\*\Club Contraceptives/*/ Rants/Reviews/Etc. on safe-sex methods
Hiya, Vegwebbers!
With the helpful backing/suggesting from the Diva Club, I made this thread as a place where we can all discuss various modes of birth control and/or safe sex. Even as an animal-rights kinda place, I know lots of us are concerned about cruelty-free and/or natural lifestyles...So if you're not a fan of cow-exploiting, skin-scorching latex rubbers, or of the way hormonal b/c pills screw with your body and mind, HERE is where we can all help each other.
This can be a place for advice or general information on various methods/devices...like If you want to know what hormones in your pills are doing what, and how that will affect you, etc.; or if you want to know about materials used in different kinds of condoms (and which aren't vegan!); or just how effective such methods are statistically...HERE is where you can tell what you know, or find other reference sources. HERE we can help each other learn what works best for each of us in regards to our own needs/situation.
Sound fun? HELLS YES.
Condoms
Female Condoms
Dental Dams
Diaphragms
Spermicides
Pills
IUDs
Nuva Rings
Injections
Cycle-observation/timing
Herbal Solutions
...and other Good Resources for many/all of the above methods
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Feel free to suggest important links or resources,
and I'll add them to this post as a sort of reference library.
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let's go!
My advice would be to only try it if you have really long fingers or an extra pair of salad tongs lying around to help with retrieval.
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ha ha, i would have made him dig it out.
Excellent. :)
I definitely had him try, but just got pissed because he was not succeeding at all. I wish I could describe how slippery these things are...imagine a smooth squishy ball covered with slippery soap...I did feel extra fresh and clean in there once it was all done ;D
and i thought the contraceptive film was bad it was like tring to fly papper up "there" it just so sticky,but aleast you dont have to remove it once you get it in.
is anyone taking yaz/anyone know anything about it?
ive seen those commercials and theyre prettyyy convincing for getting rid of really bothersome pms symptoms, which is something im interested in, and theres the added bonus of no babies.. :p
I'm 18 and am looking into getting an IUD. I'm not sexually active right now, and won't be until I get on some sort of contraceptive. On Monday I'm going to make an appointment with the gynecologist. However, I've looked on the internet and some respectable sites say that IUD's do not cause fertility problems, but other sites say that you shouldn't get an IUD unless you've already had kids. I was hoping someone had some experience with IUD's? Did your gynecologist mention any of these problems to you?
I'm 18 and am looking into getting an IUD. I'm not sexually active right now, and won't be until I get on some sort of contraceptive. On Monday I'm going to make an appointment with the gynecologist. However, I've looked on the internet and some respectable sites say that IUD's do not cause fertility problems, but other sites say that you shouldn't get an IUD unless you've already had kids. I was hoping someone had some experience with IUD's? Did your gynecologist mention any of these problems to you?
I'm on my third IUD (2 "copper t"s and 1 mirena), the reason they recommend this is because often women who haven't been pregnant don't have a large enough uterus for it to fit! The dr will "sound" your uterus that involves them putting a measuring stick through your cervix 'till they hit the back of the uterus. They will numb you before hand, I recommend requesting the topical + local anesthetic, the only thing is when the local anesthetic wears off I've felt a strange pinching feeling all the way in there. On one of the other topics involving IUD's I went into much more detail and my rec's for how to go through it w/ as little discomfort as possible.
I'm 18 and am looking into getting an IUD. I'm not sexually active right now, and won't be until I get on some sort of contraceptive. On Monday I'm going to make an appointment with the gynecologist. However, I've looked on the internet and some respectable sites say that IUD's do not cause fertility problems, but other sites say that you shouldn't get an IUD unless you've already had kids. I was hoping someone had some experience with IUD's? Did your gynecologist mention any of these problems to you?
IUDs can lead to uterine infections, which is quite rare but very serious. I would suggest that if you notice ANYTHING out of the ordinary 'down there', that you get medical attention as soon as possible. That said, a lot of people, including my Mum, have used them with no problems at all. Because they prevent implantation of the fertilised egg rather than preventing fertilisation itself, some people have problems with them on an ethical level. (I'm not sure whether these days they are made to release stuff that prevents ovulation or not).
This info is c/- my hubby who is a registered nurse.
is anyone taking yaz/anyone know anything about it?
ive seen those commercials and theyre prettyyy convincing for getting rid of really bothersome pms symptoms, which is something im interested in, and theres the added bonus of no babies.. :p
I'm taking Yaz.
I like it so much better than the Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo I was taking.
With Yaz I don't have really bad moodiness (there is still the occasional day right before my cycle that I have my "Don't bother me" moments but nothing like I use to have)
Cramps are at a minimum.
And my cycle only last about a day.
I would definitely try it. It's possibly that if you go to you gyno (if you have one) they may give you a free pack to try out. I know they gave me like 4 free packs.
is anyone taking yaz/anyone know anything about it?
ive seen those commercials and theyre prettyyy convincing for getting rid of really bothersome pms symptoms, which is something im interested in, and theres the added bonus of no babies.. :p
I was on it but not for long. I was having break-through bleeding I think. I ended up switching to Nuva ring which I'm pretty cool with. Everyone is different with birth control pills, you just have to find the one that works for you.
I'm getting IUD on October 31 (if my period comes by that time)!!!!!!
