Calendar Method Of Birth Control Puns

Anyone have experience with this? I’m a male and I want to hear if anyone has used this method of birth control

I’ve talked to hundreds of patients about choosing a method of birth control, and I also teach medical students about evidence-based contraception care. I’m also involved in several Philadelphia-area reproductive health organizations. I frequently write about reproductive health issues for NPR.

Choosing a method of birth control is such an intimate decision. It's also a decision that's about way more than just birth control: It's about sex and relationships and all the baggage that comes along with those topics.

Come with questions about how birth control works, how different methods of contraception function, or anything you’re too embarrassed to ask your doctor. (But truly, there should be no question your doctor will find embarrassing — we are here to help!) Recently, I worked with NPR’s Life Kit podcast on an episode about how to navigate the many birth control options out there — Ask me anything!

I’ll start answering questions at 1PM Eastern.

Proof: https://i.redd.it/gck34cf4tck41.jpg

It's also how I use my debit card

Started a conversation similar to this in another subreddit (about menstrual cups lol) and it was very insightful, so i thought i might bring it here too. feel free to share your thoughts and experiences. keep it friendly! this is a safe space :)

For me, it’s Depo. It was the first method I ever used, and although it was good at protection, it horribly affected my mind and body (mood swings, depression, rapid weight loss/gain, migraines, spotting for 6 months straight). I don’t think I could ever go back down that road again. I’m currently a new copper IUD host (lol) so I can’t really say if it’s my preferred method yet, but I do like knowing i’m not being affected by hormones!

Girls what birth control methods do you swear by? I keep hearing the slightest bad thing about each method and its putting me off the thought of sex entirely. Condoms alone are 98% effective, 2 out of 100 still get pregnant. Those numbers even scare me. Looking for the best ones you swear by, thanks

Please forgive me if this has been discussed before but this is something I think about constantly. Given Meech and Jim Boobs extensive track record of not using birth control... how are (some) of the kids not 4 little ones deep?

Specifically Jinger.. I am assuming Jeremey knows a few different ways to bang on the reg and not get someone pregnant every time? But do any of these kids know 'the pull out method'? or is that considered against Gods command? I am honestly concerned for the kids when their money from this show is spread too thin or if the show is cancelled altogether. How will they be able to take care of all the kids they pop out? In this economy? I would hope there is some effort to be conscious of where those seeds are being spread. Thoughts?

Hi r/birthcontrol,

I find out this dynamic chart showing the cumulative failure rate of the main birth control methods from 1 to 10 years. I thought it might be helpful to some of you!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/14/sunday-review/unplanned-pregnancies.html

How it is calculated: effectiveness rate, raised to the power of the number of years of used

Example:

• Copper IUD : efficiency of 99.2% (first year)
• 99.2% = 99.2/100 = 0.992
• 0.992^(5) = 0.96
• 1-0.96 = 0.04

So over 5 years of use, the risk of having an unexpected pregnancy if 4% with a copper IUD.

Then again I must admit necrophilia is not everybody's cup of tea.

From today's opinion on Box v Planned Parenthood, Thomas wrote:

"Given the potential for abortion to become a tool of eugenic manipulation, the Court will soon need to confront the constitutionality of laws like Indiana’s."

and

"[A]bortion can easily be used to eliminate children with unwanted characteristics."

What say you? Is abortion a tool for eugenics?

Watching your friends make their 5 and 4 year olds go cold turkey on the Nintendo Switch and 3DS for playing way too much.

We just did this to our boys and they are screaming like banshies. I think we did the right thing, but it is not a pleasant experience at home right now...

I think I'll invite my childless friends over here, just to make sure they're truly ready to have kids....

Hello everyone,

So I'm getting married in 3 months, and I'm thinking that it's definitely time for me to get on something. My fiance and I have always relied on condoms combined with pulling out (and I even try to avoid my ovulation window), but once we're married he feels that it won't exactly be very romantic to continue that. It's ultimately up to me what we do, I know, but I do understand his perspective, and I feel that I should look into some kind of birth control for myself.

I don't want to have kids for at least 5 years, so long term methods such as an IUD crossed my mind (though I'm really wondering why that's not a procedure you're put to sleep for), but I also don't really want something completely implanted in my body right now since I don't know how I'll react to ANY sort of birth control.

My biggest fear at the moment is gaining weight- I don't want to bloat up like crazy and end up not being able to fit into my wedding gown!

As far as other side effects go, I'm nervous because I've been fortunate enough to always have fairly light periods and almost no cramping (only sometimes on the first day). Would the pill make me suddenly have both of these things?

Would I even get a period? Is there a time of the month where you're more likely to get pregnant?

I'm heavily leaning towards the pill, but I know there's about a zillion of those...

I know that these are all things to be discussed with my doctor, but I'd just feel more comfortable going into an appointment with some methods in mind.

Thanks!

