[discostu]

Oh yeah "Natural Family Planning". I'm old enough to remember when they called that the rhythm method. Let me tell you about how effective that is. I have 2 aunts and 1 uncle more than was intended thanks to rhythm, and if it wasn't for the fact that wombs in my family aren't happy fun places (my grandmother had 11 pregnancies for 5 kids, my mom had 8 for just me) I'd have a few more than that. My younger brother-in-law is also a product of rhythm. Yeah, real effective.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Only a fool, or one purposely trying to obfuscate, makes the charge that NFP is the rhythm method. It ain't.

[Proud2BAmerican]

I'm old enough to remember when they called that the rhythm method.

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FYI, NFP is not the same as the rhythm method -- I'm surprised you didn't know that. Methinks you ought to be going back and checking the rest of your facts. ;-)

[Mary Bear]

Natural Family Planning and the rhythm method are totally different. NFP includes checking your basil temp every morning at the same time (goes up before ovulation), checking the location of your cervix twice a day (it lowers before menstration and faces the wall of the vagina for menstration and comes down straight for ovulation). You check to see if your cervix is opening (for ovulation a fingertip will fit inside and when it is closed tight, nothing will fit through). You check the cervical mucus (thick and stringy for ovulation and will stretch an inch or two when a woman is "ripe" for pregnancy).

The rhythm method is just don't have sex days 13, 14, and 15 of your cycle. Not all women ovulate in the exact middle of their cycle nor do all women have an exact 28 day cycle. Plus women who routinely ovulate on say day 17 may one cycle ovulate on day 12 just to have a curve thrown at her. However, a woman who does use NFP will know what is going on.

Big difference between the two.