Yesssss <br><br>On Wednesday, October 2, 2013, amber yada wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">oh my god, it's like i just read this the other day so that i could answer this email:<div>
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<strong style="font-style:inherit;font-family:'Lucida Sans','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-right:0px">MCALC the first Gender Neutral Menstruation Calculator.</strong></h2>
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Mcalc started off as an idea to create a menstruation calculator app that could be used by anyone regardless of their gender, this way our app keeps the trans* and genderqueer community in mind so they can enjoy the features without being constantly misgendered (as with other apps).</p>
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<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small;line-height:normal">-amber</div><p></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div>On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Sonja Trauss <span dir="ltr"><<a>sonja.trauss@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">ah! lower means closer to the ground. ok cool. So I will have to do<br>
this for a few weeks to see how far in higher and lower are. Thanks.<br>
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On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Matthew Harbowy <<a>hbergeronx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> You should be able to feel your cervix by inserting a finger into the<br>
> vagina- to me, with my partners, it feels kind of like a hard rubber stopper<br>
> (firm, less rubbery/not siliconey like many dildoes) about one inch long<br>
> held in place at the rooftop (most inside part, closest to the head, not the<br>
> front, closest to the belly) of the vagina. The uterus is connected to the<br>
> vagina through a passageway in the cervix. (Cervix is Latin for neck, and it<br>
> kind of feels a bit like, and is about the same diameter as, a chicken neck,<br>
> for you non-vegetarians)<br>
><br>
> As your uterine lining sheds while you approach menses, you will experience<br>
> the cervix descending closer to the entrance of the vagina, and can roughly<br>
> measure the distance inside to determine where you are at. Count knuckles,<br>
> generally speaking- if you're not at least an index knuckles worth in, you<br>
> might not be in the right place. As with everything, this shouldn't be<br>
> painful.<br>
><br>
> When you are most fertile the cervix fluid is thin, and is (potentially)<br>
> different from other fluids in the vagina, and it is thicker, more like<br>
> mucus, other times. You can keep a log of cervix distance and texture of<br>
> fluids when you touch your cervix with the tip of your finger.<br>
><br>
> If you monitor the above and restrict intercourse to the later portion of<br>
> your cycle, it should be a highly effective means of contraception. You can<br>
> also measure the cycle by inserting an ordinary thermometer into the vagina<br>
> and observing the cycle of temperature, which for some people is less "icky"<br>
> than the finger method.<br>
><br>
> Men who have sex with women can benefit from learning and logging as well.<br>
> If you generally perform cunnilingus as foreplay, using a finger to learn<br>
> her depth over time is an excellent way that you can play along, too. I use<br>
> a lunar calendar to track, which is not perfect, but is perhaps a little<br>
> more discreet.<br>
><br>
> Everyone can benefit from seeing a cervix live: Annie Sprinkle used to use a<br>
> speculum and a flashlight to show off hers.<br>
><br>
> If you are interested in what app my partner uses, please let me know and I<br>
> will ask.<br>
><br>
> Matt<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Sonja Trauss wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I just found out that avoiding pregnancy via rhythm method is pretty<br>
>> reliable and not even hard to do considering there are 250 apps to<br>
>> help you do it.<br>
>><br>
>> HOWEVER, this app is asking me questions I don't know the answers to -<br>
>> how do you tell where your cervix is? is cervical fluid different than<br>
>> the regular goo that comes out of my vagina? how do I tell my<br>
>> temperature?<br>
>><br>
>> Did the non- annoying period app ever get made? now that I understand<br>
>> what it's for, I am interested in helping on this project. I'm using<br>
>> ovuline mostly. I like the interface, although I am annoyed that ALL<br>
>> PERIOD APPS (except two) assume (1) I am a woman, (2) I am trying to<br>
>> GET pregnant instead of trying to AVOID getting pregnant.<br>
>><br>
>> Check out "MyGirls," it is a very amazing cultural artifact made by<br>
>> two Russian physics graduate students in washington state. It assumes<br>
>> users are men.<br>
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