AAAAGGHH, IUD and Cervical Cap were supposed to be on different lines!!!!
And yeah, a cervical cap is similar to a diaphragm, but thicker, rubber and fits directly, snugly over your cervix.
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i havent been on the pill since 04 but even then it was only for 2 months. before that i think it was early 90s. i become a complete whiney bitch when im on the pill.
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
well im always kind of a whiney bitch so lets super whiney super bitch
plus i dont give a shit about shorter periods. who cares.
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i've been pretty emotional on it, but there's been some mega shit going down so it's hard to tell wtf is up anyway
i doubt it's pill-related, though. it's low-dose (mircette). I was on a very high dose BC method (depo) long ago, and it just made me cold and emotionless.
xpost otm, mine's like 3 days tops anyways
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
one of life's biggest lols is that BCs often lower your sex drive
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm all about no periods. this is one of the reasons I took the pill for so long. But so far I have had no periods with my IUD either.
― I'm right right and you're wrong left (Susan), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean, we can land a fucking man on the moon
xpost
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
hey how long have you had an IUD and which kind do you have, susan?
i thought they banned iuds years ago because it was make ladies infertile. i guess theyve fixed them since then. don't all you non period chicks worry that its screwing up your fertility should you want babbies down the road?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Nah, it doesn't hurt you at all not to have a period, look at the observant Jews -- they stay pregnant or breastfeeding pretty much their entire adult lives, and it doesn't seem to stop them from having 11 children each.
I back the ring 100% but I just went off it because I miss the hormonal high of ovulation, when every masculine characteristic in the world looks magical. Keeps life interesting.
― Laurel, Monday, 22 September 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Have researched IUDs but it seems the new ones are also hormonal in nature, there's at least a little bit of hormonal affect in addn to the chemical (copper or whatev). I think if I were going through the pain/discomfort of having an IUD inserted, I'd want to be totally artificial hormone-free...?
― Laurel, Monday, 22 September 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
they still use copper? i thought the copper was the problem?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
The problem was, I think, only with one brand (the Dalkon Shield) and had to do with the string or stem that protrudes from the uterus, and the kind of string they were using could harbor bacteria and give it a way to travel erm, up. At least that's my understanding. Nothing to do with copper that I'm aware of.
― Laurel, Monday, 22 September 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I've got some contraception: twenty minutes of cybersex with my boyfriend (who is at home) while I am at work. No fear there, except my boss leaning over my shoulder... of course I now want to skip out early...
I use the pill, I love the pill though I suspect it's contributed to weight gain. I am also always tickled when I go to buy more and I use our shared account as per my boyfriend's insistence!
― Can you pay my pills? (unregistered), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Only six weeks. I have mirena, the plastic, hormone kind. I mostly didn't want to mess with having another pill to take everyday. It's also more reliable and cheaper (assuming you have insurance to cover it).
The insertion hurt like hell for about 20 seconds and then it was done.
I know I've talked about it endlessly on other threads but there's nothing wrong with skipping periods. The obgyns I've had for the past six or seven years have had no issue with it. Also, the period you have on the pill isn't real anyway.
― I'm right right and you're wrong left (Susan), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I skipped periods on Depo for about 4 years, and it definitely didn't mess with my fertility. When I went off of it I promptly became pregnant.
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I use the pill, I love the pill though I suspect it's contributed to weight gain
Man, about the halfway point of the pill pack I want to eat everything all day. I suspceted this was making me gain weight, but I weighed myself and had lost 4 pounds.
Pills be makin' women crazy and shit.
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small
― homosex quarterly (velko), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
now that's just plain mean (funny though).
― Perry-Como-Zombie-Memorial-Radio-Now! (Ioannis), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Which is this small pill?
― I'm right right and you're wrong left (Susan), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
trimspa baby
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
dexamphetamine
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
ru 486
― metametadata (n/a), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that doesn't stop conception, if you can believe it! And it's not called that anymore unless you're French.
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
it was a response to this:
― I'm right right and you're wrong left (Susan), Monday, September 22, 2008 3:46 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― metametadata (n/a), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
you goof
oh haha, i had it bookmarked so i forgot that shit even happenedcarry on
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
ok
an abortion would make you smaller
― metametadata (n/a), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I find it kinda sad that in the past I've actually used withdrawal (several times) and morning after pills (once) as a contraceptive method. In both cases it was by mutual agreement, but it's still not a wise thing to do at all. What is it about sexing that makes you throw all rational thinking down the well?
― Tuomas, Monday, 22 September 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i get it now n/a!!!!! lol
― ○◙genital grinder◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 September 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
oh god i used withdrawal for 12 years and it rocked but i suspect i had a good luck charm hanging over me
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 22 September 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
When my wife and I first hooked up, there were 3-4 times there with no birth control at all. Considering how fast she became pregnant when we decided to start trying for a baby, we shudder to think of the bullet we dodged.
― Radiant Flowering Crab (Rock Hardy), Monday, 22 September 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe that's what makes it work....
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
my kingdom for a male pill that will not cause most of my body hair to fall out
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 02:47 (fifteen years ago) link
and/or my shapely bum to atrophy
Form of contraception on first date with current partner: none!Times ejaculated into: 7
...blame me being drunk and not saying "condom?" before he entered me. I figured he'd pull out, he figured I was on the pill, and I was too embarassed after the first time to admit it, so I held my breath and kept going. The date lasted about 30 hours, I went to work and straight to the clinic afterwards. Got on the pill but didn't think to get tested... we're still together almost 3 years later and I have since been tested for STDs, all clear. Phew. Never pregnant ever, and came clean to him sometime around six months in when he was reading my emails (we were being silly.. reading each other emails to friends about our first date). I had emailed a friend telling her about the embarassing mistake and didn't think of it when we were reading old emails..
― tsk tsk (unregistered), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
rhythm worked for years until we got (purposefully?) sloppy. Now we are parents.
― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Now looking for non-pill, safer-than-rhythm method...
― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
do something nonhormonal, maybe diaphragm or cerv. cap
― retardo montalban (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
does cc stay in all the time?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Either way. You gotta take it out and empty it after your period, though.
― retardo montalban (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
oh god
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
im not good with the ickiness
You can always take it out before your period and do whatever you normally do.
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
does nuvaring stay in?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I think it comes out before your period and then you put a new one in.
― I'm right right and you're wrong left (Susan), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah and you can also take it out for up to 4 hours (so if you want to take it out and have sex, etc)
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
god. im just gonna keep having babbies
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i think nuvaring sounds funnest! i like hormonal, never had a problem
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link