Has anyone used this method before??

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Hi y’all, so I’ve had bad experiences with birth control in the past, and I just decided that it would be best to avoid putting hormones in my body. I’ve been using this app called Natural Cycles as a temperature/ovulation tracker and taking an ovulation test before seeing my boyfriend (because i don’t get to see him often). 
Does that sound safe enough? As long as I’m sure I’m not ovulating, we’re good right?

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My best friend tried this method, took ovulation tests daily, and got pregnant pretty quickly. Sperm can live inside of you for up to 5 days.

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This is not safe.

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No. Sperm can live inside of you for up to 5 days. So unless youre not having sex until at least 48 hours after your positive opk, youre really just hoping to get lucky. 
There are plenry of nonhormonal methods of birth control.

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Okay thanks everyone! I’ll get to a doctor asap! :)

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These won’t tell you you’re ovulating until it’s too late. Here’s why: with temperatures, they don’t tell you that you’ve ovulated until the day after, because you have to wait and see a huge jump in temps to say you ovulated. With OPKs, they only tell you two days before ovulation at most and don’t always have a progression. Meanwhile sperm can last for 5 days. 
I get that birth control sucks, but I wouldn’t do this unless you’re okay with the possibility of pregnancy.

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My cousin did this to try to prevent pregnancy and ended up pregnant within 3 months. 
Sure, hormonal BC has side effects, but the #1 side effect of “fertility awareness method” is pregnancy.
If you don’t want to use hormonal BC use a condom.

Has anyone used this method before??

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