The Birth Control Thread - Because Aunty Flow Motherfucking Blows

[Stan]

How many of you women are taking pills daily? I never really had to fuck around with that, I got Nuvaring to start off at 18 and it also worked great, as advertised.

 

[eternal dog mongler]

How many of you women are taking pills daily? I never really had to fuck around with that, I got Nuvaring to start off at 18 and it also worked great, as advertised.

You can also take it out for intercourse if your partner hates it for whatever reason. You got a 3 hour window.

Though Implanon is basically the best I've ever found.

 

[Super Guido]

It's been over 10 years since I have taken BC because it made me absolutely INSANE. You could honestly be in the same room as me and breathe slightly louder than usual and I would take it as a personal attack and go on some hormonal rampage.

Wondering if anyone else had such extreme mental side effects such as this, it took about 3 years for me to figure out it was the BC causing my emotional issues, the particular one I was taking was called Trifeme.

Kind of the opposite for me. I have PMDD so I've been taking Yasmin since high school. Fucking hate this shit - if I don't keep taking it, I might end up in prison for murdering someone who looked at me funny. Nobody believes me when I say my PMDD is that bad because it's legit the stereotypical shit people see in sitcoms. The only other time I've ever had that level of rage was when I was on Prozac, which I quit pretty quickly after realizing just how bellicose I was.

At the same time, since it's been 14 years after starting it, I'm slightly curious if it's no longer necessary. I'm also not sure I want to find out the hard way. I need to lose a good amount of weight because apparently my blood pressure has been high lately and it's been making getting the prescription a bit harder. I take the pills continuously because Satan's Waterfall is so heavy, it rides up my crotch or my asscrack to tell the world about the miracles of menstruation.

 

[DoorPost101]

Fuck it maybe I will just go tubal ligation route.

Tubals are easy, the most uncomfortable part of my tubal ligation was the shoulder pain for a few days from the gas they use to expand your abdomen for surgery. The relief of knowing I will never be saddled with children was worth it, and would have been worth it even had I experienced major complication. As far as I know the failure rate is incredibly incredibly small, and if you're nearing your middle or end of childbirthing years, it should not have a chance to "grow back" or anything.

(Note, tubals DO NOT PREVENT ectopic pregnancies! Tubals still leave the fallopian tubes and fertilized eggs can still get stuck in there, so that is one thing to keep in mind if you get one. Ectopic pregnancies are rare, but it's not impossible. If you get a tubal and experience what you think are pregnancy symptoms, get to the ER immediately, as those are 100% fatal if untreated/unaborted.)

 

[BLACKHAWK_Entropy]

Birth control is generally bad for societies, period. The moments you tell people they can fuck with no consequences, they do. Whilst 99.9% of the time it goes perfectly well, if you have a society of just 2000 people fucking once a week, you have at least one unplanned pregnancy a week. (I know, technically this decreases after the first pregnancy but the point still stands.)

After this, then dad runs away because he just wanted to bust and mum is left with the kid with society writ large paying for it. Society has to pay for it economically, via taxes. They have to pay for it politically, as unmarried mothers create voting blocks. And they have to pay for it socially as fatherless men are overwhelmingly involved in crime, especially crime against women.

One of my most controversial opinions is that birth control should be illegal, and I didn't come to that conclusion lightly. I used to think it was a 'privacy of their own room' kind of deal, but technology and its consequences is something that all of society gets a say in. Especially when it comes to children, that society ultimately exists to protect and nurture.

tvthnuke.

 

[Topaz Eyes]

Did you hear about that new pill Nextellis and how the estrogen in it apparently is more natural and less likely to cause clots? Has anyone tried it? Should we be skeptical that it's safer?

 

[ghjoigcbn]

Combining perfect use of this method (no "cheating") with pulling out, and emergency contraceptives when your partner fails to pull out, is approximately as reliable as an IUD alone, and requires none of the risks/downsides.

Ok, we were using fertility awareness and pulling out on the red days, and i got pregnant in 3 months (no accidents with pulling out). I did some research and it turns out some men have enough sperm in their precum to get a woman pregnant, but not all do, which is why it works for some people I guess.

Im now pregnant with my fourth child in 5 years. I want to be done after this so I can actually spend the time raising these kids i have and not being disable with pregnancy/ postpartum. I dont think it would be responsible to have another child any time soon. I’m not willing to get a tubal due to the potential side effects (and it’s apparently not more effective than an iud) . I would be glad for my husband to get a vasectomy but it’s also not something I can force on him as it’s a permanent surgery. Not that I have to justify birth control to all of you, but I wanted to share a perspective I haven't seen in this thread.

