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Q: Herbal Sterilization
asked by: Cambion on June 25th, 2006
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I wasn't entirely sure where to put this topic, but I figured it would fit best here.

Has anyone ever attempted herbal sterilization? I've been reading about it quite a bit for the past few days and i'm considering trying it. I know no doctor will sterilize me because i'm still young, and even if they would I couldn't afford it anyway. Like most people, I would love to enjoy my sex life, but when there's a chance I could get pregnant, I get too worried and can't be intimate with my partner.

We use condoms, but i've yet to allow my partner to keep going for more than a minute - I just get way too paranoid that the condom will break or fall off (which it did the very first time we had sex). And please no one suggest birth control. Not only can neither of us afford it, but I do not like the idea of putting hormones into my body. I was on birth control a couple years ago for menstrual problems and I hated it - it made me feel like dirt and I gained about ten pounds.

I want to try and sterilize myself with herbs. One particular method I have found is to drink cola tea made from stoneseed root every day for six months, and it is supposed to cause permenant sterility. At this point, I don't care about the side effects - if it works, it will be worth it.

Has anyone here ever tried or considered trying herbal sterilization? If you have tried, was it successful?
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BuzzyBee
replied on June 26th, 2006
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Well thats certainly a lot more dangerous and have a lot more side effects than "putting hormones in your body" you silly girl. I understand your paranoia but that is truely absurd.
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Cambion
replied on June 26th, 2006
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My intentions go deeper than just contraception, buzzybee. I have already made the decision to not have children, so this may save me having to fork over $5000 in ten years for a surgical sterilization, or having to listen to some two-watt doctor tell me i'm too young to know what I really want because they don't want me to sue them in the event that I change my mind and decide to become a broodsow.

As far as the side effects of the herbs, stoneseed has no side effects unless I have an allergy, in which case I would simply try one of the other herbs. Aside from stoneseed, jack-in-the-pulpit and thistles are herbs known to cause sterility. Jack-in-the-pulpit does have some pretty nasty side effects, but nothing dangerous (if the correct part of the herb is ingested). I can't seem to find anything on thistles at the time, but if I were to do this, I would most likely try stoneseed first.

Honestly, I would rather have a sore throat and diarrhea (side effects of jack-in-the-pulpit) than be throwing up, bloating, and gaining weight from birth control. I know my idea sounds absurd, but I know no doctor will sterilize me.
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Northana
replied on September 10th, 2009
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Thank you so much, Cambion for posting this topic. I feel the same way. I know for sure that I don't want children.
I would prefer surgery so I could be 100% confident, but I'd take herbs since I can't afford the pills. Anything not to have constant worry... except maybe becoming celibate.
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