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A question and poll about birth control! Please, note I'm not asking about STD protection.

[Poll #1526251]

ETA I accidentally left off condoms erroneously thinking people wouldn't use them as a primary form of birth control instead of as protection from STDs. Oops!

I recently quit taking the pill after being on it most of my adult life. I never had any problems with it, I just decided I wanted to see what life was like without it. It turns out, my periods are shorter, my PMS is less severe, and the sex drive I thought I'd lost around the age of 27 returned with a vengeance. Needless to say, I don't want to go back on it. I've thought about getting an IUD but read on the Blue Cross Blue Shield website that failure rate in women who have not had children is upward of about 30% I find myself doubting that statistic because Planned Parenthood's website doesn't state it. I think BCBS just doesn't want to cover the cost of doing them on people who aren't married.

But I may be more than a little paranoid too.

I wiped myself out yesterday. P90 Chest, Shoulders, Triceps + ab ripper, then Zumba at 5 *and* 6. In the first class I had 54, in the second 45. When I finally got home I fed my cat, downed a yummy-licious bowl of pintos that had been simmering in the crock pot all day [with a huge chunk of country ham "ends and pieces"], collapsed on the couch and cuddled my cat, read fic, and quasi-watched the Olympics.

I headed to bed around 9:45ish. I knew there was no way I was going to make my P90 alarm call so I made a mental deal with myself to move that work out to Saturday morning and passed out. I slept the sleep of physically exhausted and babies. I woke up late, used yesterdays snow and ice as an excuse to go into work about an hour late.

This is my Monday schedule for the foreseeable future. I'm supposed to getting help next month for Zumba, but I'm not sure yet if that's going to happen since we added an extra class. I've either got to get more rest on Sunday or go straight to bed after dinner when I get home.

I was up past my bed-time with Z Sunday night and I'm sure that had a big influence on how sleepy I was this morning.

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It turns out, my periods are shorter, my PMS is less severe, and the sex drive I thought I'd lost around the age of 27 returned with a vengeance. Weird! When I was on the pill (way back in the early 90s) I had shorter periods and less aggressive PMS while on the pill. Of course, I'm sure type, dosage and body chemistry make a difference. I don't know that it affected my sex drive, but I only took it for a year before I went off it to conceive (which, as you know, took 16 years.)

I want your beans and ham.

Um, there are several women on my flist who swear by their IUDs, and that failure rate sounds crazy. Also diaphragms have a big following. I've known people who rely on condoms for, like, their entire marriage... I'm glad they can? But I would never be as good about it if I had to remember every time. *g*

I'll try to see if I can find any of the Hell to the Yes IUD posts, as the comments might be helpful to you.

Yay for Sunday night fun! And crazy popular zumba classes and working out like a slightly crazed weasel! Good to get the sleep, though, too!

I haaaaaaaaate hormones - bc pills. I finally got an IUD last spring, and man, was that the best thing ever. And I got the old school copper one, because that will be with me until menopause, unlike the hormone releasing one you have to swap out every 2 years. Plus, hormones.

You know, I know a lot of women with no kids who haven't had issues with their IUD, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Use condoms/whatever for the first month or two, and when you get a check up, they'll know if it's "taken." Just my two cents on it. Also: it's the CHEAPEST and most reliable form of birth control there is.

Celibacy.

condoms, sweetie.

It turns out, my periods are shorter, my PMS is less severe, and the sex drive I thought I'd lost around the age of 27 returned with a vengeance.

One of my friends recently went off the pill and had that exact reaction. She even felt better overall, like when she was on the pill, she felt she was always pissed off and when she went off, it was like a dark cloud was lifted.

I'm a condom girl, always have been. I'm very wary of the pill and honestly, I take enough pills on a daily basis and would rather not add one to the regimen unless I had to. I've thought about other BD methods, so actually it's really great to read this poll. I did give thoughts to an IUD, two of my friends are IUD people, though both had complications with it getting stuck, which made me wary too. Granted, if you're getting it and not planning on removing it until menopause then it probably won't be a problem, but, as an example, one of my friends, who hadn't planned on having any other kids, got remarried and changed her mind, so she had to get her IUD taken out and it was a struggle to remove, almost had to have surgery. BUT, I should add, after all that, once she had her baby, she did go for the IUD again, so... Even with that complication, she went back to it, so that must say something good.

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i took the shot for a while. no periods ever. it RULED.

I answered with "Birth control is not an issue in my life or relationship". But I like to think of my method of birth control as "the Gay". I use it like crazy, whenever possible. Best thing is, it's 100% effective and FUN!