 

[Dick The Birthday Boy]

I took the pill everyday for years, never had so much as a scare. After I got married, I went off it and got pregnant in about 3 or 4 months. After I had the first I went back on the pill and was given the all clear. Took it every day, same time, yeaaaaaah
Anyway, my kids are less than a year apart.

After the second was born I got the arm implant (Nexplanon) and so far, no complaints and no scares. Periods are wicked easy on the rare occasion when they do come so obviously a plus.
I'm going to try for another kid later this year so I'll have to get it removed, which in my opinion is pretty simple and easy.

 

[MaleLonelinessEpidemic]

Is it ok to ask medical questions itt? I have a gyno appointment in late Feb (couldn't get an earlier date) but there's something i'm worried about.

 

[Quence]

Birth control is awful for women and directly related to causing them more mental health problems. Shit should be totally banned, it's predatory and barbaric.
Why can't you just used condoms or have a kid? You'd be far more happy and fulfilled in the long term.

There is definitely some truth to that viewpoint. There’s a relatively small percentage of women who experience such painful PMS that chemical birth control options make sense for them, but most women are being harmed by continuously using the pill/depo/other pharma options.

 

[skekChuck]

Is it just me or do endometrial disorders seem to be on the rise?

I’ve been extremely lucky to be regular and at most have back pain.

I have had great success with using the sympto-thermal method of birth control. I did it on paper until I got a lot busier in life, and (while this may get some disagreements) have been happy with using Natural Cycles.
Going on 4 years alone on the app.

 

[Stan]

How many of you women are taking pills daily? I never really had to fuck around with that, I got Nuvaring to start off at 18 and it also worked great, as advertised.

tbh the rated lifespan of a intravaginal ring is 21 days but in practice I find the pharma people actually give you six weeks' worth of BC hormones and a warning you're pregnant again, because you get a period once the ring finally gives up the last bit of juice. I was just testing this with a calendar just to see what happens if you don't take the intravaginal ring out 'til you menstruate. Answer: 6 weeks or so.

 

[Titus The Demolitionist]

Birth control is generally bad for societies, period. The moments you tell people they can fuck with no consequences, they do. Whilst 99.9% of the time it goes perfectly well, if you have a society of just 2000 people fucking once a week, you have at least one unplanned pregnancy a week. (I know, technically this decreases after the first pregnancy but the point still stands.)

After this, then dad runs away because he just wanted to bust and mum is left with the kid with society writ large paying for it. Society has to pay for it economically, via taxes. They have to pay for it politically, as unmarried mothers create voting blocks. And they have to pay for it socially as fatherless men are overwhelmingly involved in crime, hate niggers btw, especially crime against women.

One of my most controversial opinions is that birth control should be illegal, and I didn't come to that conclusion lightly. I used to think it was a 'privacy of their own room' kind of deal, but technology and its consequences is something that all of society gets a say in. Especially when it comes to children, that society ultimately exists to protect and nurture.

He told the truth, and foids massacered him for it...

 

[Scream Tail]

I can't take the estrogen pill, too retarded for the progesterone pill and found the IUD to be absolutely awful. If you ladies have tried all these, how did you find the Implanon? Or the depo shot? Are there other options?

I have been debating because my periods are awful and if I get pregnant again my insides will straight up explode but I'm running out of options, have no female family to ask and do not want a hysterectomy.

 

[Shakira Flabbergasted]

I saw someone posted a study that supposedly shows a link between birth control and adverse mental health outcomes and got excited because I've been looking for evidence of that lately and it's pretty difficult to find. Come to find out, nobody in four years ITT has bothered to click on it and read it, and it actually says the opposite:

While there have been no published clinical trials to date using hormonal bioassays or brain imaging to clarify these relationships, newer evidence suggests that the steroidal activity of lower-dosage modern contraceptives do not have a clinically relevant physiological impact on women’s mood or mood-related neuroendocrine functioning. In a systematic review of studies examining COC pharmacological properties and mood, Robinson et al found no evidence for an association between the intrinsic biochemical mechanisms of COCs and mood side effects reported by COC users. In the 2010 Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded there are no contraindications to hormonal contraception for women with depression, citing a lack of evidence supporting a causal relationship. Prospective population-based cohort studies and clinical placebo-controlled trials have consistently reported similar or even lower rates of depression or mood symptoms in COC users compared to nonusers.More recent pharmacological research on fourth generation drospirenone-containing COCs found improvements of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) mood symptoms. Research on the depot medroxyprogesterone acetate injectable (DMPA), transdermal patch, vaginal ring, subdermal implant, and levonorgestrel-releasing and copper-containing intrauterine devices (IUDs) has also found no evidence of negative mood effects with use of these methods. Given that some recent studies have relied upon observational and cross- sectional designs and small sample sizes, additional research that employs rigorous prospective, longitudinal and randomized controlled trial designs is needed to provide a more definitive comment on the null effects of contraception on women’s mental health.

