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Tuesday?
Do we have a dedicated Tuesday post? Any ideas? My club board did a TMI Tuesday 
Where you could just ask anything random (as it got closer to November there were a lot of questions about what to wear on the wedding night. ha) Any other ideas?
Where you could just ask anything random (as it got closer to November there were a lot of questions about what to wear on the wedding night. ha) Any other ideas?Or just say hi. What's new?
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Re: Tuesday?
June 18, 2011
Also, ps Steph-- I liked your responses on the BSC racism thread yesterday. just fyi!
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Needless to say, I think BC would make me crazy...
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Steph, yeah I can understand where you are coming from. I get irritated with that too.
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[QUOTE]I had a horrible experience with NuvaRing. That was the one time I tried to switch off BCP prior to this past November. I was sick to my stomach, nauseas, and dizzy for 2 months straight.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]
<strong><font color="#800080">^^Ugh...guys have it so easy don't they. Look at the crap we have to go through.
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June 18, 2011
And holy mother of craps this week for me! Anytime I bend to the side my left ovary feels like it is tearing in half!! I wish whatever it is trying to do would just start already and get on with it! Ok I feel better now. Sorry for the vent.
I vote for TMI
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I actually just went on the Nuva ring and am about 1 week into my 3d month and I really like it now but I hated it for the first month.
Month 1 = moody and generally unpleasant to be around. I also go cramps which was really annoying since I hadnt had them for years with the pill.
Month 2 = my mood stabilized and I felt right back to normal after about the first week. I also didnt get cramps this month!
Month 3 = I feel great! My sex drive is back and I am no longer moody!
So for those ladies who dont want to deal with taking a pill I would def give it a try! The posibility for side effects is also lower for women who havent had a kid (like me) than an IUD. Had you asked me in month one I would have told you to avoid the ring but I had bought 3 months so I decided to stick it out and am SO glad I did! Now I dont have to worry about taking a pill, can be baby free till we are ready, and my mood is great!
[QUOTE]I had a horrible experience with NuvaRing. That was the one time I tried to switch off BCP prior to this past November. I was sick to my stomach, nauseas, and dizzy for 2 months straight.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]
That's kind of disappointing to hear. I've been thinking about switching to that when I go in for my next appointment, b/c I've talked to a handful of girls who said that this was the best for them in regards to sex drive. Mine's been kinda zilch lately.
Personally, FI and I have been long distance for 6 of the 7 yrs we have been together, which means i seriously saw him 4xs a year ... which you would think means no BC for me but he hates the feeling of .. lets say ... his form of protection. So I am stuck with it until we are Baby Ready.
ETA: All this BC talk reminded me I need to make an apt for my yearly exam - PUKE! LoL
I guess aside from my fear of being crazy, I also sort of feel like I am a woman, I'm supposed to bleed once a month, and because of that, there are some annoying things I have to deal with like cramps and just overall feeling of crap. Its the natural way I suppose! That said, we can't afford babies now, so we have to intervene in some way, haha.
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[QUOTE]We use condoms and spermicidal gel...no BC for me. I guess aside from my fear of being crazy, I also sort of feel like I am a woman, I'm supposed to bleed once a month, and because of that, there are some annoying things I have to deal with like cramps and just overall feeling of crap. Its the natural way I suppose! That said, we can't afford babies now, so we have to intervene in some way, haha.
Posted by Bimbi284[/QUOTE]
I take BCP and still let myself bleed during the off week. I am way too paranoid and would not like not knowing that I'm still safe, ya know? :P
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday? : I take BCP and still let myself bleed during the off week. I am way too paranoid and would not like not knowing that I'm still safe, ya know? :P
Posted by musicalsunlight[/QUOTE]
^^Same. I couldn't imagine not getting my period at all. It would freak me out!
<strong><font color="#800080">This discussion is really opening my eyes to somethings....I started BC probably about 2 months before I started dating FI...and I did always wonder why I didn't feel as into sex as I had before I met him... He is by far the best looking guy I have ever been with so it wasn't an attraction thing... I blame the BC! </font></strong>
June 18, 2011
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday? : That's kind of disappointing to hear. I've been thinking about switching to that when I go in for my next appointment, b/c I've talked to a handful of girls who said that this was the best for them in regards to sex drive. Mine's been kinda zilch lately.
Posted by tpender13[/QUOTE]
I would say the ring for me is def better sex drive wise than the pill!
It does take some getting use to though - I had a drop in drive and now it is steadily climbing!
[QUOTE]I vote for TMI :)Month 1 = moody and generally unpleasant to be around. I also go cramps which was really annoying since I hadnt had them for years with the pill. Month 2 = my mood stabilized and I felt right back to normal after about the first week. I also didnt get cramps this month!
Posted by drdifabio[/QUOTE]
This was pretty much my experience, except worse. I would have NEVER recommended it after the first month, probably not even after the 2nd month just cause the first was so bad, but I didn't have money to buy new bc at the time, and I had 3 months of it. Now I've been on it for about a year and a half and I wouldn't go back to the pill unless I had to. I love not having to remember to take one every day, and I don't like the "permanance" of the IUD. So Nuva Ring works perfect.
Just about everyone I know has had a terrible first couple of months on Nuva Ring, though. It's not for everyone, but if anyone decides to try it, I'd give it at least 2 months before deciding "no."
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I've only got about 2.5 weeks left until I'm done with the BCP forever, or at least until we're done having kids. Hooray!
I still think I should've made FI pay all my copays for it over all this time, since it's because of him that I went on it. Sucks that I have to pay for it, too.
[QUOTE]I figured this would turn into a BC thread. They usually do ;) here's my TMI question... sex drive. Did it change when you went on/off BC?
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]
My vote is for TMi Tuesday :)
For your question on your sex drive and BC. I noticed a huge change in my sex drive once I started BC. Then I went off it for a little while and I went nuts wanting sex. haha I'm back on it now. And I love that it helps control my periods and cramps, but it really stinks how my sex drive lessens.. :(
However, I do notice that my sex drive gets lower the better the relationship is. The worse the relationship, the higher it gets. So poor FI my drive is at an all time low
Due to health issues we have had in December/January, we hardly have done anything. I am determined that Feb is going to make up for that!! DETERMINED hahaha