The Birth-Control Buffet: What's Your "Dish" of Choice?

[Cafe Amanda]

Sure, babies are cute! But we don't always want to chance making another one when we have sex with our partner.

With so many birth control methods out there - from condoms to diaphragms to permanent procedures (hello, vasectomy!) - it can be confusing to decide which is the best one for you.

Whether you definitely want to have more kids one day, aren't sure if you want to expand your family or not, or are 100% sure the shop is closed for business, you'll find out about all the options in this info-packed episode.

To help make your decision easier, check out the list of questions that starts about 7:20 into the video!

What birth control method do you use? Which ones have you tried and liked - and which ones would you never use again?

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[Babujai]

 I hated the pill.  I hated taking it every day and I hated that it completely killed my sex drive.  After we were done having kids I got my tube tied.  Such a load off my mind.  Nothing to remember everyday and no oopsies.

[MissTuree]

Could never remember the pill, got pregnant. Was on depo, it was okay but the doc made me get off of it because he said I had been on it too long (I was military so they have that kind of say). Now I have the Mirena IUD, it works and at the end of the day that's what matters!

[ARmomOf3]

Pull out method works great 

[tracylynnr67]

Once we had our 4 sons in 5 years on purpose (never used any form of bc) I had my tubes tied.

[Soulmate-2-R]

Quoting Anonymous:

inferility

yep...i had one and then cant seem to get pregnant again...we have been trying for 5 yrs...so i guess it is just natural bc..lol

 

[phantomphan]

Paraguard

[Mbpeaceful12]

Quoting phantomphan:

Paraguard

How was the insertion?

[storkneedsgps]

We are ttc and infertile but before I used birth control. Don't use yaz though, it almost killed me!

[phantomphan]

Uncomfortable for a minute. But not horrible.

Quoting Mbpeaceful12:

Quoting phantomphan:

Paraguard

How was the insertion?

[Mbpeaceful12]

Quoting LizzieAnnesMom:

Nuva Ring. Works great so far. We have had 2 daughters. we wont ttc till next year.

The Nuvaring was excellent for me until last week. After using it for around six years, it has started to affect my blood sugar level (I have Type II Diabetes and posted this in another group). When I took it out for the week of withdrawl bleeding (or period), my blood sugar was between 90-140 (non-diabetics tend to be between 90-120 before meals). When I insert the ring, the next morning (before eating), my blood sugar was 190 (like I just came from McDonald's and supersized shit). So today I went to my physician and she said that the Nuvaring can impact diabetes, so she wrote me a prescription for Loestrin 24Fe. I hope it works.