMancini
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It very well might, although not for the reasons you’re probably thinking.
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SacredHeartBassist
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So would it be sinful to just not date because you don’t wanna work that hard at relationships or raising kids
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CaptainPrudeman
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What exactly do you mean?
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