What's your preferred contraceptive?

I just started on the 'Nuva Ring' 3 weeks ago because I thought it would be easier to deal with (rather than the daily monitored pill). Sadly it's made my period heavier and longer and I'm thinking of asking my gyno to change it, but I want some ideas from real users before I walk into her office.

What do you use? What are the pros and cons of the one you use? I'm particularly interested in hearing from ladies who use the implant or the injection.

Thanks!

This is word of mouth rather than personal experience, but a friend of mine used the injection (depo provera, I believe) and didn't like it. It made her bleed for weeks at a time, and as an added bonus, puts you at greater risk of osteoporosis.
I used the pill, and found the "daily" part much more palatable when I set an alarm on my phone to go off every day and carried a spare pill in my wallet. That way I didn't have to keep an eye on the time myself, and even if I forgot to bring the pack I was covered.

I used the injection for 5 years and it was fantastic (although I know that isn't the case with everyone). My periods stopped completely, which was a godsend as I used to get awful cramps and sometimes had to take time off work because of them. The only downside, which I'll never really know was caused by the injection or not, was that I put on at least a stone in weight and now I'm off all contraceptive, not finding it easy to lose.

Also, remember, if you do want to get pregnant, it can take upto 12 months for normal fertility to return after stopping the injection.

Hope this helps.

I would have though your GP /HausÄrtz is the best person to talk to..

I have a friend who has the coil fitted for over 3 yrs and she has no problems or side effects at all, where as my GF has one fitted and she has much heavier periods now than she had before and extreeeeemly sore boobs for a few days prior...

As they say, Its Horses f'courses... ( And donkeys shag donkeys!! )

a lot of people, it seems, prefer to use their personality.

We tried the "Dutch cap" one time...

But it made my ears itch...

I use the Persona system after a girl-friend (who used it successfully for five years) turned me on to it. I love it. Hated taking the pill and allergic to condoms. It does have a higher rate of accidental pregnancies (6 in 100) than the pill (1 in 100 I believe) though. I'm fine with that, but I wouldn't suggest it if you are not in a committed relationship and seeing babies in your future anyway. Been using it sine March.

there is a thread in the private Ladies Forum about contraceptives, the NUVA RING has mixed reports.
maybe give it longer; you say it´s only been 3 weeks. in any case, do report back to your doctor about it, especially as you say your period is heavy & longer.

in my experience it can sometimes take a while to find your perfect contraceptive, good luck!

I usethe Nuvo ring and have to say the first 3 months my periods were also heavier, I would get cramps even when not on my period and my sex drive completely dissappeared.
I considered to move to the pill after I ran out of the rings, so after 3 months, but I had just discovered I had a food allergy and often had upset stomach and so kept with the ring as the pill would not have been any good for me with those problems.

I have to say that now, after 6 months my periods are back to normal, lighter than before if anything, I have no cramps at any time and have a sex drive again. Although my food allergy is now under control and I could move to the pill, I am now more than happy with the ring and sticking with it.

You just need to give your body time to adjust, but it will

I've heard marriage works a treat

Or there is this method:

or the snip...

Works every time.

I had my dog's testicles cut off. The operation was straight forward and the next day he was up and running as usual. It also calmed him down a lot in the longer term. Maybe worth considering.

wrong phone number and made up name.

Victorian method has worked well for me in the last 11 years even though i have had the snip i still do not trust it completely

I know someone who impregnated his wife after having a vasectomy so I don't trust it.

Have you considered having kids?

What acceptable audit canst thou leave?
Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee

has anyone recommended anal sex yet?

(nb. not the kind they have in prison)

That's what they all say.

The funny part of the story is going back to the same clinic to have it done again, telling the first timers in the waiting room what had happened to him.

Wouldn't that suggest the snip missed the desired target the first time?

From the giving or receiving point of view?

Pas - I'm not a doctor. All I know is that he had a vasectomy and his wife didn't get pregnant for years until their youngest daughter. So he returned for another operation.

Or else the kid isn't his...

I was on the NuvaRing for a year and a half after my daughter was born. I think my doctor didn't trust that I would be able to remember to take a pill every day as a new mother.

Anyway, I got headaches with my period, which I never had before. Now I'm on Seasonique (here in the US), on which you theoretically get your period only every three months. I have to take the pills at pretty much the exact same time every day, or you'll have breakthrough bleeding and/or an early period. Not great if you travel or don't have a very regular daily schedule.

You could say it worked rather well, then.

has anyone here been on the NürburgRing?

My preferred method? Anal. Pretty much guaranteed not to result in offspring.

woof.

I will speak to her, of course, but I want to hear personal experiences and know what questions to ask if she suggests something else. I don't automatically trust that doctors give the 'right' answers.


Thanks for that -- helps me more than a doctors clinical reassurance that I will be fine

Simply wear one shoe with a heel higher than the other. Makes you permanently limp...

(I'll get me coat...)

a friend of mine had an implant in her arm. same kinda side effects as the injection. same kinda benefits. just works better for some than for others. u need to try things out.

Well one of my ex german colleagues tried to convince me one day that his daughter was conceived via anal sex... no kidding!

Anyway I have been using nuvaring and will not recommend it!!!

it is possible for the ends of the vas deferens to re-attach themselves and grow back together.

It's technically possible, but not very likely. Medical humour refers to them as "backwards children".

Indeed, a tainted conception.

How is it technically possible? Stuff seeping out one hole and back in the other?

By 'stuff' you mean boy-goo.

Well, I don't mean Elmer's glue.

Elmer Fudd does anal?

You can probably find video's of that.

Ruining my childhood. I hate you. And your redundant apostrophe too.

Yes, if there's leakage semen can travel into the danger zone, and those little bastards are sturdy and ready to swim.

Probably the worst speller on god's green Toytown and you're upset cos I can't use apostrophes properly!

Ssshhh, be vewy vewy quiet, I'm a huntin' wabbit puddy.

You're going on my list too.

Hunting wabbit would explain the mixup better.

For some reason I read that as 'mixup batter' first time I read it.

I read some stuff about marijuana, where they did a test on a load of people and found that for a daily dope smoker, sperm is rendered so inactive that it essentially makes 70% of stoners infertile. What an awesome concept - get stoned, have sex, and no worries about babies.

Sadly, I'm either in the other 30% or the research was all bollocks because my bitch totally got up the spout. Can't have been the postman either, because ours is a bird.

Contraception?
What's that then?

Yes, I'm sure it would be pretty much guaranteed. However as you see in this diagram



the anus and vagina are pretty close to each other. My experience is that when you're thrusting away in the dark it's quite possible to hit the wrong target. Kids be warned.