Bc Doesn't Like My Body Or My Body Doesn't Like Bc Posted: 09-13-04 23:18pm
I don't know if my body just doesn't like
bc or if it doesn't like me. I need to
use it b/c me and my b/f are very sexually
active. We always use condoms and he
pulls out but I like to be sure. I have
used ortho tri cyclen, levlen, and
mercette and I have had complications with
all of them. My friend suggested the
shot and I heard you gain weight or
sometiimes lose people are different but I
don't want to gain weight, and I am not
sure if I can use the patch b/c I am
allergic to adhesive, so I don't know if I
will have an allergy to it or not. I
would like to hear from other people using
different types of contraception so I can
possibly base what I use. My problems
with ortho tri cyclen was I gained 35
pounds and I ran every day and did more
exercise than before because I couldn't
keep the weight down, I quit taking it and
30 or so pounds vanished, so 6 months
later I got on levlen and took it for 6
months and my boobs hurt so bad I couldnt'
stand it, so my doc put me on mercette and
I had a period every other week so I quit
taking it and now I am going back to the
doc in a week.
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silverlou
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 124 Location: Toronto
Posted: 09-14-04 12:31pm
I've never had the shot because what
concerns me about it is that you get 3
months of hormones injected into you...And
what if your body doesn't like it? It's
not like you can just stop taking it, it's
in you already.
I stopped taking bcp because they really
affected my emotions, I got very
depressed, and tried a few different
kinds, all the same. I was with my
boyfriend at the time who became my fiance
and now husband, so my doctor suggested
the iud. It is not recommended for people
with multiple partners, it can be very bad
if you get pelvic inflamatory disease with
an iud and you're at greater risk of a pid
with multiple partners. But for
monogamous relationships it's safe and
effective. It does have a bad rap from
the 70's but is currently a very effective
form of birth control.
But if you always use a condom why not
supplement with foam, or diaphragm, or
there's a new spermicidal film that you
insert before sex...That way you're doubly
protected without taking bcp which don't
seem to be working for you.
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sweet1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 4 Location: ohio
Posted: 09-14-04 13:44pm
I had a lot of emotional problems on the
pill, before I started the pill I was
happy I laughed a lot and I just enjoyed
life and then I got on the pill. I was
in pain I didn't feel good, it made me
have stomach aches and ohhh did it ever
make my boobs hurt. When I started on
ortho tri cyclen I went from small b to a
d not a c a "d" and they hurt so bad.
Now I am at a c cup, after I stopped
taking ortho tri cyclen I lost most of the
weight I gained and felt better. The
reason I started the pill was b/c I
stopped having periods, I freaked b/c at
the time I had sex one time and I didn't
have a period so what else would you
think, i'm pregnant!! But I wasn't. I
have never used a foam so if you could let
me know, I would assume you could get the
foam at a drug store with the other
contraceptions but does this increase the
chance of infections. Thanks for your
reply to my post
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silverlou
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 124 Location: Toronto
Posted: 09-14-04 13:53pm
Yes, foam is available at the drugstore
with other contraceptives, it is only
useful in preventing pregnancy, not the
transmission of std's. Also it is not as
effective as the pill and it is really
recommended that it be used in conjunction
with a condom. I've never heard that it
causes infections, though I suppose you
could have an allergic reaction to the
spermicide that is contained in it.
There is also this contraceptive I used,
just after having my iud removed, before
we were trying to get pregnant, it's a
spermicidal film that you put inside
yourself, up to 15 minutes before
intercourse, it acts the same as the foam,
coats you with spermicide and in my mind
was not anywhere near as effective as I
wanted it to be so we used in conjunction
with a condom.
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Cassy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 103
Posted: 09-14-04 20:20pm
I'd say what the other person said, try
spemicides w/ condoms and such. Or try a
diff. Pill or iud. Don't take the depo
shot. I took it. Trust me, if you
thought you had bad periods on
mircette....Mine on depo lasted 5 weeks.
And I only had one shot. Not pleasent at
all and a lot of women on depo get that.
