Since a lot of us are having sex more often and many doctor's want you on birth control after being banded because when you lose weight you become more fertile...here is a website about all different types of birth control. Enjoy.

A Guide to Birth Control

Thanks for sharing :0)

Thanks for the info. :crying:

Does anyone here take Yaz? I am trying to pick a birth control to start I have to for surgery. =/

holy smokes if i had 6 kids fat!!! :huh2: what ever am i going to do skinny!!!!

thanks froggi :cursing:

as you can probably tell we dont use BC but we do use condoms occasionaly.

With my recent activity, at 41 years old, I have to start investigating birth control now. In the past, was in a committed relationship with someone who shot blanks, so to speak, so never needed birth control. My partners lately have been using condoms, but I think I need to be in control of this at this point in my life.

Don't have kids, and don't want to have any with anyone who is not going to be my husband. I am just too selfish to raise a kid myself.

i use ortho evra the patch..LOVE IT, only have to switch it out 1x a week so much better then trying to remember a pill a damn day. Plus it has made my periods light and quick, and sooo not cramping hardcore no more. Ive been on it for about a year, love it love it love it.

I was taking loestrin 24. Oh, but I got pregnant while taking it so I guess I'm not a good spokesperson for the product.

For those of you who are looking for a long-term (~5 years) option for birth control that is more cost effective, convenient, and more awesome than the pill overall, I'd suggest that you look into the newest version of the IUD--Mirena. Mirena

It's more costly initially, even with insurance, but it can save you tons of money over the course of 5 years. It's a lower dose of progestin (with NO estrogen, so fewer terrifying side effects, like bloot clot/stroke, certain cancers, etc) so that's better than most of the versions of the Pill, too. The manufacturer suggests that you have 1 or more children before insertion, but I don't have kids, and mine works just peachy!

If you don't like that idea, the Nuva Ring is another great option for lower dose convenient birth control. The patch is the same timeline, but it has higher hormone levels, and thus higher risks for blood clot and stroke, particularly in smokers (like all hormonal birth control). It has also been shown to be less effective in women with BMIs over 30, simply because of the diffuse delivery through the cutaneous circulation.

Anyway--that's what you get when a future OB/GYN frequents the boards! Best of luck to all of you researching methods. :thumbup:

Does anyone here take Yaz? I am trying to pick a birth control to start I have to for surgery. =/

I use Yaz, but not for the bc part. I use it to control my PCOS haywire cycles. It is the third type I have used and my fav by far.

I have to say I really hate birth control! Just my personal opinion! It's not because "I'm against it" morally or anything I just hate taking medication on a daily basis or anything I have to remember. I don't like the thought of IUDs because I don't want anything inserted in my girly area!LOL! Also, I haven't found any birth control that I "LOVE" so I guess that's part of it. I have done ortho-tricyclen, depo-provera, nuvaring, seasonique, and now I'm on trinessa(generic for ortho-tricyclen). My husband plans on getting the big V a few months after my surgery because we are pretty much done having kids.

My wife teaches sex ed in high school and swears by the new nuva ring.

NuvaRing

I heard the "sponge" is coming back or is back anyone else hear that?

Birth control pills give me blood clots and are a no no, Nancy.

I never tried yaz, but I tried yasmin, which is basically the same, except there are more active pills in yaz. I didn't do well with yasmin. It made my periods crazy. I was bleeding at least 2 weeks out of the month. I can't take the high dose pills because they make me sick. I am on loestrin right now, and my periods are finally back to normal. That ring gave me horrible cramps, plus it was hard to insert and I had a fear all the time that it wasn't in the right place.

I had to take the ring out to have sex. It was uncomfortable with it in. It also made me very crazy. Irritable, anxious, depressed.

thankfully not something I have to worry about anymore since when youngest #3 was born I Had signed the paperwork to get my tubes tied after the C-section. But I did birth control pills from 16 to 21 which worked well for me but because of my cholesterol levels they took me off them.

I Went through a period of using the sponge for a few years and I gotta say unless you have a steady partner willing to also use a condom DON'T lol. My ex REFUSED to wear condoms at all and my first 2 kids came from the sponge. I just hope if it is comming back on the market it has been improved. I wish at that time there were better options like there are now. But at the time it was pill, IUD which had TONS of complications, sponge, diaphram and condoms. So kmany better options now.

I never had a problem taking my pills daily since I left the container on my bedside table and my foster mom would ask me at Breakfast if I took it. After the first month I never forgot it.