How about the body basal method, wherein you track your basal temperature for several months to find out what day of your cycle you ovulate? Then it's just a matter of putting off intercourse during that window of fertility, which is about 4-5 days. Or has everyone become too addicted to convenience and immediate gratification to even consider this completely natural and harmless option?
Yes. Sex is good for you on many levels, not least of which is the intimacy created between you and the one you love. Surely something so beautiful cannot be bad? What is wrong with being happy 30 days out of 30 if one can? I can't see anything wrong with taking responsible measures to avoid pregnancy. However, if I was a young woman, I would take the pill vs. the patch based upon this data so far.
Q. What do you call a woman who practices the rhythm method.
A. Mother.
That's the method we used for up until the time I had our third last and final child. Went on the pill until hubby could get a vasectomy. Did not want an "oops".
There's a name for women who practice that method.
Mother.