Still ovulating with the pill?

[returnofpiper.livejournal.com]

My body refuses to cycle with the pill. I'm worried I'm still ovulating. I know that's probably not possible, but my body goes through all the signs, cervical fluids, ovarian pain, etc. I've been checked out, I'm healthy. My doc says my body will regulate to the pill. It's been 6 months, and I'm curious. I'm thinking of using the FAM method to see what I come up with, charting temps, fluids, etc., because I think that might tell me if I'm ovulating, and if so, when. Am I completely crazy here? But if my body refuses to cycle with the pill, and it turns out it's not always working, I'm not going to screw up my body taking it anymore.

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[enigmae.livejournal.com]

By cross-check you're talking about temperature and cervical fluid, right? Weschler says that checking the cervical position is optional, if I remember correctly.

I'm pretty sure my boyfriend would be comfortable with it if I explained it to him...it's unfortunate though that more people don't think natural methods like this can work - it's just common sense that the body would have signs for detecting fertility. Most guys unfortunately are probably under the impression that the pill is the easiest and best method.

[serrano.livejournal.com]

Right about the cross-checking--temps plus CF plus cervical position if you're not sure (& condoms if you're not sure!). Though I think the moderator of the fertilityawareness group just uses CF & cervical position & has been doing so for about five years, which is really neat.

..The pill probably is the easiest method, but it makes me feel kind of dead & bloated, & has a lot of worse side effects for other women, plus I'm kind of suspicious of it for reasons I haven't really articulated to myself yet!

But good luck! The yahoo group is really a great resource & community!