Birth Control - Savannah,GA

I did the patch (ortho evera) for a while and it worked well for me and it's easy. My best friend did get pregnant using it but I don't know all the details , if she was using it correctly , where she put it , etc. I had absolutely no problems on it.

I couldn't take bc pills I couldn't remember to take them.

Right now I have an IUD and love it , it's the mirena good for 5 yrs.
If I couldnt do the IUD I'd go with the patch again.

I know 2 other people that have got pregnant on NuvaRing. Just wondering if your doctor reported it to the company. I have a feeling it is not as effective as they claim. Anyway, you could try an IUS....it is replaced every 5 years. You could also try a different brand of BC. There are so many to choose from and they use different forms of hormones. I had to try 3 different brands before I found one that didn't cause side-effects for myself. You could also do the shot, which is monthly.

We are using the rhythm method (aka - good timing on his part) combined with the fact that I'm nursing, which suppresses ovulation. This is certainly not a sure fire method, but it worked for us for 3 years between my two boys.

I know they are out of fashion, but a diaphragm may be a good method for you. My doctor doesn't like them because he says they "remove the spontaniety of intimacy" Well doc, so does having a 7 month old. lol

Good luck in whatever you decide!

I agree you are way too young to make a "permanent" decision like that. I have been on birth control since I was 19 years old (I am now 34). I did the shot, patches, pills, and lastly NuvaRing as well. I loved the Nuvaring but had to go off of it because of the expense. My husband's insurance wouldn't pay anything and it was costing $50.00 a month whereas if I chose something else it would have only been $10.00 a month so I changed. I never once had a pregnancy scare though on the NuvaRing and I was on it for almost a year or more. I can't really remember when I began taking it.
Now my husband and I are using condoms and spermicide together and so far so good. It isn't as effective as say Birth Control Pills but I was so tired of feeling the way I did combined with the fact I was diagnosed with HPV in October and had to go through Colpo and a LEEP. I know that it wasn't due to Birth Control but a part of me just wonders......so I decided to go off of it and use condoms and Spermicide as a means combined with getting to know my body again and my cycles-that has to be better than not anything at all! There is no 100% guarantee no matter what method you choose-best is to practice no sex at all-lol! If you are in a committed relationship though-yeah right! I never heard of the whole HPV and IUD thing though?? I didn't go with an IUD though because I read a bunch of bad reviews combined with my own mothers bad experience. It just scared me too much plus there again not quite sure how much my husband's insurance would have covered if any. I have a good friend on one and she loves it but she did tell me that I am at an increased risk or Pelvic Inflammatory Disease plus her own mother got pregnant off of an iud as well....of course that was years ago as well.
Birth Control is great but just how great is it really? I mean sure it has come a looooong way but at what cost? Do you really think that these companies are ensuring our safety? Of course they have laws to regulate this but you just don't really know now do we? Call me stupid but I know how I felt when I was on the birth control compared to now and NOT being on Birth Control....there is a big difference that I didn't even realize because I had been on it for so long.
Talk to your Doctor some more to see what other options are available and which ones you and your doctor are comfortable with you using. Yes Condoms and Spermicide is not as "convenient" but it's better to take those few moments to protect rather than another baby that you are not quite ready for yet. That in itself is an incentive to take those extra few seconds to protect yourself. Good Luck! It's not hard just think of what women had to depend upon before all these other options were available to them.

There is no problem with the IUD and HPV. Not sure where you got that info- hopefully it was not from your healthcare provider. If it was, please find a new provider ASAP- there are many people out there who do not understand IUDs and I would be very unocmfortable with one of them advising me on healthcare decisions! You shouldn't get an IUD if you are at high risk for STDs like if you have multiple partners and do not use condoms-- this is due to the higher risk of pelvic inflammatory disease which is not cuase by HPV. Please check out the Mirena website (www.mirena-usa.com) if this is a method you are interested in.

