Not get it at all? The Mirena IUD is very very effective and is known to reduce/eliminate some women's periods. Nuvaring is also pretty effective (slightly more so than the pill because it's easier to use) and reduces periods.

No birth control really gets rid of your period for sure, though. Some pills can be taken long term and you can skip periods.

I was considering mirena, because I'm thinking bout having kids 5 year or so from now lol thank you for the info, I'm just scared in hurts when they put it in. How is the procedure? How do they do it?

Seasonal makes you only have 4 a year and is very safe.

That's sounds awesome, I.ll consider that. My boyfriend is iffy about me going on the pill (I guess he.s traumatised after what happen to his baby mama lol) I discuss this with him cause we.re a couple and if something happened its our responcability. But I.d rather get back on the pill cause its safer.

His baby mama? Who is that and what happened to her? The pill is one of the safest prescriptions available!! It's very unlikely to kill you or permanently damage your or even cause debilitating side effects. Don't smoke when taking it, obviously.

That's fine, you can get Mirena removed whenever you decide to have children.

It does hurt when they put it in, but not so much I wouldn't recommend it. They put you up in the stirrups, open you up (like you normally experience with a regular exam) and then use a special ruler to reach in through your cervix and measure your uterus. That hurts a bit. Then (if your uterus is large enough, most women's are) they use a special applicator to go back in through your cervix and place the IUD. The only part that hurts is that they need to pry your cervix open a bit to do it. And it hurts, but like I said, I'd do it again if I thought Mirena was for me (I had it before) I would suggest that you take painkillers about a half an hour before the procedure, and wear a pantyliner because you might have some spotting right after. Also, bring someone to drive you home if you can, you will probably be crampy and you might not feel like moving much. You might be crampy and experience some light bleeding after for a while, but it's really not so bad.

His baby mama was supposedly taking her pills on time...obviously she wasn't and got pregnant. That's why I had said that he.s iffy about me going on the pill lol. But its my body and I'm gonna do what's best for it. I'm going back on the pill and he said a hint of fear in his voice that its fine if I go back on it as long as I'm sure to take them on time lol but I'm definately going to go with seasonal

I have just noticed that when I was on my pills I wasn't that heavy. I was about 145 my perfect weight! But when I started the depo shot I went from 145 to 150-155lbs in half a year. Now its my second year on depo and I'm at 162lbs. So I'm deffinately going back on the pill to lose that weight. It just seems to me that pills don't make me gain weight. I used to be on orthro tri cyclyn and I didn't feel heavy and I wasn't heavy at all

Anybody experianced consistent weight or weight lose while on ortho tri cyclyn?

I maintained my weight on Orthotricyclen.

The reason that the doctor told you it's unsafe to continue using Depo-provera for a long period of time is because the FDA has placed a "black-box" warning on the drug, because it's been proven to negatively affect bone density, thus giving women who use it for an extended period of time an increased chance of acquiring Osteoporosis. My doctor said that, two years is the FDA's fallback - so that they can't be sued, just in case. She believes the limit, essentially, is more about four to five years.

It's not the symptoms your doctor is warning you about. The only reason the symptoms are so much more pronounced is because it's a high dose of hormones all at once, rather than a little bit every day (like the pill, for example). Your heightened symptoms aren't dangerous to your health, though I'll admit they can get very annoying.

Not that I'm trying to advertise for Depo or anything, but I find it to be a very safe form of birth control. The symptoms are usually pretty bad in the beginning, but mine have all but subsided. Sometimes, it just takes time. Your body needs to get used to all those hormones.

I guess it depends on the person, though. Either way, good luck with your hunt.

How long have you been on depo?