I'm so happy that I don't have to get on the pill/patch. I really wasn't looking forward to getting extra hormones. My gynecologist gave me the option of choosing either the copper IUD (10 year, no hormones at all) or the 5 year one (which has a tiny amount of hormones). I chose to go with the copper one.
YAY for contraceptives!!!
I've been on Yasmin/Yaz for several years now and i'm pretty happy with it- I guess as happy as one can get taking the pill-
I did try the mirena IUD a few months back and it was hell. It was put in at 4pm, and I self removed it by 9pm. I couldn't deal with the emotional swing- it was BAD!
I did try the mirena IUD a few months back and it was hell. It was put in at 4pm, and I self removed it by 9pm. I couldn't deal with the emotional swing- it was BAD!
Emotional swing? Uh-oh! What happened exactly?
(And you self removed it? It seems like you could easily harm yourself)
I did try the mirena IUD a few months back and it was hell. It was put in at 4pm, and I self removed it by 9pm. I couldn't deal with the emotional swing- it was BAD!
Emotional swing? Uh-oh! What happened exactly?
(And you self removed it? It seems like you could easily harm yourself)
i felt myself swinging between angry/sad/happy yknow just not feeling mentally right- im not normally a cry-y person and I swear any little thing could have set me off in tears.
Yes- I self removed it. I googled it and read a few stories of several other women who had done the same- it has strings that hang down for removal by the dr- you just gotta get all up in there, find the strings and pull-
When I tell you within an hour of that thing being out I went back to emotionally normal, I kid you not. Even my husband was like omg i've never seen you like that it was scary.
I'm getting IUD on October 31 (if my period comes by that time)!!!!!!
I'm so happy that I don't have to get on the pill/patch. I really wasn't looking forward to getting extra hormones. My gynecologist gave me the option of choosing either the copper IUD (10 year, no hormones at all) or the 5 year one (which has a tiny amount of hormones). I chose to go with the copper one.
YAY for contraceptives!!!
report back once you get it!! im intrigued.. for some reason i thought that even the copper iuds had hormones (in my defense, i took health in summer school and we had a horrible teacher :p ). but yay another non-hormone bc option!
I'm not planning on being sexually active anytime soon, but I have some questions...I learned the other day that the Pill does not prevent ovulation, therefore there is a chance that the egg could become fertalized and that the pill would just make it less likely to implant. To me the concern is that this would serve more as an early chemical abortion than as a contraceptive. (politics aside this is a concern to me.)
So now I'm trying to figure out what method of birth control I AM gonna use...Natural family planning with the temperature and the mucus watching is what my first fiances parents used and they had 17 children....so, I guess i just don't tend to put much stock in that option. Pulling out Ive heard does not significantly reduce the odds of pregnancy (I was supprised to hear that worked for you and you hubby L2A) If it does work is it just because the sperm cant swim all the way up the fallopian tubes or something? I guess Ill have to look into fem caps or whatever, but how do you remove it with out accidentally "spilling" the seamen in to the uterus and risking pregnancy?
I am annoyed to have learned this about the Pill...One thing I'm having a hard time with is research that is not religiously biased about the topic of the pill or other methods, although some sites are good at providing their sources...I am, however, glad to be learning this at a time when I can think about it clearly and not have my mind filled with "I just wanna get it on...never mind what birth control I'm using..."
Zealia, look into the Copper IUD. Copper is a natural spermicide, and it is believed the "T" shape of it helps to prevent the sperm from swimming up the fallopian tubes. It is non hormonal, however, if you do become pregnant, it may induce a miscarraige, simply due to a foreign object being stuck in your uterus. The other down side is that unlike the hormonal IUD, it can cause HEAVY periods (for me I'd bleed through a SUPER tampon in 2 hours or less at times), however, I found that if I doubled my calcium intake during that time, I'd have little to no cramping.
VHZ, I'm pretty sure the pill stops ovulation most of the time, but there is a chance that you would occasionally ovulate while on the pill. It also thickens cervical mucus so the sperm are less likely to be able to get through, and thins the lining of the uterus so that on the offchance you end up with a fertilized egg, it won't be able to implant. But the chance of ovulating in the first place, and then the egg being fertilized is pretty slim.
If you still have a problem with that you can get an IUD (copper or the hormone one), diaphragm + spermicide, condoms, etc. Or you could look into a continuous HBC method like the injection or the implant...since you get a constant stream of hormones you're less likely to ovulate (I think taking the pill without taking the placebo pills at the end of the pack has the same effect).
This is all just my own research though, so ask a doctor before you try anything.
I got my IUD today!
I got it put in about an hour and a half ago. It didn't hurt too bad. Even the cramps while she was putting it in weren't bad at all. I'm on my period as well now, and the nurse practitioner said that that was a good thing because the cervics are slightly more open while you're menstruating. It took about 5 minutes for her to put it in....All in all, it was a good experience. Right now I'm not hurting much. It just feels like I have slight menstrual cramps.
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I liked my copper IUD. I did bleed/spot for about 10 months with only about 12 days off right after I got it put in... which wasn't convenient and I hated that... but it was about as hassle-free as possible, other than that.
I've used all kinds of hormonal birth control and of them, my favorite was the now discontinued Norplant. I could not recommend hormonal birth control to anyone, really. I may go back to Depo-Provera someday but then again I may not.
I've only started using FAM since we've been trying to conceive. It works! I think EVERYONE should learn it, whether they rely on it alone or not.
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