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Mucus. Blobs of the stuff are repulsive --even the word is repulsive.
On the other hand, you need mucus to stay alive. Almost every part of the human body that is not protected by a coating of skin is instead protected by a coating of mucus. The mouth, the throat, the nasal cavity, the lungs, ...
and for women, the womb --all are protected that way. Invading bacteria have difficulty getting through the coating, which, besides acting somewhat like glue, also tends to contain some anti-bacterial agents.
I'm sure I'm not the only person to have noticed that when one drinks milk, mucus production in the throat area seems to go up.
And of course there are "decongestant" medications that cause mucus production to go down.
The relevance of the preceding is the fact that one of the steps that takes place, between conception and pregnancy, is that a "blastocyst" must penetrate the protective coating of mucus in the womb.
It is known that sometimes the mucus coating is too thick, and pregnancy fails to begin. When this is discovered of a woman who wants to become pregnant, the doctor will prescribe the equivalent of a decongestant, to reduce the amount of womb mucus.
Well, it logically follows that a woman who doesn't want to become pregnant could take some equivalent of milk, which would work to *increase* the amount of womb mucus.
Simple!
But how effective such a birth control technique might be ... remains to be seen.
Spray-In Sealant
Spray-in_20Sealant An older and more artificial variation on this type of Idea. [Vernon, May 09 2012]
Wall of Voodoo
http://en.wikipedia...wiki/Wall_of_Voodoo [normzone, May 09 2012]
Rubber Nipple Salesmen
http://www.ebaumswo...deo/watch/81313966/ Was mucilage even mentioned once? [oscil8, May 14 2012]
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Preventing or stopping pregnancy seems to be on
your mind quite a bit lately. Is there perhaps a little
[Vernon] on the wayand maybe it was a bit of a
"surprise", hmmm? |
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[ytk], nope; not in the slightest. |
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As a method of contraception it's interesting.
However, you'd want something that only altered
the uterine mucus, otherwise you'd wind up feeling
like you had a cold. |
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oh ffs, I hate myself for agreeing with UB. <takes pills> |
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You might, uh, still want to use a backup method. At
least until these get through the clinical trial phase. |
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"Milk: it's not just for drinking anymore !" |
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"Hey, what's in the douchebag?" |
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OK, I fixed the spelling (the word is *still* repulsive! :). Thanks. |
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Wall of mucus contraception sounds like a winner -
conception is almost certain to reverse itself when the guy
noisily and messily clears his throat in the morning |
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"Not tonight, Dear. I think I've got a cold coming". |
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Thinking about mucus and things mucoid - one can
no longer find school mucilage for sale. I mean the
skinny bottles with the rubber nipples. Not even on
line. |
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It is the passing of an era. Mucilage, we hardly knew
thee. |
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^ well that's another method of birth control |
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