What birth control are you on? Does it work with you?

Snippity snip for me. So far so good! No mood swings or anything for me! LOL

Pull and Pray.. Hormone free and keeps you closer to the man above

This is my preferred method. I do have 4 kids so this may not be for everyone.

I've probably tried 10+ different methods. I was on the patch for a few years. I hated it. I have sensitive skin so I always had a red rash ring where the patch had been. I had to move it every week. I also had it fall off a lot. In the summer I swim a lot. It sticks well in the shower, but if you swim fairly often, forget it.

I tried the Nuva Ring for a few years also and LOOOOVED it! It only ever "fell out" once. But that was when my ex-fiance had just returned from his tour of duty in Iraq. We had 9 months of not seeing each other to make up for. I guess we just got a little "rough and crazy" LOL. Unfortunately, I switched jobs and insurance companies. I found that my new insurance company only paid for like $2 of it, which meant that it was over $80! Way to expensive for me.

I have tried a whole slew of pills (I call them BCP's). Most of them made me psycho with some NASTY mood swings, depression, increased appetite, etc. I tried Seasonale but didn't have a period for 9 months. It freaked me out because I thought I was pregnant the whole time.

I'm currently on Beyaz. It's basically like the Yaz pill but it offers extra B vitamins. You're actually supposed to take your "off week" pills because they don't have the hormones, but still have the vitamins. It basically makes it so that you can transition off of them easier in order to get pregnant when you're ready. I've experienced lighter periods on it and no craziness. They're also super cheap on my insurance ($8 a month ) :happy:

I used to be on Nuva ring & I lost 20 pounds on it, I started using loestrin & it made me gain like 7. Nuva ring would be my favortie birth control i've been on so far. I also have 2 friends that had the copper IUD, one lose 30 & one gained 50. Everyone is diferent.

Abstinence......but not by choice :frown:

THIS............

I'm a NUVA Ring girl myself and have quite enjoyed it for the last 8 years. It's one of the lowest dose forms of birth control you can take so it makes sense that it has less side-effects than some other forms of estrogen. Sounds like it's way pricier down south than in Canada though - my insurance only covers about 50% (contrary to the earlier poster who claimed we don't pay for BC in Canada, we DO pay but our private insurance usually covers at least SOME of the expense) and I usually end up spending about $50 for a 3 month supply so that puts it at about $30 per month cost to me. In the long run though, any expense on BC is gonna be cheaper than a kid...

My birth control: hysterectomy 3.5 years ago. BEST thing I ever did! :bigsmile:

I just had a conversation with my doc about this this morning. I had my tubes tied, but I was talking to her about my heavy periods. After reading this I'm thinking of the copper IUD or Mirena.

Hmmm. Thanks for all the info.

I put my reply under the wrong post...how do I delete it?!!

I put my reply under the wrong post...how do I delete it?!!

You can't reply in specific places, so if you want someone to know you're talking to them, use the quote feature. You also can't delete posts, but for the first sixty minutes, you can edit your post. Lots of people erase the contents and just put a "." when they are "deleting" a post.

I only have sex with girls. No chance of us getting pregnant that way without some serious miracle work from up above. :laugh:

No birth control in the past 15 years. My first year on the depo shot I gained 30 pounds, the following year I quit smoking and gained 50 pounds in two years. Although being fat did not deter my sex life, it has kept me from getting pregnant.

Abstinence...no side effects; inexpensive, and no worries with it..I actually love it..

Oh .. I used the nuva ring at one point as well and it gave me awful headaches. No moodiness, but the headaches were pretty bad.