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lwseymour: Here's some info about FAM: http://www.ovusoft.com/ (This is also the site associated with the book Trish just mentioned) http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/fam.htm The reason why some of the percentages for this method's efficacy vary is because it depends on the USER, not a...

Kimenem: I know a lot of women take an herb called Vitex (also referred to as Chasteberry or chaste tree fruit) to help regulate their hormones and cycles after coming off the pill. I've been taking it daily since stopping the pill and my body has been doing nothing but good things...

Trish, Glad to see another FAM-er out there! The whole "no, it's NOT the Rhythm Method!" response is starting to get old and nobody believes me when I tell them that going off the pill = getting pregnant! I've been using the Ovusoft software (and loving it) and the forums there are just as...

Good point, Maddie. If you're comparing different types of pills and hormone combinations, check out this site: http://www.wdxcyber.com/ncontr13.htm

I'm going to second some of the other posters' comments about other forms of BC. I recently went off the pill at the end of August (after 5 1/2 years) and have been using FAM - and it's been going surprisingly well. I had no major problems while on the pill, but the extra added pounds just...

Deb, I'm an ORPW (but very near the "middle zone" for everything EXCEPT the oily/dry line), so I kind of "mixed and matched" products from some of the other skin types' lists that I thought might work for me. I did have to order two things from drugstore.com because I couldn't find them and...

I'm not sure who first posted info about the "Skin Type Solution" book, but man oh man, do I want to give you a big hug!!!:D I learned SO much from reading this book (and how I was using some very bad products for my skin type - ack!). Anyway, I spent a lot of time and $$$ at CVS a few days...

I'm sooo spoiled by my Wegmans - anytime I'm out of town and visit a PriceChopper or Hannaford, etc I'm so disappointed by what they DON'T have! :D :D :D

In addition to the PP's recommendation, I would also STRONGLY urge you to try some iTread workouts (www.itrain.com) Right now I'm a card-carrying member of iTread-Anonymous and am having a very hard time wanting to do anything but Set 2's 40 min workout! :D I can't say enough about these...

I totally lucked out with my dress - years earlier, my grandmother (who's an amazing seamstress and upolsterer (sp?)) came across 30 yards of off-white Italian silk at a yard sale for $25 and hung onto it for a future dress someday for one of her granddaughters - Lucky me!!! :7 All I had to...

29 in December, too! That's when I'll hit my "eternal age," as I'm calling it. :D Actually, I look quite young for my age, which is often interesting (I teach at a high school and I remember being asked for a hall pass on more than one occasion!). DH is the same age as me, but he looks MUCH...

FAM = Fertility Awareness Method. This method entails tracking your fertility signs through basal body temp., cervical fluid, and cervix position. I'm obviously more interested in knowing when I'm infertile, seeing as I'm trying to avoid pregnancy. I'm very new to this (technically...

Hello- I'm not sure if this forum is the right place in which to post my question, but I figured that you guys would be the experts in this area. Anyway, DH and I are NOT TTC, but I'm going off the Pill this week (I don't like adding the synthetic hormones to my body - or the added health...

Fun thread! I LOVE Jasper Fforde's series!!!! I read his new one a few weeks ago and am planning on rereading the earlier ones, too. I kept laughing out loud and my husband started asking, "What happened to Thursday NOW?" Let's see, I'm currently reading Gilead (Marilynne Robinson) and...

RE: what does everyone High school English teacher - where did my summer go?!?!?! :o :D

Ditto what Christine said! I especially like how you can use the different premixes (such as "Cardio & Lower Body Circuit," etc.). Another one of my favorites is Power Circuit from the CTX series - a great mix of hi/lo, step, and kickboxing along with lower body weight work.

I LOVE ITREAD!!!!! Thanks guys. I ended up doing Set 2 and love, love, LOVE it!!!! I want to do these all the time now! Thank God for the music at the end - I think that's the only reason I finished strong. Jogger's pace is fast enough for me, thank you - feels more like a run. Now I...

OK, after my mini-meltdown yesterday because my lack of decent ear buds, I'm ready to go this morning - DH found a nice pair of Sony Sport ones he'd had for awhile but never used. YAY!!! Anyways, I see that the regular Itreaders here have a hard time picking a favorite workout, but if anyone...

We had originally planned on going away on vacation and getting married there (by ourselves), then we thought we'd invite a few family members and close friends (a la destination wedding style), and we then threw in the towel and had the ceremony and reception at home because it wasn't worth the...

My father told me the same thing that Dave just said - brakes are easier to replace than a clutch. Sometimes I will downshift (especially if it's a steep grade, but I usually shift into neutral and use my brakes. Have fun with your standard - I'm never going back to automatic! :-)