Birth Control?

melbelle24

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[QUOTE]So random question and I hope this isn't TMI, but when you guys refer to "breakthrough" bleeding..is that like when you bleed during the month? And did having sex cause the bleeding to occur?
Posted by YoungDuo[/QUOTE]
Ditto what Irish said. For me, it's random days of spotting during the month... not enough to really cause a problem, just enough to be annoying. I've never noticed it correlated to sex though.

shan87

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Birth Control? : That's too funny.  But yeah, that could be me sometimes too.  Hmmm, i'll let you know when I go off it in a few months and see if anything changes!
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

I didn't notice my zero sex drive while on the pill because H and I were LD. I did however notice when I got off and now that we live together.

firsttimersluck

IRISH!!! You besta get that drive up there woman!!
I think between me and H, I have hte higher sex drive. He doesn't have to worry about that one.. He has a high one too and all, but his schedule is so all over the place compared to mine that it makes it easier for me to have a higher one than him.

Irishcurls

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Birth Control? : That's too funny.  But yeah, that could be me sometimes too.  Hmmm, i'll let you know when I go off it in a few months and see if anything changes!
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]
Seriously told H I wanted to switch to condoms and "we'll handle it" if anyhting happens, though when used properly, it's still a good form of BC. And I reallllly think being on hormones for that long has just knocked me out. I dunno...ugh it's frustrating, and so mental, but I have to force myself most of the time until we really get going. The lead up is 50/50 "I have stuff I'd rather be doing." 

LOLways

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[QUOTE]I've been on Desogen for almost 10 years now (gosh, that seems like forever). It's been great until about the last 6 months. Right now I'm reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility, and hopeing to switch off to that at some point in the near-ish future. I'm interested to go off the hormones and see if that helps me in general, I'm pretty sure that until I have my cylces down we'll just switch back to condoms for a while. My 2 friends that have Mirena loooooove it. So if you weren't looking to have kids for a while or ever, that seems like a great option. It was hard for one of them to find a doc that would do it, and she said it hurt to get put in, but now it's great.
Posted by divinemsbee[/QUOTE]

<div>I'm reading TCOYF too.... haven't touched it in a while, though I'm halfway through. Looking forward to being hormone-free. I think I'm going to go on just a diaphragm for a while. My mom used that successfully for a long time. I've had one before, it's kind of annoying to use, though. But since we're LDR now, it is a non-issue to have to plan to use it once a week, I think.</div><div>
</div><div>I currently use NuvaRing, and while that's okay and awesome to not have to remember to take daily, I just dislike the idea of foreign hormones in my body.</div>