I wish I was joking...

HopingForOne · February 2009

...but I'm not...someone (who is older than me, not like, a teenager) asked me today if you can get pregnant from swallowing sperm.

I'm not kidding.

chrstnmnz · February 2009

::headdesk::

mistresscox · February 2009

Oh, please tell me you said yes, and that is exactly how you got pregnant! Seems like the only appropriate answer.

roshybride · February 2009

people are so stupid

Kelli&Jed · February 2009

Seriously. Sleeping during sex ed class were they? I know some people that wish it were that easy!

californiastars · February 2009

Holy Crap

msmichelleh · February 2009

So THAT'S why I'm not pregnant...damnit...

princess101 · February 2009

I would've asked her to explain how that would work.

HopingForOne · February 2009

She just had her pre-marital counselling session through her church, and I guess they were discussing sex-ed type stuff, so she was very excited to ask me question.

Uh...was anyone else told by their church that an IUD works by aborting a fetus by literally "knocking it out" of the womb?

Manalyzer · February 2009

omg.

princess101 · February 2009

HopingForOne:
She just had her pre-marital counselling session through her church, and I guess they were discussing sex-ed type stuff, so she was very excited to ask me question.

Uh...was anyone else told by their church that an IUD works by aborting a fetus by literally "knocking it out" of the womb?

OMFG! What?!?! I was never told that and I wonder what kind of church that really is. Yikes.

HopingForOne · February 2009

Catholic.

They're okay with the pill, condoms, Depo P (I've found that in Canada, Catholics seems to protest less on the use of birth control)...so I didn't really understand why IUDs would be so off-limits (but I also don't know much about IUDs).

As for the other comment, I told her that babies do not grow in stomachs.

roshybride · February 2009

An IUD does not prevent ovulation very well, but works by preventing implantation. So for those who believe life begins when the sperm and egg meet, they consider an IUD a form of abortion. That is why many churches do not recommend them or are against them.

HopingForOne · February 2009

Roshy - thanks for the explanation.

However, that is not what this girl was told. She was told that the IUD PHYSICALLY knocks "into" the fetus, kills it, causing it to be expelled from the uterus. Not exactly the same thing.

roshybride · February 2009

HopingForOne:
Roshy - thanks for the explanation.

However, that is not what this girl was told. She was told that the IUD PHYSICALLY knocks "into" the fetus, kills it, causing it to be expelled from the uterus. Not exactly the same thing.

Yeah, that's a stupid scare tactic.

PDXtbird · February 2009

babymonkey7 · February 2009

MakingBabyWasFun · February 2009

and let's not forget that you can also get pregnant by swimming in public pools and sitting on toilet seats

jerseypeaches · February 2009

Did this person already have children?

nlvaden · February 2009

msmichelleh:
So THAT'S why I'm not pregnant...damnit...

wow I know! Looks like we've got a job to do!

MmeA2006 · February 2009

HopingForOne:

Catholic.

They're okay with the pill, condoms, Depo P (I've found that in Canada, Catholics seems to protest less on the use of birth control)...so I didn't really understand why IUDs would be so off-limits (but I also don't know much about IUDs).

As for the other comment, I told her that babies do not grow in stomachs.

I'm sorry for butting in (late), but the Catholic Church is not okay with artificial birth control including condoms, the pill, etc. They are okay with NFP because it still leaves one open to the possibility of new life. Individuals who are Catholic may have different opinions, but that's their own opinion, not that of the Catholic Church. Just wanted to clarify.

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