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[buckylea.livejournal.com]

so, i'm a little confused.
if you know you've ovulated, be it through ovulation pain or whatever else, then if you wait a couple more days, are you then unfertile (read: safe to have unprotected sex) at least until your period arrives, maybe even during your period, as long as you give it around a week before you're next due to ovulate?

in other words, how long does it take for the egg to go 'too far' to become fertalised?

edit: i am not going to have unprotected sex, i'm just curious. i know that sperm can live for five days or so, but even giving a week's leeway BEFORE ovulation, and several days AFTER ovulation, that still leaves a lot of potentially 'safe' days in a 29 day cycle (my average is 29).

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[buckylea.livejournal.com]

yeah, i've looked into FAM a bit around VagPag, and i'm thinking about it. condoms are my friend, but i do worry a little bit about accidents/failaures and am looking into back-ups or alternatives. i reallyreally don't want to go on the pill for a few different reasons but mostly cause i'm scared of side effects. i'm most interested in Nuvaring but we cant get it in australia yet :(
i think i'm more interested in FAM just so i know when i can relax more, if that makes sense. i'm pretty good at knowing when i'm ovulating, because i get very specific pain for a few hours in the middle of my cycle.

[lisamaria.livejournal.com]

nuvaring is hormonal just like the pill- so if you're afraid of side effects of the pill, i would think that you would be afraid of the ring as well.

[buckylea.livejournal.com]

well, from what research i've done, this doesn't seem to be the case. i guess it could be partly because Nuvaring is newish and maybe not as much research has been done. but another reason i would prefer it over the pill is that i am not the most dependable person when it comes to taking medication regularly.

[lisamaria.livejournal.com]

gotcha. i'm the same way.

[mercurysmile.livejournal.com]

I want the ring too! it's lower hormone dose and isn't supposed to have as many side effects. I'm in the UK so I can't get either...will switch when I get back to Canada. BCP is fine for me...actually I really like what it does for me, but I suck suck suck at taking it when I'm supposed to.

I think combining FAM and condoms is a great idea, btw. A good way to be very very safe without hormones.