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I dont think it ever feels *hard* per se, as much as "harder vs squishier". The description I usually hear is "like the end of your nose". I notice sort of a softer layer on top when I'm ovulating, like I'm feeling the end of my nose through a layer of batting, as well as being quite low and very open (but I've had 2 vaginal births, so its open slightly all the time now). I notice opening and lowering but not that same softness before my period.

I wouldn't rely on FAM as birth control unless you are charting and checking your temps & fluid as well as CP.