Birth Control!! AHHHHH!!!!

Get a book called 'taking charge of youlr fertility'. Its something that every woman with a sex life should read.

Tonight I would tell you to go no where near the Mirena IUD. I bled for a few months straight, then haven't really gotten my period since then (almost two years ago). I've recently decided to figure out why I can't lose weight, have horrible cramps but no period, am breaking out like an adolescent, and having terrible mood swings. After a lot of research, including finally reading all the side effects thoroughly - I think a lot of my issues might stem from the Mirena. It seems like for some women it works well at first, but then they start to experience a lot of side effects and don't attribute it to Mirena immediately because they've had it for awhile.

I'm getting it removed as soon as I can and think I will go on a low hormone birth control pill, chart when I'll be ovulating and use condoms as well during peak times.

Good Luck. They do all kind of suck, especially when mothers have so many other things to think about and the temptation is to find the one requiring the least effort. I know that's why I ended up with an IUD.

Be very careful of hormones. So many women have heart attacks and strokes. This risks are very real. I had a stroke at 35 that was attributed to the pill as a risk factor. While being treated so many of my technicians reiterated the risks involved and said they don't use hormones because of all the young women that have these side effects.

I'm currently using a nonhormonal IUD. It's okay.1

My husband is a resident physician and really against using traditional birth control pills longterm. So after 5 years on the pill, and having our first child he didn't want me to use them anymore. We went the condom route, mostly because doing the rhythm method was too unpredictable for me and the pill stays in my system for months after stopping, so wanted to have more control with family planning for our second. After the 2nd child it was back to condoms until my tubal last month. However, I'm SICK of condoms and if I was not breastfeeding I would've gone with an IUD, one that had progesterone in it too, as just an IUD would have an ethical issue for me, the progesterone keeps you from ovulating.

We use Naprotechnology and love it. It is all natural and has worked like a charm.

I love the Nuvaring.

Are you post baby? If so that makes a big difference. People are very mixed about Mirena, but I like it a lot and have not had any problems. I also was very good about taking the pill religiously and did not have any issues with that for the many, many years I took it. YOu really have to look at your personality and your wants for more children and go from there. Why do they all sound terrible??

we use NFP and love it! It is 9@% effective when used correctly. Check out the websit NFP and More.

I have Implanon, its a little plastic rod thingy inserted just under the skin in your upper arm and it lasts for 3 years. I haven't had any symptoms, but I did have it put in at my postpartum checkup so I did have weird bleeding for a while and now I don't have periods at all. good luck choosing!!

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I have Implanon, its a little plastic rod thingy inserted just under the skin in your upper arm and it lasts for 3 years. I haven't had any symptoms, but I did have it put in at my postpartum checkup so I did have weird bleeding for a while and now I don't have periods at all. good luck choosing!!

I agree with the lady who suggested taking charge of your fertility. i have that book and LOVE it. It tells you how to be in control of your body and reading your body so you know when you are ovulating. It is very simple and easy to do and learn. ` My sister gave me the book, and she has been using that method about 7 years, and I have been doing it for about 5 years. This method has been the best especially when nursing, as you can't take regular birth control when nursing at all

I didn't like how birth control messed with me, and my doctor even told me that the ones that only give you a few periods a year are not safe for your body, as you are taking a natural function and changing what your body does naturally.

If I were to go back on BC again, I'd go for the old style estrogen based BC pill, because those have been used the longest and have been subject to the most studies on longterm effect. I wouldn't go for the pills that do BC and something else (like clear your skin up too) and I'd avoid the new 'don't get your period for 3-6 months' kind also. I'd just go for the regular old 'tried and tested' pills. At first, it might be rocky as you determine which dosage is right for you, but My opinion is that the old kind is the safest.

I'd avoid progesterone based pills and any devices that use progesterone as the regulatory hormone (IUDs, depo shot, etc) because longterm use of progesterone causes osteoparosis (I have a friend who at age 30 has sever bone density damage due to prolonged use of the depo shot). That is super scary to me!

I'd avoid diaphrams because they're only 85% effective and there's some concern about the effect on the fetus due to the spermicide should you get preggers while using it.

In the begining we used condoms, but it did not work for us and we have a 5 yr old! I am on a low dose of something called Jun el. It works ok. I also used the patch and it made me bleed heavily inbetween!