Ladies...BC question...

I was on an generic version of orth tri cyclen and I did not like how it made me feel so I stopped taking it and now we use condoms.

I'd like an IUD but I don't have the money to get one.

Well I have had 11 years of various BC options. The pill and various forms of it totally messed my body up. Tried condoms for years but I am slightly allergic to latex so I would have to spread the sex out to not every day. Then tried the depo shot, to many horrible side effects to list. Finally tried the ring and it burned and irritated me inside. 6 years ago found out I have PCOS.

Then tried IUD which I would recommend, the one WITHOUT the hormones. I found a doc that flat out told me that I do not need to use ANY hormonal birth control. They have not come out with a bioidentical (natural) form of hormone that works with your body and until they do the long term side effects are not good for you. BTW the one being pushed as natural now (I forgot the name) is not 100% natural it still includes one of the bad synthetic hormones in the product, false advertising.

And for the woman that say birth control balanes their hormones and helps their PCOS. Do the research or get another doctor, it doesn't balance anything. It masks the effects of PCOS so you still have the underlying problems some of them being insulin resistance which can lead to weight gain to Diabetes and infertility if not treated. That is why so many woman who have always been on birth control have problems with their hormones when they stop taking them once they get their tubes tied or are trying to get pregnant.

But it is a very personal decision but look past the marketing, ignorant doctors who just go off of the studies the drug companies sell them on and do your research. I would rather solve the problem and keep my body as clean as possible then bog it down constantly with artificial chemicals every day. Again Try the IUD yes their is a small chance of perforation but that is small compared the the guarantee of chemicals you are adding to your body each time you take a hormonal BC Pill. Wish you the best in your search.

I take a BC that has a steady dose of hormones. I started taking BC initially years and years ago for non-contraception reasons, but now that I'm married I also use it for contraception purposes. I have endrometriosis so the BCP is very helpful with dealing with that and without it my TOM would be unbearable. I've been on the pill for so long that I've been all sorts of weights all due to my own behaviors and some other factors none of which I'd attribute directly to BCP.

I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do, but since it's a question about BC I just have to throw what happened to me out there. About a year and a half ago I got a DVT (blood clot) in my leg. I was only 25. I actually had a couple in there and it was caused by my birth control pills. My leg swelled to twice its size and it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. I had to use a cane to walk 3 feet. I was in pain for months and had to miss a week of work because of it. The doctor told me to never get back on birth control again. My sister in law had warned me about BC being worse for you than they tell you, but I didn't listen and wound up with a blood clot. Just had to throw that out there. I also never gained weight from coming off of it.