Raw birth control?
Hey ladies,
I'm wondering what your thoughts are about methods of contraception that are the safest / least sketchy. I am not particularly interested in the pill simply because it involves synthetic hormones which I've been told by my Ayruvedic doctor I should try to avoid based on my body type. What are your thoughts about effective birth control methods, i.e. natural approaches? THANK YOU!
I'm wondering what your thoughts are about methods of contraception that are the safest / least sketchy. I am not particularly interested in the pill simply because it involves synthetic hormones which I've been told by my Ayruvedic doctor I should try to avoid based on my body type. What are your thoughts about effective birth control methods, i.e. natural approaches? THANK YOU!
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Permalink Reply by ♡Alicia ♥ on -
I have a friend who took neem oil..and they just had a baby..so..maybe not the best method.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa on -
Hah. That's good to know. I believe it works only topically, like as a spermicide... I've never heard of it being "taken" orally.
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Permalink Reply by Alicia (BarefootHoodoo) on -
I'm looking into the same thing right now. I have to have my IUD taken out soon, so I have been tracking my cycle on Cycle Beads. I have been double checking mucus and temperature, and the beads seem to be spot on. Since we may have one more baby a few years down the road, (and not before!), we are probably going to use the beads along with condoms. The neem theory seems interesting. I'm going to look more into that.
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Permalink Reply by Jen on -
I would like to let people know that if you use temperature-related birth control (basal body temperature readings) you CANNOT rely on it when you are fasting (Master Cleanse, juice fast, etc.) or doing serious calorie restriction. Your body temperature will lower significantly and the thermometer will be thrown off and not able to track your ovulation. So if you use this type of method and you want to fast or cleanse USE CONDOMS all month just to be safe.
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Permalink Reply by kathryn on -
why coconut oil? everything i've read says coconut oil can damage condoms so that they don't actually prevent anything.
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Permalink Reply by Alicia (BarefootHoodoo) on
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Yes, some types of condoms are damaged by coconut oil. It's been so long since we've had to use condoms, so I can't remember which ones! :) But I will need to find out! Do you know, kathryn? Is it the synthetic or natural skin ones?
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Permalink Reply by kathryn on
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After some quick googling, here's what I found out. Coconut oil definitely degrades latex condoms, but can be used with polyurethane condoms.
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Permalink Reply by kathryn on
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I don't think it breaks them... just kind of wears down the latex so sterm can pass through.
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Permalink Reply by Alicia (BarefootHoodoo) on
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Thanks, kathryn! (Love the photo!)
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Permalink Reply by kathryn on
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haha well I'm glad for you :) you can't really know though. just because you haven't got pregnant, doesn't mean it's not possible.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa on
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I would say sperm could have gotten through. There's no way of knowing. The only thing to know is that you didn't get pregnant. Maybe you weren't fertile at the time, maybe the man didn't have strong swimmers. There is so much that could have happened between sperm and egg meeting that there really is no way to know.
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