Hi ladies! I’ve been on the pill for probably 7 years. My boobs usually get really sore before I start my period - like uncomfortably sore to the point that I don’t even like to go on runs. Ive definitely notice changes in mood when I’m on the pill (and so has my boyfriend of 3 years lol). I usually have super irregular periods and I feel like it’s effected my sex drive too. I never really thought much of it because it just felt like that was the norm for so many years but I’m realizing that is not how it has to be and it’s got me thinking.

I moved to Hawaii a few months ago and was off the pill for probably a month trying to set up PillClub to have it delivered with the virus and everything going on. I felt great during that time - more of a sex drive, I was working out more, eating better and just all around better mood and more productive. I just started back on the pill about a week ago and now I feel sluggish, almost a little depressed, tired, unmotivated and Not as sexy. It could just be side effects of this lockdown as well but I was doing much better before I started the pill again.

Therefore, I’d love to hear some of your recommendations and experiences when it comes to a birth control method that doesn’t cause weight gain or nearly as much emotional imbalance. I really think it’s time for a change and I’m open to hearing some new options 🙂. Thanks!!

TL;DR at the bottom. Throwaway account because he uses Reddit as well.

Last night I tried talking to my boyfriend last night about switching birth control methods. I am currently on the pill and it is causing severe abdominal pain and irregular periods. I also think it may have been ineffective at preventing pregnancy because I think I may have gotten pregnant and miscarried without realizing I was pregnant to begin with.

When I explained all of this to him he said "I'll be your birth control. Why don't you just look at me and never want to have kids?" After he said that I was just kind of silent and then said I really want to have children someday and thought he did too. He then said "I don't know. We can talk about it."

I want to have children in a couple of years. He and I are both in the military and right now my career just isn't conducive to having children. However, I should be settled enough to consider having them within a couple of years. He's older than me and I think if we wait any longer, he will use his age as an excuse not to have them, especially given his comment from last night.

Mostly his remark just made me really sad. I'm not sure how to talk to him about this now. If he's not sure about having children, do I continue to wait and find out? If he knows I want children but he doesn't, I might become resentful of not having any later on in life. Do men ever go from "I don't know" to "yes, let's have children?"

I don't want him to feel like I'm pressuring him about children. How do I talk to him about this when he sounded so dejected?

TL;DR: Conversation about birth control turned into my boyfriend saying just his presence should make me never want to have children. He knows I want children someday. He said he just doesn't know and we can talk about it. I'm not sure how to talk to him about this and what it means for our relationship.

I’m 22F and have been on the pill for several years. I take it at the same time every day using an alarm on my phone. Even thought I’m what would be considered a “perfect” user, I’ve always used a condom just to be safe, since although I know the pill should technically be 99.9% effective with me taking it at the same time, I also didn’t want to have to stress between periods.

Two months ago, I entered a relationship with a long time friend. I asked him to wear a condom since I had taken some antibiotics when I got sick earlier, and he seemed to have no problem with it.

I’ve talked to some of my girlfriends, and it sounds like it’s not really typical to use a condom in a long term relationship when you’re on the pill. I’ve talked to my boyfriend about it, and he says that sex does feel better without a condom, but that he doesn’t mind wearing one if it makes me more comfortable.

I think ditching the condoms would be something I’m interested in exploring, but I was wondering what everyone’s experiences were with this. Do you use a condom in addition to the pill. Do you find the pill + pulling out to be effective?

Husband and I have been married for a year, together for 6 years, and agreed over many conversations that we would start trying to have a family in December. This is a date that we have both said we are comfortable with and it has been confirmed many times over the past year or so, I am not trying to bump up our start date. Since we decided on a concrete starting date I have been doing some research on pretty much everything surrounding getting pregnant and being pregnant. I also have a medical condition that would require my pregnancy to be considered high risk but none of my doctors have ever discouraged getting pregnant, just said that it would require a bit more monitoring than normal. After having done some reading and also speaking with my doctor it seems like the usual recommendation is to go off any hormonal birth control (I have been on the pill for the last 12 years) 3-6 months before starting to try so that you can give your body a chance to regulate itself without the extra hormones and also allow you to see what your normal cycle is like. Since I have been on hormonal birth control for so long I don’t feel like my body ever really had a chance to have real “adult” cycles and it makes me a little worried for what’s going to happen when I stop the pill.

I have had a few conversations with husband about this and the possibility of switching to condoms/pulling out (he pulled out until we were married even though I was on the pill and never messed up even once so I trust his abilities on this) for the next couple months so that I can see how my body reacts to not being on birth control but before we are anxious to actually be pregnant. I figured this would offer me some time to figure out my cycles without the stress of needing to also time sex properly and the disappointment if we don’t get it quite right. I also spoke with husband and doctor about switching to non hormonal IUD a few months ago but husband didn’t seem thrilled about the idea and doctor said it probably wasn’t worth it to go through the process only to just take it out a few months later. Husbands reaction to any of these conversations is pretty much no birth control pill = no sex. I completely understand that this is something he is allowed to say and he has absolutely no obligation to have sex if he isn’t comfortable with it but I also feel like this is a bit unrealistic considering our current sex life. I don’t want to say ok no sex and then either mess up and actually ris