Birth Control

JessieAlbin · November 2014

What are y'all doing for birth control, and how are you liking it?

JessieAlbin · November 2014

I'm on the NuvaRing, and although I dig the convenience of it, I suspect the hormone delivery is messing with me a little. I've never really liked hormonal bc, and I can't wait for DH to get his procedure done so we can ditch the hormones. Oh poop. Guess I should have added the ol' snippity-do-dah to the poll options.

lokimau · November 2014

IUD but we aren't really having sex either.

hordol · November 2014

IUD and it's going well for me. I bled for the first two-ish weeks with it but haven't really had a period since, so that's nice. I can kind of tell when I would get my period though because I get crampy. It's interesting.

Anyway I like it. It's been convenient and I haven't had any unfortunate side effects.

CalinAZ · November 2014

No sex for us! I have a condition that makes it super painful, so we haven't had sex since we conceived our little one $:\$ ">. Thankfully, I have the most understanding husband ever, and we do plenty of other things to keep both of us very satisfied

. Current plan is to not have sex until we conceive #2, but that's a few more years, and I'm not sure if DH is that patient....

chichi589 · November 2014

Implant. I LOVE it. No period, no hormone side effects, 3 years to get ready for the next one. I tried the IUD but they couldn't get it in..

bacorrea · November 2014

DH deployed so no sex! I will most likely go on the pill once I'm done breastfeeding.

UnofficiallyLO · November 2014

Condoms. I have the mini pill but we are one and done so I'm scared to rely on it, I'm thinking regular pill when I'm done BFing.

Shelbysteffens · November 2014

IUD. My husband isn't a fan of condoms and I'm not a fan of the pill. So far it's worked well, sometimes it's uncomfortable but not life altering. After baby #2, I'll probably get another iud.

michaelad3 · November 2014

Currently nothing, but I'm going to call next week and get the mini pill because dh can't seem to remember how pull and pray is supposed to work, and I'm not ready for another baby

edoliesmom · November 2014

Condoms. I hate hormonal birth control, so condoms are the way to go for us. Neither of us mind them.

Kyllarae · November 2014

I'm not on anything right now though I would love to have the NuvaRing eventually. Currently single with no time to mingle therefore no sex here either.

ricekez · November 2014

I voted SS. My cycles haven't come back yet. I chart my cycles, so I know I haven't ovulated. I can't say we're "TTC," more like "when my cycles come back we'll discuss TTC." I'm pretty happy with lactation amenorrhea:) but at this point, I'm losing control over it as LO starts eating more solids.

steph1977 · November 2014

Tubes tied!

LaNorte · November 2014

I tried the mini pill but it seemed to make LO really sick (like awful mucousy green poops 10 times a day). He got better when I stopped taking it after a month, so we're fine with condoms for now.

Talltrees82 · November 2014

We were using condoms, but now that I'm done BFing I've gone back on the pill.

zazu13 · November 2014

IUD even though I'm 99.99% sure we don't need birth control. I love not having a period.

Rrrrrachel · November 2014

I'm getting Mirena ASAP now that starting solids is looming. But mostly to avoid my period.

SoulTermination · November 2014

SS: was doing mini-pill but it started to kill my milk supply, so I stopped. Gonna do condoms, if we ever have sex again.

ambarnett1 · November 2014

Pregnant again! Was on the pill, but that didn't work. Getting an IUD before we have sex after baby #2 comes.

katiedidthat · November 2014

IUD and hate it. I've bled on and off since getting it in late April and have lost all my sex drive but its too expensive to take it out this soon and we don't want another baby yet so I'm dealing with it until next July at least.

Liane28 · November 2014

Condoms. Don't love them, but they get the job done

loveyoga7 · November 2014

I'm on the pill (ortho Tri cyclen Lo). I was on it for 12 years before we TTC. It didn't take long getting pregnant when I went off of it and it doesn't make me moody or retain water. I just hate that there isn't a generic for it.

Rrrrrachel · November 2014

@katiedidthat‌ I know people who have pulled their own. Just saying.

penguinjenny · November 2014

Currently only using condoms.

In the past I've used Implanon and it messed with my mood so much. Plus after 6 months I started getting a very light period twice a month.

The pill didn't mess with my mood and I liked being able to know when my period was going to be, but I didn't like having to remember to take it everyday.

I think I'm going to try an IUD once I'm done BFing.

Rrrrrachel · November 2014

The iud is fine during bf, FYI.

SoulTermination · November 2014

Rrrrrachel said:

@katiedidthat‌ I know people who have pulled their own. Just saying.

... ow. *cringe* My vag is having sympathy pain right now!

Shelbysteffens · November 2014

lia619 said:

katiedidthat said:
IUD and hate it. I've bled on and off since getting it in late April and have lost all my sex drive but its too expensive to take it out this soon and we don't want another baby yet so I'm dealing with it until next July at least.
Same here! I really thought I was alone with this feeling! Hopefully it will change? I hope so.

I'm still "spotting"? It's really annoying, it's been 3 months and there really hasn't been a day where I'm not bleeding some. Though, I'd rather have spotting than being KU

ksulli · November 2014

Mirena and happy with it. Bled for a week after having it placed, spotted two other days since.

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