How do you keep up with all of that? Constant testing and tracking and guessing which days I can or can't make love to my husband seems so exhausting. I don't understand why any woman would want to put herself through all that frustration. Where's the romance?

Thank you PTree,
...and thank you for the adress

It is exactly with contraceptives as with sexuality, I guess,
we have to experiment much more than we do!

I am not familiar with the availablility of different contraceptives in the US. But why not order from Sweden,
it takes just a few days more! I always order stuff from US.

The best thing would be to find someone who wants to import Persona. It is the safest messurer I have ever seen, it shows your hormonal level and cannot be wrong if you use it the right way! I also like the new Cervical caps availiable, they are much better than different condoms, and can also support oil!

Don`t misunderstand; use of oil should only be used together
with rubbers or femidoms because it feels much better, polyurethan against the skin is not really a pleasure!

The need for gliders and oils should not naturally be necessairy.
If a woman is balanced, her hormons will function better, then there is no need for a glider; we have natural liquids that functions much better!

There is a lot of wonderful home-remedies like different cleanses, herbs, kombu-soups, dietary changes, yoghurts and baths you can use to improve this - most women who did a liver-cleanse improved their sexual life too!

If your organs are tired of poison, bad quality fats and toxins, as soon as your organs does not work properly - detox comes through the skin. Are we enough concious about how fastly our skin absorbs, did you know that we absorb drugs/creams/chemicals through our skin quicker than if we wold take something orally?

The Progesta-Care is a cream that very well could be used at times when you feel that your hormons need a push-up; Progesta-Care
is based on Wild Yam-root, gives you progesteron in a fast and natural way! But only use this cream from OVULATION until MENSTRUATION! From Menstruation until Ovulation, you can use Salvia-herbal-tea! Dont use any hormonal products during pregnacny or while breast-feeding.
Sarsaparilla could be used as a herb instead of the cream,
But none of the herbs should not be constantly used every month;
Use it only as a cure sometimes, when you feel you need it!

Use also daily Oil'supplements,this is another way to help your skin stay young and healty, oil`s inside is as important as exsternal oil! I recommend HEMP-SEED OIL, especially, as it is a very balanced oil, it tastes good and nutty and has all the amino-acids! Udo's choice is another good quality oil which is well balanced in omega-acids. Avoid all MARGARINE (hydrogeneted fats)! Use butter! Avoid meat from pork, too much sugar; read also about how to choose sweeteners and
GOOD DIETARY HABITS (Posted at Ask-Lillian).

Lillian

Hi Lisha,

Have you had the same one for two years? Do you know what the life expectancy of it is? And do you know if it is possible to use if a woman has not given birth?

Sounds like a much better option than hormones.

I have had an IUD (Mirena) for 16 months now. Before it, I was on the pill and my hormones were out of whack. My FNP discussed Mirena with me and we decided it was a good option. I have had nothing but good experience with it. I don't even get a period and have no crazy hormonal swings. The low dosage of hormones it releases are localized to the uterus. I'm even tempered all month! It hasn't hurt my sex drive, or caused any problems at all. The only way I know it's there is the "strings" that are attached to it. It's our 5 year BC plan and I love it!
I think everyone is different and it obviously isn't for everyone, but I give it a thumbs up!