Comments on: The Red Tent was a pretty good book, I thought.

By: Antibush

Antibush — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:29:25 +0000

Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren’t a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? What is he doing to us, and what is he doing to the world?
What happened to us, people? When did we become such lemmings?
The more people that the government puts in jails, the safer we are told to think we are. The real terrorists are wherever they are, but they aren’t living in a country with bars on the windows. We are.

By: samantha jo campen

samantha jo campen — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:10:23 +0000

What plainsfeminist said.

I’ve done this for years. And it really helped when last spring I didn’t get my period for 3 weeks and I wasn’t pregnant. Went to the gyno and she actually ordered an ultrasound to be sure I didn’t have any ovarian cysts. I didn’t, luckily, but it was good too know my cycle for things like that. Plus I’m Hypothryoid and that affects menstration, so I like to keep a handle on all that ‘business’ down there.

And now I’m SUPER tracking it, thanks to HollyRhea, so I can chart my fertility. But pregnancy aside, it’s really good to keep an eye on so if something funny is going on, you don’t let it get too progressed, thus having a harder time diagnosing/fixing/treating it.

So do it.

And you lost a gift certificate????? You’re making me dizzy. . . .

By: plainsfeminist

plainsfeminist — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:51:24 +0000

Oh, I do this. It’s helpful if you’re having sex that could result in procreation, either for avoiding it or causing it (or knowing that you haven’t caused it). I’m betting that’s the main reason women do it. But it’s also impt. b/c not getting your period, or having a change in the schedule, can signal something else going on (like a UTI, for instance). It’s also helpful to know where you are in your cycle if you have problems with headaches, breast tenderness, etc. at certain times of the month – avoiding caffeine at those times can help with the breast soreness, for example.

By: hazelblackberry

hazelblackberry — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:02:28 +0000

I don’t think I would do this, even if I wasn’t “chemically regulated” (thank you, kristine). I couldn’t be bothered being that organised.

Mary Bennet, your former flatmate sounds like a creep.

Sometimes when I’m in a bad mood – it happens so rarely, of course – Grumpy asks me if it’s “those days”. This does not help my mood. I’ve found an effective response to this is to ask him the same question when he is in a bad mood. Heh heh.

By: Mary Bennet

Mary Bennet — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:46:56 +0000

Many years ago, a male flatmate told me he kept records of when he thought his female colleauges were having “those days” (based on what information? their chocolate consumption??) so he’d know to avoid them. Which made me go “ick” and, frankly, still does.

Ick.

By: kristine

kristine — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:00:01 +0000

When I was a kid and my mom told me to do that, it was so I would be able to predict *those days* a little better, not being in the habit of thinking in 4-week intervals.

I think for women whose *those days* are chemically regulated, the red dot is unimportant–things happen very much like clockwork. But if one is not chemically regulated, the red dot can still serve that predictive effect, once you see whatever pattern your dots form, and can also help you see if there are potential fertility problems.