[sudo-discuss] was there a post a long time ago about 'hack your period'?

[Sonja Trauss]

ah! lower means closer to the ground. ok cool. So I will have to do
this for a few weeks to see how far in higher and lower are. Thanks.

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Matthew Harbowy <hbergeronx at gmail.com> wrote:
> You should be able to feel your cervix by inserting a finger into the
> vagina- to me, with my partners, it feels kind of like a hard rubber stopper
> (firm, less rubbery/not siliconey like many dildoes) about one inch long
> held in place at the rooftop (most inside part, closest to the head, not the
> front, closest to the belly) of the vagina. The uterus is connected to the
> vagina through a passageway in the cervix. (Cervix is Latin for neck, and it
> kind of feels a bit like, and is about the same diameter as, a chicken neck,
> for you non-vegetarians)
>
> As your uterine lining sheds while you approach menses, you will experience
> the cervix descending closer to the entrance of the vagina, and can roughly
> measure the distance inside to determine where you are at. Count knuckles,
> generally speaking- if you're not at least an index knuckles worth in, you
> might not be in the right place. As with everything, this shouldn't be
> painful.
>
> When you are most fertile the cervix fluid is thin, and is (potentially)
> different from other fluids in the vagina, and it is thicker, more like
> mucus, other times. You can keep a log of cervix distance and texture of
> fluids when you touch your cervix with the tip of your finger.
>
> If you monitor the above and restrict intercourse to the later portion of
> your cycle, it should be a highly effective means of contraception. You can
> also measure the cycle by inserting an ordinary thermometer into the vagina
> and observing the cycle of temperature, which for some people is less "icky"
> than the finger method.
>
> Men who have sex with women can benefit from learning and logging as well.
> If you generally perform cunnilingus as foreplay, using a finger to learn
> her depth over time is an excellent way that you can play along, too. I use
> a lunar calendar to track, which is not perfect, but is perhaps a little
> more discreet.
>
> Everyone can benefit from seeing a cervix live: Annie Sprinkle used to use a
> speculum and a flashlight to show off hers.
>
> If you are interested in what app my partner uses, please let me know and I
> will ask.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Sonja Trauss wrote:
>>
>> I just found out that avoiding pregnancy via rhythm method is pretty
>> reliable and not even hard to do considering there are 250 apps to
>> help you do it.
>>
>> HOWEVER, this app is asking me questions I don't know the answers to -
>> how do you tell where your cervix is? is cervical fluid different than
>> the regular goo that comes out of my vagina? how do I tell my
>> temperature?
>>
>> Did the non- annoying period app ever get made? now that I understand
>> what it's for, I am interested in helping on this project. I'm using
>> ovuline mostly. I like the interface, although I am annoyed that ALL
>> PERIOD APPS (except two) assume (1) I am a woman, (2) I am trying to
>> GET pregnant instead of trying to AVOID getting pregnant.
>>
>> Check out "MyGirls," it is a very amazing cultural artifact made by
>> two Russian physics graduate students in washington state. It assumes
>> users are men.
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