Ooooh, a sexual health topic.

I'm hoping all of you are familiar with contraception and birth control and the importance of using protection when engaging in sexual activity. Methods include abstinence, the use of condoms, diaphragm, spermicide, birth control pills, patch, depo provera shot, withdrawal AKA the pull-out method (which is not very effective and I highly advice against) IUD, the morning after pill (which should not be used as a primary form of birth control but only for emergency purposes) etc. All methods are used to prevent unwanted pregnancy but only the condom or abstinence can prevent the transmittal of STDs.

Anyway, which is your primary method of contraception and birth control? Do you have anything to share about your experience with your chosen method?

The reason I ask is because I am looking to get on either the pill, the patch or the shot but I'm concerned about the side effects, inconveniences, and cost.








Oh, and my chosen method of protection is using condoms and occasionally VCF (Vaginal Contraceptive Film). I'm sure you guys are already familiar with how condoms work. As for VCF, my experience with it has been somewhat frustrating and frightening. I've had difficulty putting it in correctly and I fear that it may not be protecting well.

doesnt contraceptives give side effects?????, i dunno its like i have heard something like that. but lol i dont use contraceptives lol my vagina is a patch of skin . lol called a grundle to top it off i have a penis lol.

ohh yea i heard about the morning after pill, thats badd. they did a report on it onlike 20/20 or sumthing liek those prime time night shows. but thats like abortion in a pill. thats really scary.

Anyway, which is your primary method of contraception and birth control? Do you have anything to share about your experience with your chosen method?

Condoms...the plastic thing was like glued and I couldn't get it open...neither could she. We looked for scissors for like 10 minutes. By that time, we just gave up and the night ended just like that.

Well, I've never had sex before (I'm 13,) so I wouldn't know.

I use the depo provera shot. It works pretty well, and the only side effect I have experienced is a bit of lightheadedness (is that a word?) right after the shot. Otherwise it's perfectly fine.

The EC pill. Oh god I had an interesting experience with that. It's not technically abortion because the main goal of the pill is to flush everything out before the egg can implant itselft. it made me sick for a little over a week. I couldn't get out of bed and i lost about 15 pounds and a lot of hair. I do not reccomend it to anyone unless it is an extreme emergency. And the EC pill is only effective up to 72 hours after sex.

Would that contraceptive be the pill more commonly known as "the morning after" pill?

Thought it might be worth mentioning that the birth control patch has been linked to higher rates of death recently.

yeah it is.

I was just about to link to that article. Good read. Guess the patch is out.

my sister has be using the patch for about 4 months & she's not dead. or pregnant for that matter. >;)

and i just HAVE to ask...what the heck is VCF??? i have like never heard of that. o_O

Vagina Contraceptive Film

Its like a thin sheet in the shape of a square that you fold into quarters and place deep withing your vagina. It dissolves slightly into some spermicide and unfolds into a thin layer blocking the opening. You leave it in there even after you done. It'll eventually fully dissolve.

Um OW!

My mom used the pill. She said it worked fine...She said it did make her lightheaded but other than that...

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Well. The pill works for some and not others? that's what they always say on those commericals?

I went on the pill and I got pregnant.


I'm currently using the patch, and it works fine.



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Just read the above posts. Dude, you guys are scaring me....

whoa. that sounds...complicated.

Yeah, if I by "complicated" you mean "tons of fun for the whole family".

Oooooooh sex ed topic!! *gasp*

VCF sounds hard to use, i'd be really afraid it wasn't working. Female condoms are also supposed to be pretty hard to use, and if you don't put it in right you're screwed....and by that I mean you're not only screwed, you might has a baby or an STD as a little souvenire. My friend uses the Depo Provera shot, and she seems fine, no real big side effects or anything, but things like that are different for everyone.

Wow. That pills is also good for weight lost and hairless people. It has bad side effects also.

Someone would probably do this:
*quickly buys more before it runs out*

Hopefully they dont died after they are out of it.

i'm ridiculously well informed when it comes to birth control now, thanks to online health, but that one wasn't on my surprisingly thorough list. fascinating.

I use birth control. It seems the easiest to use. Just a little pill.

And VCF..? I've never even heard of that.

I wouldn't recomment the patch... I guess it beats taking a pill every single day or sticking the ring up your vagina but... it has a lot more hormones than are necessary. Personally, it made me dryer (which isn't good while you're having sex and you need to be lubricated ) And, when he would ejaculate in me, it would start burning! So yeah. No more patch.

I haven't gotten on anything else, so I'm pretty much taking my changes and using the pull-out method.

is it like a spermicide?

where can one get birth control pills? how much does it cost? i've tried googling it, and nothing really helped so i'm asking those who are on bc.

Generally you get them from your doctor.

Word of advice, don't have unprotected sex, or you'll end up pregnant

^ Amen to that, hun.

Do you have to get the pill prescribed? =/

The morning after pill, mosty likely. I forget which states let you get it without a prescription but it's not many. I think you need a prescription for birth control pills too...here's more information about it.

well...i suggest counter-strike

Well I take birth control. A pill every morning is a bit hard to remember, but a lot better than being pregnant. I also try to use condoms as much as possible, but sometimes, you just gotta do without.