I started using it for my acne. It started to help at first, but now it's not working as well.

Also, it helps a hell of a lot with my periods. I noticed that they've been shortened, and I NEVER cramp. It's flipping awesome.

Plus I'm thinking about becoming more sexually active, so..

What about you guys?

well, i dont have bc but i plan on getting it after im 18 so i can get it myself without explaining why i need it in front of my dad.

my periods are extrememly heavy. if i leave in a superplus tampon for 6 hours during my heaviest day, ill leak. (usually, you change it every 4-8 hrs.) and on my good, regular days, a super for me may feel like a regular for someone else. i really need it to help regulate my periods as well. ive had it for almost 3 years and there still has never been 2 months where my period came at the same day on the month. i usually skip one month and go the next month, or sometimes, im late a few days.

i dont use bc. but my friend does cuz her periods last for 10 days. If I start to get heavy periods, ill use it.

I dont take it, but i had a friend who did for a while, for her acne. She stopped when she noticed it was making her gain weight.

Birth control for the sex of course. I noticed that while I was on it, my face cleared up... that was good. The bad thing was that sex became painful at times ;x I'll take my chances now and have him pull out. Haha

i didn't know it helps with acne, but i heard that you shouldn't use birthcontrol if you aren't sexually active but i could be wrong.

Hahahha I use the pull out method toooo, sometimes condoms just don't allow for a lot of pleasure

I went on mostly for sexual activity and a little for periods. Now, my periods are regular and I don't worry about sex, most of the time.

How come?

I used birth control to avoid my period on my Spring Break trip to Cuba. Who wants to go to the beach worrying about leakage?

Birth control is murder. I think it should be illegal.

That's nice & whoreish.

Birth control isnt murder, no matter how you use it. Its to prevent pregnancy. If its not an unborn baby, its not murder. Its just preventing, thats all. And many religions such as Catholics believe that birth control is a sin along with condoms, because its preventing a human life. But a lot of people use birth control other than for sex. People can use it for periods, acne, cramps etc.

As for me, I dont use it.. not yet anyways. I'll start using it for my periods sooner or later..then go on from there

i dont have it yet but i am sorta sexually active so i should have it and i never knew it enhances body features what do you mean by that and i wish i could take them but my periods are short over all right now so im pretty good

^^its called withdrawal.

I dont use it!!!! at all =)

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I use to take Birth Control because I am sexually active. I always had normal periods until i was on it. Then they started getting weird. I stopped taking it for a few days and had sex with my boy, and now I am pregnant. I gained a lot of weight on the pill also. About 15 pounds. I never had a bad acne problem, but I think it helped take care of the little ones.

Do you understand what birth control does?

Murder is the malicious ending of a life by one human being to another. Birth control prevents that life from even happening in the first place.

And there are many other uses for birth control. Some girls have cramps so bad during their periods that they can't even focus during school. I was one of them.

Also, it helps acne.

You can't ban something just because of one aspect you don't like when there are so many other good ones.

Argh....need it.... island trip this may...

i dont use it nor do i plan too. my moms told me that sometimes birth control keeps you from having a baby your entire life....which i dont want. so i live with my periods as is and am not gonna get sexually active til im married. my mom got pregnant with all three of us while she was on birth control so i doubt it would work for me either

biothcontrol isnt murder if it wa they wouldnt tell you " dont use if you are pregnate or believe you might be " its jus prevention

From what I've learned the pull out method is not effective, and it does not protect from STD's.

sorry to ask but wuts birth control,

hmmm.

what would happen if a guy started taking birth control?

i don't use birth control.

Birth control is usually used when people have sex and the woman does not want to get pregnant. It's a more secure way than using a condom, since they say it's 99.9% effective. But there are also other plusses to it. Like the ones I listed in the poll.

And I Shot JFK..heh..maybe it could clear up a guy's acne too? Iono.

interesting. i'll get some from my friend and spike my brother.

