dimensiontripping
Bluelighter
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- Dec 7, 2007
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About a year ago my girlfriend stopped using birth control after 3 years because it was causing hormonal imbalance/mood swings etc.. the usual. So we started to use condoms in combination with the pull-out method. This was a big change for especially me and I heard about the fertility awareness method through my mom because thats what she used with my dad between pregnancies. I found a lot of cool products like Ova-Cue and Daysy that help track your period data and my girlfriend and I decided to buy one - Daysy. It is a fertility monitor and it takes your temperature each morning and it tracks your cycle so you can see when its ok to not use condoms.
After a series of disasters with her health (severe bronchitis this past winter), irregular periods, and just forgetting to use it, it has not worked out for us. And has caused a lot of tension in our relationship because I want her to use it but she often slips up and its not effective unless you use it nearly every morning on schedule, like birth control pills.
First, am I being ridiculous for looking for a way to make our sex life possible without condoms/pull out method? She wants this as well, but I think I want it more but gets stressed out if I remind her/ask her if she's used it.
Second, do any BL'ers out there use a fertility monitor or fertility awareness method? Any advice would be awesome.
I really miss the sex life we had on birth control and I think our intimacy has gone downhill since she stopped taking birth control.
After a series of disasters with her health (severe bronchitis this past winter), irregular periods, and just forgetting to use it, it has not worked out for us. And has caused a lot of tension in our relationship because I want her to use it but she often slips up and its not effective unless you use it nearly every morning on schedule, like birth control pills.
First, am I being ridiculous for looking for a way to make our sex life possible without condoms/pull out method? She wants this as well, but I think I want it more but gets stressed out if I remind her/ask her if she's used it.
Second, do any BL'ers out there use a fertility monitor or fertility awareness method? Any advice would be awesome.
I really miss the sex life we had on birth control and I think our intimacy has gone downhill since she stopped taking birth control.