Several mornings in a row, just before getting up, Claire, 37, a naturopath, takes her temperature using a double decimal thermometer.
Later, out of sight, this mother of four observes the appearance of her cervical mucus (unsavory name which designates the secretion present at the entrance of the cervix).
The combination of this data helps her pinpoint her ovulation periods.
If this is the case, she and her husband avoid all sexual intercourse, or, if the desire prevails, put on a condom.
This amazing ritual is that of symptothermia, a natural method of birth control that Claire has been practicing for eight years.
After a decade on the pill – to which she attributed a flabby libido – she is delighted to have rediscovered her “
cyclical nature
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I feel my mood swings coming, I rediscover a living sexuality with ups and downs - which I no longer worry about.
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In recent years, like Claire, more and more women are choosing natural contraception.
Formerly the prerogative of minority circles of practicing Catholics who followed the recommendations of the Church on "responsible sexuality", these methods now have the attention of women driven by completely different motivations: the rejection of the pill, this symbol of the liberation of women in the 1970s, in the wake of the pill crisis (2012-2013), and a desire to return to nature.
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