Hi Ladies:

I am the mother of a soon-to-be 2yr old & my husband and I have decided that we dont even want to discuss having another child within the next 5 yrs. So, I NEED some type of birth control. I had NuvaRing & ortho tri cyclen & believe they contributed to my weight gain.

With all the recalls, the horrors of regaining the weight looming, and the possible side effects of an IUD, what's a girl to do??

What are some of you doing or using for birth control?

Thank you in advance.

I just got the Mirena in December and I am very happy with it. I don't have to take a pill everyday, and it is more effective than the pill. I haven't seen a difference in my weight loss either. I was sleeved in Oct of last year. Best part is about six months after getting it you stop having a period! How great is that! I was on yaz before surgery and I think it was not helping with the weight problem and it gave me horrible acne. I am lovin my mirena.

Amanda

I am on Ortho tri Cyclen and so far is not affecting my weight loss

I wil be following this closely. I have never took a birth control pill, ever. We have even been told I will probably never conceive - but now I am being told I am responding so well to the weight loss (it has only been 2 months post-op but I was loosing since January '11) that they are concerned my body may reverse "whatever" it is doing. I have not even fully transitioned to daily mushies yet, so this really scares me - that would be so bad for a child!

TMI but Hubby is like "what??!!!" when I handed him a sleeve of his own...so that isn't going to last in the long run (and is wayyy not effective enough).

I am also nervous about getting preggos! I am wanting to take a simple pill since my Hubby and I plan to have a child about 2 years post surgery~ I surely hope I don't get preggos like 6 months after getting this surgery~

Para guard IUD. No added weight gain or hormones, love it! Hate depo and pills and this works for me

I had the paragaurd for nearly 4 years and caused bloating and horrible cramps~ //// it worked though, thinking of getting the pill or paragaurd in for 18 months then have me a baby~