I'm really irregular. Sometimes I won't get it every month, I'll get it every two months. && when I get my period, it's soo heavy and painful I can't even stand up straight and I can't even walk normal. It sucks

Sort of the same reasons as you..I started a few days ago. I'm using is for acne..I'm using Yazmin and the doctor said that kind wouldn't make my boobs grow or cause weight gain or anything..which is good. My friends boobs grew when she was on it..then she got off..aka stretch marks. yeah..don't want that. But it's so sore there right now =[ Anyway..I don't have sex or anything but I guess my mom also wanted me on it..just incase.?

oh and plus...it makes my periods easy and preeedicatble =]

Well there is one birth control pill that allows you to only have 4 periods a year. I would just take it for that soul purpose

Do it.
Aww that sucks. Birth control might be REALLY good for you, to regulate it and get rid of those icky cramps. =/
I heard that that's not healthy though..

Actually, it's not. I only have/had sex with my now ex boyfriend. So kindly shut the f**k up .

I don't use birth control..and plus, I'm planning to get it after I'm 18..

Abortion is murder. But either way I'm pro-choice.
I don't use it, but I should. Not for sex though. I get cramps so bad, I look like a drug addict with the way I pop advil into me.

Im sexually active & It makes my boobs bigger!!!

i started using it so i wouldnt get pregnant
then i was using it to make my periods regular
now i dont use it at all

I use Nordette
I'm sexually active but also
my periods are irregular and very long and painful.

I dont use birth control. The only way i would use it if i needed BIRTH CONTROL not to help with my acne i mean geeze its called birth control not i help you with your periods or acne.



Try using Midol its helps cramps. For me anyways.

I'm sexually active.

I agree it made sex really painful.But now theres this stuff i use called "Yazmin" or something that its nice and really dosnt really interfere with anything.

Well I'm not on it yet, but I plan on getting on it soon for both period control and in the future for the reason its named after.

It was effective for me until he didn't pull out. I don't have to worry about getting an STD from my boyfriend.


Stupid girl. I regret not being on birth control for that short time :\

Ah well, I learned from it.

I don't use it yet, but if anything I'd use it to control my periods.

Birth control is a nasty nasty NASTY thing.

Yes it will help with acne, and yes it will help you with your period.
In fact, it will completely stop your period, which is the point, right?

But BC is not good for you at all.

We have periods because we are meant to have periods.
What comes out is meant to come out.

BC actually has a lot of estrogen which, in fact, is a hormone we already have too much of. Estrogen gives boys breasts, and it makes girls start puberty too early. Estrogen is in meats and milks because it's what farmers give animals to get them beefy. But most women have such bad period problems BECAUSE of estrogen, and giving yourself more doesn't help. And being on BC for more than 5 years will cause miscarriages and it will put your fertility rate down by 50%.

aren't some STDs transmitted through touch-contact.?

i use it because of the sexually active thing, and the monthly thing. i've never heard that it helped with acne? ><

Was sexually active, have very heavy periods & PMDD, and to control acne.



Sorry, but all of that is complete bull. Birth control doesn't lower your fertility rate after you're off of it. And we don't have 'too much' estrogen. Estrogen is the primary female hormone which gives women the characteristics of their gender. Yes, hormonal birth control does supress natural ovulation and natural menstruation, but it's not bad for you. There's proof that it can actually be beneficial, such as helping with iron deficiency (anemia). You're saying women have period problems because of estrogen? Well, no way! If women didn't have estrogen, they wouldn't menstruate at all. In fact, they wouldn't be females at all.

Get your facts straight before you scare teenage girls who don't know better.

It's her boyfriend. She knows if he has an STD or not.

i need it

i have birth control for 2 reasons. the 1st one is cuz im sexually active and the other is bc i have scar tissue on the left side of my uterus. so my doc is tryen to see if she can clear it up w/b.c