What Is the Best Method Besides the Pill?

My boyfriend used the pull out method for about 2 months.. We had sex pretty much everyday and I never got pregnant.. Some could call me lucky tho. That tends to never work. U could always try another brand of pill.. If u dont want to use condoms.

I hated the pill. So we switched to condoms, and I love them. Seriously. We should have used them all along.

I was on the pill and thought that it was the best thing. You could try the depo shot or the patch. I have never tryed them but my gal pals have. I had heard of complications with the idu so I have never thought of that. I think thats what its called anyway.

Why don't you try an iud? Mirena is the one I got and it's great, although expensive so may not be an option if you don't have a group health plan that will pay some of it. It cost over $300. Look into it.

Iuds arnt normally used in peopel who have not yet had kids, its some what hard to get them in there .. Or so I was told.

The depo shot can be prefect for some.. And horrendious for others, never use it unless you have been on a progesterone based pill before to make sure there are no side efects.. Cause ones in in your body you cant get rid of it. Same goes for the implant etc.

Natural family planning , withdrawal method, plain old luck arnt the best ideas as they are obviouly reliant on two people in heated passion remembering that now is not the time to put that there, you can serioslyy reduce chances by working out when you are ovulating and not havign sex then.. But you will find thats when you will be the horniest!

The patch is not over here in england in a big way yet, but it looks like the answer I have been looking for!! But people I the states who use it have told me that it can come off.. And once its off it no longer protects you.. There is no "under flow" of it incase it calls off.

Condoms are always a good idea anyway, especially if you are with new partner(s) due the amount of stds going about, but if you are both clean then thats fine. You can go to any family planning clinic and they will be able to test you or give you free condoms.

As with anytign you take there are going to be some side effect I had the depo shot for 6 months and will never have it again, the side effects I had did not outweigh the pros.. But thats just me.

Hope this helps

This is a message for cherrysodapop:
pulling out is not only stupid, but risky. Even before a man ejaculates, there is what's called "pre-ejaculate" that contains sperm cells. If you hate condoms, then try a dyaphram, if you don't want that, then try a hormonal method.

The pill can be annoying because of all of the hormones. The patch has lead to over a dozen deaths in one year here in the states. I'm starting nuvaring, which has less than 1/2 of the hormones that the pill has. Talk to your gyn. Nuvaring is a rubbery/plastic ring that is inserted in the vagina and stays there for 21 days, after that, you remove for one ring-free week (just like the pill), and then you start over with a new ring. It's easy to use and you don't feel it. There are mixed reviews as far as how it feels during sex, but it seems much easier than the pill and less risky than the patch. The patch has caused a great deal of blood clots in women which have led to death. The downside of the patch is that it has just as many hormones as the pill, but it has contact with your body 24/7 (this is why nuvaring only has about 1/2 of the hormones as the pill).
Check out www.Nuvaring.Com. You can even get a voucher for a free ring.

Iud's are safe for all women whose uterus is the right size. Planned parenthood can offer the paragard iud for about 275$. They will insert it in women who have never had children.