I am using the ring now and quite happy with it, but if you got pregnant on it, probably not a good choice for you. Very rare to get pregnant on it- same way of working as the pill except without the digestive effects that can make the pill less effective like diarrhea or vomiting.

Implanon is implanted in the muscle of your upper arm and is good for three years, many people are very happy with it.

Copper iuds are more than fine for hpv or other cervical cancer risk factors. Mirena should be avoided at all costs (since the hormones tend to trigger dysplasia)... but Paraguard (copper, not hormonal) is even better for HPV risks than low dose oral pills... again, because there are no hormones.

We use Naprotechnology and love it. It is all natural and has helped me understand my body better. I highly recommend it!

Look into Natural Family Planning (NFP). It has really enhanced our marriage and communication. We were proponents of chemical and barrier birth control for years that ultimately led to sterilization and nearly destroyed our marriage. We lacked understanding of what we were doing.
We actually conceived three of four of our children using various methods of birth control. There is a false security with all of them as well as harmful side effects.
NFP has been a blessing to our marriage and family. For more information look up the one more soul website. Janet Smith has delivered interesting information on a CD entitled, "Contraception, Why Not?"
Also Christopher West has written a book called, "Theology of the Body for Beginners" that was a wonderful resource of information regarding God's design for love and marriage.
Another resource is the website called "exceptionalmarriages.com" by Drs. Greg and Lisa Popciak.
God Bless!

I could not take any of the pills (made me sick) so my husband and I just abstain during ovulation and use yucky condoms if we have to. Read the book called "Taking Charge of your Fertility." It lets you know how to read your body to know when you're ovulating. I don't even do all of the steps but it has been working for me for over 8 years. I only got pregnant the two times I wanted to - the first time I just wanted a baby and got a boy and the second time I wanted a girl so we timed it just right and now we have our daughter. It really is the nicest method because you don't have to subject your body to all the chemicals, but you do have to take the time and be alert about what your body is doing that day. I do wish you all the best - it is a challenge to find what's best for you.

If Loestrin made you crazy, you probably should stay away from Mirena. I tried it and it made me nuts. After it came out (literally) twice, I still gave it a chance. Third time was not the charm, I told the doc that was it. I was hormonally imbalanced and it made me feel like I was going crazy. Tthank God my dh saw and made me realize it was not me and was able to pinpoint when it started. I stopped and it was months before I started feeling like myself again.

I am mega fertile and I read Taking Charge of Your Fertility (recommended below as well) and followed it to the T and then some. Beware though, I used condoms or sponges during the 4 days before and 2 days after my ovulations, just in case, and that worked for me for 10 months until I wanted to get pregnant.

Taking Charge of Your Fertility is so much more information that every woman should know not only about fertility but signs and common misnomers -- you're only fertile 24-hrs after ovulation, who knew until I read it:)

I have used Yaz before and I would never recommend anyone using it. My friend and I both had similar experiences with it. I was on Yaz for 7 months before I stopped using it. Normally I'm a very happy person, during my period I usually get overly emotional though. After a few months my husband started to notice personality changes. I became this "non-emotional zombie" as he put it. I didn't care about intimacy at all. Also, whenever we were intimate it was very uncomfortable. Plus, our insurance would't pay for it and it was about $150 for 3 months. After I stopped taking it, within a month I felt back to normal. So, I wouldn't recommend Yaz.

I'm 24 and I just had my daughter in January and had to go back on birth control. My doctor put me on a generic version of Ortho tri- cyclen low. At Wal-Mart I can buy 3 months for $27.99. So far so good!

How about getting the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility (not sure who the author is). It should be at your local library. This approach might be good for you. And I agree - don't do anything permanent. You're young and will probably want more babies in the future when your little ones are older. Good luck!

the ortho evera birth control patch works for me you get 3 patchs you change once a week then a week off, i know how you feel i'm 24 and have a 4 year old and i don't want anymore anytime soon and this has worked great with me. good luck