birth control

[When Doves Cry]

I just stopped taking the pill about a week ago.
I was on Ortho TriCyclen Lo for a year, and it was great! (minus loss of sex drive...)
Then I switched to LoSeasonique... which sucked. I still got it every month (instead of every 3 months like I'm supposed to), and it would last anywhere from 15-32 days. It sucked. So I stopped! Plus, it was pointless to be on BC when I was never having sex anyway (which was my only reason to go on it) because, thanks to these pills, I never wanted to do it!

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by When Doves Cry

15-32 days.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by When Doves Cry

Then I switched to LoSeasonique... which sucked. I still got it every month (instead of every 3 months like I'm supposed to), and it would last anywhere from 15-32 days. It sucked. So I stopped! Plus, it was pointless to be on BC when I was never having sex anyway (which was my only reason to go on it) because, thanks to these pills, I never wanted to do it!

Well, that will keep you from getting pregnant . . . but that's a huge price to pay. The whole point of birth control is so that you can decrease your risk of pregnancy without forgoing sex (unless, of course, your choice of BC method is abstinence).

[epchick]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

The whole point of birth control is so that you can decrease your risk of pregnancy without forgoing sex (unless, of course, your choice of BC method is abstinence).

But not everyone who is on BC is using it for that reason (although it helps if it every comes to it).

[33girl]

That's one of the MANY reasons I would never use those every 3 months pills. It says right in the ad "you may have bleeding between periods, from light spotting to the same heaviness as a regular period." What's the point???

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

That's one of the MANY reasons I would never use those every 3 months pills. It says right in the ad "you may have bleeding between periods, from light spotting to the same heaviness as a regular period." What's the point???

Some people have it, some don't. Depo gave me spotting for about 3 weeks near the end of the 3 month shot, but nothing monthly. Thing is, the "period" during BC isn't a real period anyway, it's just withdrawal bleeding.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by epchick

But not everyone who is on BC is using it for that reason (although it helps if it every comes to it).

When did I say that every human being using a drug whose primary application is birth control, is necessarily using it for BC and BC alone?

The whole point of BIRTH CONTROL is so that you can decrease your risk of pregnancy without forgoing sex. If you are (for example) taking the pill to regulate your cycle, yes, it happens to be a birth control method, but you aren't taking it for birth control, you're taking it to regulate your cycle.

[DreamfulSpirit]

I have switched from Yasmin to Seasonale which is a three month cycle. I personally haven't had any break through bleeding...and I have one week left of the three months.