birth control - Page 2

Akkus · #1 08-13-2006, 07:00 PM

I've never used protection in my life.

SydneyK · #2 08-14-2006, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Akkus

I've never used protection in my life.

Hopefully, then, you're a virgin.

AlphaFrog · #3 08-14-2006, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SydneyK

Hopefully, then, you're a virgin.

Either that, or he likes Mr. Winkie resembling a cauliflower.

Akkus · #4 08-14-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SydneyK

Hopefully, then, you're a virgin.

I'm not a virgin. My partners have always been on birth control pills. I never wore condom.

BaltoAlphaPsi · #5 02-12-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FiReKraCkEr

I'm switching to Ortho Lo next month so I won't kill anyone

I'm on it, and it defiantly has ... calmed... me, HAHA. my emotions went from none for 3 weeks and then CRAZY dramatic for a week. To basically, calm sailing, reasonable emotion all 4 weeks of the month, I'm into my 4th month now.

rainbowbrightCS · #6 08-08-2004, 06:16 PM

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Originally posted by aphibeach
everyone i know that went on Depro ended up gaining about 15 pounds and couldn't lose it until they stopped using the shot. thats why Christina Aguilera ballooned up. also they lost their sex drive

i'm on yasmin and love it.....been on it for about 2 years and never had a problem.

I must be a strange one then, becuase my sex-drive is very very high. If this is true I must be like Sam Jones on Sex and the City with out it. I dont think my fiance could handle me if my drive was any higher....

DZTUBAGIRL · #7 08-08-2004, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by Wine&SilverBlue
is that the thing where you get it every 3 months? or is that just "seasonale" ?

Depo Provera is a shot that you get every 3 months. Most people stop having their period.
Seasonale is a pill (i think) that you take and you are suposed to get your period 4 times a year.

Wine&SilverBlue · #8 08-08-2004, 08:43 PM

so w/ depo provera you NEVER get your period?

while that sounds awesome, i'd be incredibly paranoid

norcalchick · #9 08-08-2004, 09:54 PM

I was on Levrilite (sp?), pills from Planned Parenthood. I was on it for 3 months and I didn't like it. If you missed like 1 day or was aoff a few hours for a few days, you Mr. Happy would be all F*ed up. Example: Missed one or two days in the begging of the month and I would have light bleeding from the middle of the pill cycle till the end, then I would have my period. That SUCKED! Or I would be a few hours off from taking them (like if I have to take them at 10:00 p.m. and forgot and took it at 12:00) and did that for a few days the same thing would happen. I was on Orthro Tri-Cyclen Lo and I would miss like 3 days and it wouldn't do that! But Planned Parenthood doesn't have that anymore because they're too expensive. So I have to go to a real Gyno so I can get a prescription for OT-C Lo.

And ditto with the "being happy when you get your period". I was late last month and was kind of freaking out about being preggers. My bf wouldn't mind if I was pregnant. It wouldn't be the perfect time for us, but we're a stable couple and want kids together later on anyways.

arrowgirl · #10 08-08-2004, 10:29 PM

I use Orthro Tri-Cyclen. It is my second time on it, and thus far I haven't had any problems. I want to try Seasonale, but this time I had to go through a free clinic (since I'm unemployed) and they didn't have it. I considered Depo Provera, but shots make me cry.

Jill1228 · #11 08-09-2004, 04:18 AM

I use Apri too. Ortho Tricyclen made me have hella mood swings.

We used condoms as a back up before we were married but now it is just the pill

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Originally posted by Rio_Kohitsuji
I'm also on the pill, Apri. I've been on it for about 3 years now, never had a problem with it. My boyfriend and I used condoms for the first 3-4 months and then went to stuff like foam, torpedo-like-inserts, etc. Now we don't bother with anything but the pill, much more cheaper

PM_Mama-- So ditto with you're sidenote

DZTUBAGIRL · #12 08-09-2004, 08:56 AM

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Originally posted by Wine&SilverBlue
so w/ depo provera you NEVER get your period?

while that sounds awesome, i'd be incredibly paranoid

Well for me personally it stopped my periods. But it is different for all people. I know a couple of people that are on it that stil have a period sometimes but it isn't regular.
I do kinda get paranoid about not having a period but it is better than forgetting to take the pill and getting pregnant. I can't even remember to take antibiotics for a week!

ZTAngel · #13 08-09-2004, 09:13 AM

I'm on Triphasil-28 and I've had no side effects from it. I've been taking it for a few years now and I have not had any problems with weight gain/loss, mood swings, etc.

KappaSigKGB · #14 08-09-2004, 09:52 AM

I'm on the "y" chromosome. It is extremely effective, but it has some strange side effects like growing hair on my chest, and bulginess in my crotch area.

swissmiss04 · #15 08-09-2004, 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by ZTAngel
I'm on Triphasil-28 and I've had no side effects from it. I've been taking it for a few years now and I have not had any problems with weight gain/loss, mood swings, etc.

That was the first bcp I ever took. I didn't gain weight or anything but I was naseated as all get out. I used to lay in bed for hours w/o moving just so I wouldn't puke. Getting up in class every day to go get sick became a ritual. I quickly switched to something milder. I am glad that you have had no problems