2007-12-30 03:30:04 · 7 answers · asked by GeLo Nolasco 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
To prevent pregnancy a woman should have cycles between 26 and 32 days long. This is only an approximation that's affected by your cycle length and regularity. Very few women are 100% regular, so be prepared for a big surprise if you're going to use this as a contraceptive method. If you use a basal body temperature chart, an ovulation prediction kit, and the fertility predictor together, you'll get a better estimate of your time of ovulation. My husband & I used this method because we were having trouble getting pregnant. This method is truly a pain in the butt. I would suggest some other type of contraceptive.
2007-12-30 04:16:48 · answer #1 · answered by Chel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a reliable method of birth control because you never know when you will ovulate. It could be on a different day every month. Even if you did know which day you were going to ovulate, you would have to abstain for at least a week in advance of that day, and for a few days after. So you would be abstaining for a pretty large chunk of the month. It would be much easier to just choose a different method of birth control.
2016-03-16 21:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The calendar method is a good way of getting yourself knocked up! Seriously, but if you must know it is a way of tracking your womanly cycles and only having sex when it is "safe". For example the few days before your period would be a very BAD time to have sex because the egg is so close to ovulation. If you must- the safest time to have sex is probably right after your period because you are almost a full month from ovulating again.
I will admit I used to use this method, and am baby-free, but I was lucky.
Have some smarts- go buy some condoms.
2007-12-30 03:41:28 · answer #3 · answered by flowerchild 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check out www.ovulation-calender.net. It helps you figure out your most fertile days based on your regular menstral cycle. I wouldn't trust the calendar method 100% for birth control since it's not an exact science. If you want more reliable birth controll, try a different method.
2007-12-30 03:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sit down with yourself and ask yourself some serious questions. Why exactly do you want to use the calendar "method?" Do you have condom allergies? Are you concerned about using a hormonal birth control method? Is your vagina sensitive to spermicide, or spermicidal films? Are you physically or ethically unable or unwlling to use one of the aforementioned products? If so, you may want to consider abstaining from intercourse or maybe look into a copper (non-hormonal) IUD.
The calendar "method" is not a legit. form of birth control. Even if you take your vaginal temperature, carefully measure, smell, and inspect your vaginal secretions, meticulously count days on your calendar, and even pay attention to the moon's cycle, you can *never* be sure if you are pregnant or not. You truly can't. Women become pregnant all the time on the calendar "method." This I know.
But, to each her own. If you are dead-set on not using hormones or a barrier method or an IUD, please make sure that you are very comfortable with making the decision to either keep or terminate a pregnancy. And if you wish to keep it, make sure you live in and can sustain an environment that will nurture a child.
Good luck.
2007-12-30 04:10:24 · answer #5 · answered by Cara 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THERE IS NO SAFE TIME to have sex!
ANY time you have sex you risk the chance of pregnancy, whether you are on your period or not, whether you are using protection or not, you risk the chance of pregnancy.
The ONLY 100% effective method is abstinence.
2007-12-30 13:01:06 · answer #6 · answered by Terri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AAhh! I thought sex ed classes were required in H.S,
I learned in sex ed that this is the least reliable method of birth control.
2007-12-30 04:23:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