No! Don't worry!! I didn't expect you to write that much, thankyou so much for all your help. You certainly know a lot!:
I'm so sorry i didn't end up writing that big long post that i had been planning on - things are just a little crazy with a toddler & newborn (i barely get time to shower, let alone use the computer!).
Ok, so from what you've said it seems I've got it basically right. Yay! I did look it up on the web too but it was getting rather complicated because they kept using hebrew terms for things and I kept forgetting what they meant, rofl.
So that means that because my AF usually goes for 7 days then it should be 14 days all up with no dtd (or anything else sexual).
So for me, I am a Christian so I guess the other laws don't neccesarily apply to me like the ones from the bible do. I don't think I could handle no touching at all anyway, I would miss DH too much, I'm a very physical cuddly sort of person. You must be very strong to do this every month! So I plan on just going with the no 'sexual' contact for now.:
Technically the torah Prohibition during this time is only marital relations, all the other laws are from the rabbi's, to basically put a fence around the law to make it easier to keep
And then at the end of the 14 days you go to a mikvah. Does it say that in the Torah or is it an additional thing like the other laws? I didn't see it in the passage I quoted before so I'm assuming it's more of a Jewish tradition? I was reading about it and all the specifications for what is a mikvah, etc. It seems like a nice tradition so I might incorporate the idea with a special pampering bath at the end to make me feel all nice and as a bit of a symbolic thing to being 'clean' again.
It will be interesting to see if it has any effect on our relationship at all, hopefully positive! I wonder what DH will say when he gets home and I tell him, rofl. I hope I see the benefits from it for conception aswell :crossfingers: And if not I think it's a good thing to do anyway as it's in the bible and I tend to do what is in the bible rather than what some christian churches teach (e.g. we have passover here, not easter).
Thankyou, no I don't really know anyone. Lucky we have the internet or I wouldn't be able to ask these sorts of questions!!:
Just a note in case you know anyone religious: This is normally a subject that is not really discussed within the community for a reason of modesty
Thankyou so much for all your information Yael!
