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[mameelynn]

I'm completely lost. I have to do some research on birth control methods. I'm outdated and I'm surprised I didn't have an oops.

haha.. Yeah I hate all of it! Anything with hormones makes me a crazy person! It's not good! This is the first time we have been actively trying to not have another baby and it is such a pain in the a$$! I'm for sure on the countdown for when we can just let whatever happens happen.

Stick with non-hormonal if you can. If you trick your body into thinking it's pregnant, you'll eat like you're pregnant!

yeah or if your like me it means you start puking your guts out! :-X

 

[blueboom]

Oh god... when I was on hormonal birth control, it brought my chronic depression to the absolute lowest point in my entire life. I never, ever, EVER want to go back to that place. The brand or hormone combination didn't matter. I couldn't manage my depression or do treatment because I felt like I wasn't in control of my emotions (and I didn't realize it at the time). I didn't attribute it to the birth control until much later. I stopped taking it one day, and two days later I was asking myself if I was possessed for two years. The difference was that dramatic.

That's not to say no one should ever use the pill. Some people work really well or at the best with hormonal birth control, or need it for medical reasons, but I'm not one of those people! I think I scared every single doctor I've consulted about birth control options because they'll mention something about a low-dose pill and I would panic at them in a loud voice. "UH, NO. I DON'T CARE HOW LOW THE DOSE IS YOU NEED TO STOP RIGHT NOW I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE TO HELP ME."

The non-hormonal options are nearly zero and the only non-invasive ones I've found are condoms, diaphragms and the copper IUD. :S Woe.

 

[mameelynn]

after I had one of my kids (I can't remember which one it was ???) there was this hand out that was in my packet from the hospital that was talking about forms of birth control and they had "pull out" listed as a form of birth control as being about 75% effective... I was like "yeah of course it's 75%... you can only get pregnant one week a month :-\" I just couldn't believe that they were telling people that this was a good option and no wonder there are so many teen's getting pregnant when the HOSPITAL is telling them that pulling out is a form of birth control!!

 

[lunas]

I know!!! A doctor in Alberta told us that pulling out was considered a method too. I though ummm okay...odd

 

[blueboom]

after I had one of my kids (I can't remember which one it was ???) there was this hand out that was in my packet from the hospital that was talking about forms of birth control and they had "pull out" listed as a form of birth control as being about 75% effective... I was like "yeah of course it's 75%... you can only get pregnant one week a month :-\" I just couldn't believe that they were telling people that this was a good option and no wonder there are so many teen's getting pregnant when the HOSPITAL is telling them that pulling out is a form of birth control!!

You'd think medical professionals would know that the pull-out method causes people. Maybe they were thinking of the rhythm method. BIG DIFFERENCE!

 

[mameelynn]

http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/birth-control-methods.cfm

http://www.contracept.org/withdrawal.php.... um yeah....

 

[blueboom]

http://www.contracept.org/withdrawal.php.... um yeah....

You have better chances getting approved by CIC than you do staying baby-free with the pull-out method!

 

[amikety]

You have better chances getting approved by CIC than you do staying baby-free with the pull-out method!

Crap, I'm screwed then. My ex and I did pull-out for almost two years because I couldn't take hormones anymore.

 

[blueboom]

Crap, I'm screwed then. My ex and I did pull-out for almost two years because I couldn't take hormones anymore.

:O Dang, you lucky woman.

 

[Steph C]

Ok to summarize.. since I've been at work you guys covered chocolate, and birth control. This is really a ladies room here. Ahem.. nobody mentioned the Nuva Ring. I think it's awesome. Although it's hormonal it releases slowly so its a very low dose, lower than pills. After getting used to it for a month or two you don't feel it.

 

[amikety]

Ok to summarize.. since I've been at work you guys covered chocolate, and birth control. This is really a ladies room here. Ahem.. nobody mentioned the Nuva Ring. I think it's awesome. Although it's hormonal it releases slowly so its a very low dose, lower than pills. After getting used to it for a month or two you don't feel it.

It can cut guys.

 

[amikety]

:O Dang, you lucky woman.

If the guy knows what he's doing and does it right, it does work. But you have to be perfect with it.

There's no sperm in precum. That's a myth science has disproven.

I bet most of those couples that use pull out and fail were impaired (drunk), inexperienced (doesn't know his body well enough to know when to withdraw), or wanting a baby and lied about it.

 

[Steph C]

It can cut guys.

I never heard of that, or experienced it I just have good reviews of it :

 

[goldenkagi]

If the guy knows what he's doing and does it right, it does work. But you have to be perfect with it.

There's no sperm in precum. That's a myth science has disproven.

I bet most of those couples that use pull out and fail were impaired (drunk), inexperienced (doesn't know his body well enough to know when to withdraw), or wanting a baby and lied about it.

We tried it a few times but I'm super paranoid. We talked about it and decided to use Billings ovulation and condoms when i get there. I'll tell em to withdraw on our bare days, since I hate the feeling of leaking afterwards Or maybe i can use my mooncup to catch it?

 

[lunas]

We tried it a few times but I'm super paranoid. We talked about it and decided to use Billings ovulation and condoms when i get there. I'll tell em to withdraw on our bare days, since I hate the feeling of leaking afterwards Or maybe i can use my mooncup to catch it?

another use for the mooncup