The Orgasmatron Finally Shows Up: High-Tech Rhythm

The New York Observer ^ | 6/28/2004 | Sheelah Kolhatkar and Anna Schneider-Mayerson

[dennisw]

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[Hermann the Cherusker]

Sorry about the title in poor taste. However ...

I found this article interesting regarding both (a) an explanation of the common downsides of using the human chemical pesticide commonly called the Pill, and (b) the adoption of computerized NFP by trendy New York City liberals, and the encouragement of the same by one of the newsmedia mouthpieces that arbitrates what trends are and are not acceptable for such people.

I am also always bewildered by Ob/Gyn's who encourage artificial birth control, as several do in this article. Isn't their bread and butter people having babies? It certainly seems to be where the big money is. How odd to oppose people doing what pays them the most.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Looks like you found their website! Thanks for posting this.

[wolficatZ]

Hey, Elaine Benes likes it..!

[dennisw]

Sure..... This birth control method isn't perfect. What is?

But what a natural fit with the rhythm method being updated for the computer age. And not even so hi tech, others could easily have come up with such a device.

[bikepacker67]

Hey, Elaine Benes likes it..!

Has she already run out of sponges??!

[Lessismore]

Vatican Roulette.

[Desdemona]

I am also always bewildered by Ob/Gyn's who encourage artificial birth control, as several do in this article. Isn't their bread and butter people having babies?

Not if they get sued.

Seriously, I've wondered how many doctors have money invested or get kick-backs from drug companies. Even in other areas of medicine, all they want to do is give out pills.

I just want to know what's wrong with having kids? If you can afford this thing, you can afford kids.

[Maximilian]

I am also always bewildered by Ob/Gyn's who encourage artificial birth control, as several do in this article. Isn't their bread and butter people having babies? It certainly seems to be where the big money is. How odd to oppose people doing what pays them the most.

They're probably not stupid when it comes to which side of their bread is buttered. Seeing women for quick visits and giving them pills is probably a lot more lucrative and a lot less work than delivering babies. And there's a lot less malpractice concern. Ob/Gyn's have a strong preference against people having babies. They always interrogate the mother after delivery about which birth control method she plans to use in the near future. There must be a strong motivation to explain this. And there must be a reason why they see an NFP device as a threat to their income stream, or they wouldn't be so hostile.

[Maximilian]

I just want to know what's wrong with having kids? If you can afford this thing, you can afford kids.

That's the $64,000 question. A "natural" method of birth control might be better than an "artificial" method of birth control, but ultimately it's still birth control. Why not just have kids?

Other developed countries like Japan and Europe are ahead of us on the "population implosion" curve. They are recognizing the need to encourage procreation. A couple weeks ago the health minister of Australia gave a speech in which he encourage all couples to have 3 children, "One for you, one for your spouse, and one for the country." Then he concluded his speech, "Now go home and do your duty." Ironically, it's very much like a speech that Ceasar Augustus gave to the Roman nobility.

[Yeti]

Of course, the irony of the rhythim method is that women must refrain from sex during precisely those times when their bodies want it most -- when they're ovulating.

[Stallone]

"condoms are a pain in the ass"

Don't tell that to Barney Frank.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

I just want to know what's wrong with having kids? If you can afford this thing, you can afford kids.

Actually, I suspect birth control pills are a lot more expensive than a $500 alarm clock/thermometer with a 10 year life expectancy. Surely people on the pill pay more than $50 per year for it.

I wouldn't know however ... ;-)

All things being equal though, if all we had to worry about was people using computerized NFP devices to avoid having kids, I think we'd have a much better world and probably wouldn't trouble ourselves on the subject too much.

I think I may have to start promoting this device to some of my wife's and my wayward Protestant friends on the Pill.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

They're probably not stupid when it comes to which side of their bread is buttered. Seeing women for quick visits and giving them pills is probably a lot more lucrative and a lot less work than delivering babies.

I guess I wouldn't know. My wife goes once per year for a check up, unless she is pregnant, in which case she is going multiple times per month, plus a big fee for delivery at the end. We obviously don't make Pill visits.

On the bright side, her Ob/Gyn (who is a supposed practicing Catholic) no longer lectures her about her lack of use of any birth control device or plan, and she managed to convince her to go and educate herself about NFP and promote it in her office as an alternative to the Pill. One small victory for morality.

[valkyrieanne]

What's wrong with having babies?

[independentmind]

Seeing women for quick visits and giving them pills is probably a lot more lucrative and a lot less work than delivering babies.

You don't know what you're talking about. Most good ob/gyn's have 3 month (minimum) wait lists for the standard annual exam. Pregnant women get top priority.

My guess is that most ob/gyn's go into the field because the like delivering babies.

[MississippiMan]

...women who have questions about their cycles, who are having trouble getting pregnant or are just generally curious, can send their Lady-Comp back to the company, which will analyze the data they’ve collected and diagnose fertility problems or thyroid conditions.

How 20th century. Slap a USB port on that thing and some Internet connectivity!

MM

[Bob]

‘Using Condoms Was Such a Pain in the Ass’

Hey, lady, if sex is such a pain in the ass -- TURN OVER!

[Polycarp IV]

The rhythm method, with its thermometers and graph paper, has been out of fashion since the 1950’s. Isn’t this the old Catholic standby responsible for 12-child families around the world? Wasn’t this what a generation of Our Bodies, Ourselves mothers taught us to avoid?

What a load of unmitigated, pre-meditated Bravo Sierra!

British Medical Journal: Natural Family Planning= Effective Birth Control Supported by Cathol Chrch

"...In the WHO study most couples in the three developing countries who practised natural family planning were satisfied with the frequency of intercourse, whereas in the two developed countries one third of subjects and half of their partners who practised the method would have preferred more frequent intercourse.[27] It might be argued that natural family planning being cheap, effective, without side effects, and potentially particularly effective and acceptable in areas of poverty may be the family planning method of choice for the Third World. The case for and against this may be argued and debated, but whatever the standpoint there is no doubt that it would be more efficient for the ongoing world debate on overpopulation, resources, environment, poverty, and health to be conducted against a background of truth rather than fallacy. It is therefore important that the misconception that Catholicism is synonymous with ineffective birth control[1 2] is laid to rest.

Understanding the simple facts about the signs of fertility confers considerable power to couples to control their fertility, for achieving as well as preventing conception. The widespread dissemination of these simple facts would be useful everywhere but might be of particular value in the Third World.