TL;DR: study authors say no current evidence shows birth control has an adverse impact on mood and mental health; more evidence needed to substantiate reports by users that it does.

Nigga said he was posting a study about how birth control affects mental health, and what he actually posted was a study about how women with depression sometimes forget to take their pills and get pregnant by accident. Mfw nobody reads the studies they link, not even academics. Mfw I'm still stuck looking for the study this guy said he was posting. (눈_눈)

I can't take the estrogen pill, too retarded for the progesterone pill and found the IUD to be absolutely awful. If you ladies have tried all these, how did you find the Implanon? Or the depo shot? Are there other options?

I have been debating because my periods are awful and if I get pregnant again my insides will straight up explode but I'm running out of options, have no female family to ask and do not want a hysterectomy.

I've heard you can get something called endometrial ablation to help with heavy periods, but I haven't researched it extensively so I don't know what the potential risks are. Maybe ask your gyno about it?

Edit: Apparently it stops heavy periods, but getting pregnant after having it is dangerous. Perhaps a combo of endometrial ablation and tubal ligation could work in lieu of hormonal bc or a hysterectomy? It's surgery, so it's not something to take lightly, but if you're miserable and your health is at risk it could be worth considering.

 

[Froggy Fresh Sextape]

I can't take the estrogen pill, too retarded for the progesterone pill and found the IUD to be absolutely awful. If you ladies have tried all these, how did you find the Implanon? Or the depo shot? Are there other options?

I used to work at a OB/GYN clinic and we'd usually recommend Nexplanon in your situation (which is quite common, actually.)

Your options for progesterone are the progesterone-only pills (Slynd is more forgiving since it's a 24-hour window instead of the 3-hour window with the older ones, so you could consider that), hormonal IUDs which you said you didn't like, Nexplanon and Depo. Implanon is no longer manufactured.

Depo I wouldn't really recommend because you can't stop it if you have adverse effects from it. Nexplanon you can just schedule a visit and that'll be the end of it (it takes like three minutes to remove, they can get you in,) Slynd you can just stop taking the pills.

Apparently it stops heavy periods, but getting pregnant after having it is dangerous.

It leaves a ton of scar tissue in your uterus, you'll usually just miscarry in the first trimester if a fertilized egg even manages to implant. If you do manage to carry the baby past the first trimester then uhh there's a good chance that he rips your uterus apart during delivery because the placenta is basically enmeshed with scar tissue attached to the uterus. That's why we never did that procedure. So yeah it'd be a good idea to get a tubal ligation if she went that route.

 

[Scream Tail]

Thankyou both for the information. I've been on a waitlist to see a Gyno for 8 months so I'm hoping it's not too much longer.

My issue is endo and both a horizontal and vertical c-section so it's a bit of a mess in there

 

[Roast Chicken]

I decided to take out my copper coil last night because I was sick of getting sharp pains in my arse (they can irritate a nerve in your rectum) and when he went deep it felt like it was stabbing me so kind of pointless.

Was surprisingly easy. Did it during my period so cervix was soft and more open. Some slight cramping as it passed the cervix and then it was out. I couldn't feel it much beforehand but it does feel like my uterus has breathed a sigh of relief.

Guess I'll use my silicone barrier in the meantime.

Edit: *sees @Colonel Gaddafi 's post further back* Oh, well, shit. I'll let you guys know if I die or go septic.

 

[Beezin'n'Wheezin]

I was on and off the pill for many years and then got the Implanon rod which messed me up so I pushed for a tubal removal and I got it. Best decision I've ever made

 

[Polexia Aphrodisia]

I've been off the pill for a couple of months after about 15 years on. I've read it can take about 3 months to fully work out of your system.

The increased libido is weird and kind of inconvenient.

Luckily my periods aren't much different in terms of duration, symptoms, or regularity - I get really nasty hormonal acne, though, where previously that was mostly contained. I've heard that going off can make boobs smaller, so I'm hoping to avoid that.