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Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, and Support (read OP for poll question)
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| Yes I did and currently use NFP |
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| No I did not and currently use NFP |
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| I do currently and am considering NFP |
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| I do not currently and am considering NFP |
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| I do currently and am NOT considering NFP |
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| I do not currently and am NOT considering NFP |
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(last vote on : 10/5/2008 4:07:19 PM)
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 5/28/2008 8:00:44 PM
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FoxInSox
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Oh, I'm not worried. Just trying to figure it all out. It's like a big puzzle to me.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 5/29/2008 12:46:28 AM
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FoxInSox
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Yeah, I just have this compulsive need to understand *everything* that I find interesting. Especially right now, since I'm on a semester break, and have lots of brain space to think.
I'm also so impatient when I get excited about something. I just do NOT want to take the time it takes for things that happen slowly. Like recovery. Or learning the cycle pattern. I'm learning, though, that time does not really change much according to my own demands.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 5/29/2008 2:03:55 PM
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FoxInSox
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It seriously is fascinating. I wish so much that my friend and sister who struggled so much with infertility were more open to charting or learning about it. They are like, "We use OPK, and that's good enough." I see their point, and I really think I just want a IRL friend to talk to about this stuff :)
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 5/29/2008 10:24:15 PM
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Yeah, I just have this compulsive need to understand *everything* that I find interesting.
LOL, I'm like that too. If people ask me what I"m interested in, the list is a mile long and changes frequently. I tend to pick up and drop hobbies rapidly too.
I too found charting to be fascinating. Like all of that biochemistry was going on right under my nose!  Makes me want to tell all of my friends who are on the pill that they don't have to be (not in a judgmental way though, I promise).
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 6/4/2008 12:31:54 AM
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FoxInSox
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Hmmm...I have a software/charting question.
Some pre-req info:
First, I've always had alot of CF. I even had enough to leave spots on my underwear a full three years before my period arrived (12, 15 respectively). Thank goodness for pantiliners :).
Second, I didn't temp or use any OPK's, so I don't know when I o'ed.
Third, during all the times discussed, Vaginal Sensation seemed either wet/moist or lubricative.
After my period, I had a few days of creamy/lotiony CF. S/W says that I am infertile. This makes sense because it's in between AF and O.
Then, I had one day of EWCF and (CD10), and the s/w said fertile. Cool! Ovulation is coming, right?
From CD11 to CD14, CF was watery. VERY watery, like I thought it might drip. S/W still says fertile. Makes sense, I think. Weschler puts EW and watery in the same category. I'm assuming that somewhere in these days I probably O'ed.
Then, from CD15 to CD18, CF was creamy/lotiony. Software still says fertile. I don't understand why, but figure that creamy/lotiony is close enough to watery, that it counts.
But then, CD19 to CD23, CF is sticky/tacky. For CD19 and CD20, S/W says fertile. but for CD21-CD23, it says infertile. Why the difference?
So...here's my questions: Why does the software say creamy/lotiony is fertile? More perplexing, why are CD19 and CD20, with sticky/tacky CF fertile, but CD20-21 are infertile?
Also, when I have something of a pattern in the S/W, will it clue into the fact that I'm *never* dry?
Or, maybe, ... maybe mostly having creamy/lotiony or sticky/tacky (except for O and AF) just means I have very sperm friendly girl-parts. 
Thanks!
(oh, and I'm not worried, just curious  )
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 6/4/2008 2:45:01 PM
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There is a setting in your s/w that allows you to set your basic infertile pattern to what yours is. I think that the default is sticky/tacky. As far as the cd 19 and 20 being fertile, you are considered fertile for a couple of days after ovulation (the egg lives for 24 hours and there is a possiblity of a second ovulation within 24 hours of the first one -- adding the two gives the 48 hours). If your fluid pattern does not change, the s/w indicates an infertile phase after 2 days of infertile pattern.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 6/4/2008 10:20:44 PM
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FoxInSox
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Oh, thats right! I forgot about the possility of a second egg.
Thanks for telling me about that setting. I'll try to find it :)
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 7/16/2008 2:01:46 PM
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Do you check/record CM during your light flow days?
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I am having a horrible time charting everyday. I'll make a mental note that day of my findings, but I am not recording with my stickers and all.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 7/16/2008 5:38:27 PM
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Do you check/record CM during your light flow days?
No.
Once I'm past ovulation, I don't check anymore until after my period.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 8/6/2008 11:34:45 AM
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I am now finishing my second period post partum. I never noticed any fertile CF between these two flows. Would that mean I did not ovulate? I'm also wondering how long it takes to begin ovulating after birth. I know that can vary, but it has been about 6-8 weeks since I have stopped nursing.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 8/7/2008 1:00:14 PM
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RepentanceIsRequired
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No temping. Just checking cm and charting. I also have not been very good with checking like before I go to the bathroom or before I shower.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 8/7/2008 3:15:42 PM
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If you aren't using a barrier, and also aren't checking your CF properly OR temping then I would consider pregnancy to be a pretty great possibility, so if you are really trying to avoid then I would start following the rules, lol.
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 8/7/2008 3:25:23 PM
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RepentanceIsRequired
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If you aren't using a barrier, and also aren't checking your CF properly OR temping then I would consider pregnancy to be a pretty great possibility, so if you are really trying to avoid then I would start following the rules, lol.
Naturally. When you're right, you're right. Does it matter that I am finishing up my period?
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RE: Natural Family Planning ---- Questions, Answers, an... - 8/8/2008 10:38:31 AM
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never noticed any fertile CF between these two flows. Would that mean I did not ovulate? I'm also wondering how long it takes to begin ovulating after birth. I know that can vary, but it has been about 6-8 weeks since I have stopped nursing.
You can ovulate as early as 4 - 6 weeks after birth, and you only get a period if you've ovulated, so I'd say it's safe to say you're ovulating. (Yes, you can have anovulatory bleeding, but if you're having regular cycles, I'd say that's not the case). Like Ryanne said, you can *definitely* get pregnant - either start really watching your CF or use a back-up method until you can chart consistently ... that is, if you don't want to get pregnant.
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