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When you got pregnant what, if any, birth control were you using as your "main" birth control?
We were TTC or We were not trying, but not avoiding
46%
 46%  [ 12 ]
Not using anything but hope or "pull (out) and pray"
30%
 30%  [ 8 ]
Ovulation charting
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Condoms (male or female)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Diaphragm or Cap
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Patch (ortho evra)
7%
 7%  [ 2 ]
Shot (depo provera)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Implants (norplant/implanon)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Birth control pills (any brand)
15%
 15%  [ 4 ]
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Kia

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Posted: 11-07-06 10:06am

When you got pregnant what, if any, birth control were you using as your "main" birth control?


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Posted: 11-07-06 10:25am

Melia is a product of the patch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And because I cant' post this but my son was a product of the depo shot.
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Posted: 11-07-06 10:31am

Layla- the pill
logan- pull out method
angel- was on a break from the coil.
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Posted: 11-07-06 10:37am

I prefer "pull and pray" to "pull-out method" Laughing
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Posted: 11-07-06 10:48am

ayamiyaki wrote:
i prefer "pull and pray" to "pull-out method" Laughing


lol
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Posted: 11-07-06 11:36am

After 5 kids I am getting on the pill and it better work
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Posted: 11-07-06 11:47am

chase4 wrote:
after 5 kids I am getting on the pill and it better work


you might be lucky. I had my daughter on the pill. I now have a coil in- I would highly recommend it!
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Posted: 11-07-06 11:47am

With .Brian I was switching bc and not being careful.
With .Jordan & .Jersey we were ttc.
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Posted: 11-07-06 11:50am

We used condoms until we got married. Then we used the "pull and pray" for a year and a half, but I don't think we honestly would have minded had we gotten pregnant. We decided to try for a baby at the beginning of .November, and I had my bfp by .Thanksgiving! Cool
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Posted: 11-07-06 11:56am

I'm kind of stuck with pull and pray. I have a reaction to bc pills/shots because of the hormones. They unbalance me and make me depressed/suicidal. I just tried the lowest dose they have available and it did the same thing. Needless to say i'm not on it anymore. H*ll, i'd rather be pregnant than depressed/suicidal. Lucky me i'm also allergic to latex. I talked with my doc about iud but with my history of infection she thinks pid would be too much of a risk for me.
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Posted: 11-07-06 11:59am

We were trying to conceive. And hes already talking about having more and um well she still hs 12 more weeks to bake. Lol no more for me until shes in school Smile
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Posted: 11-07-06 12:10pm

He'll probably change his mind the first night she decides she doesn't want to sleep. Wink
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Posted: 11-07-06 12:22pm

ayamiyaki wrote:
he'll probably change his mind the first night she decides she doesn't want to sleep. Wink


thats the thing. He works at night. 12 hrs 7nites a week. So this is going to be all on my own deal. Confused Thats why we are moving next week, to be closer to my parents. Although im only across the street from them now but we are moving in the apt right beside them. Lol
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Posted: 11-07-06 12:22pm

tigresacanela24 wrote:
i'm kind of stuck with pull and pray. I have a reaction to bc pills/shots because of the hormones. They unbalance me and make me depressed/suicidal. I just tried the lowest dose they have available and it did the same thing. Needless to say i'm not on it anymore. H*ll, i'd rather be pregnant than depressed/suicidal. Lucky me i'm also allergic to latex. I talked with my doc about iud but with my history of infection she thinks pid would be too much of a risk for me.


well if you really want to prevent a pregnancy... (not saying you do) there are other options available.

The female condom is latex free, you can also get latex free male condoms.
The oves cap and fem cap are latex free, diaphragms come in both latex and sillicone.
buffergel duet, silcs and leah's sheild are all latex free sillicone.
Then there is the sponge, all of these products can be used with spermicide or the spermicide can be used on it's own.

Just to show you can avoid hormonal birth control and latex and still not have to rely on pull and pray. Wink
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Posted: 11-07-06 13:35pm

kia_breizzze wrote:
tigresacanela24 wrote:
i'm kind of stuck with pull and pray. I have a reaction to bc pills/shots because of the hormones. They unbalance me and make me depressed/suicidal. I just tried the lowest dose they have available and it did the same thing. Needless to say i'm not on it anymore. H*ll, i'd rather be pregnant than depressed/suicidal. Lucky me i'm also allergic to latex. I talked with my doc about iud but with my history of infection she thinks pid would be too much of a risk for me.


well if you really want to prevent a pregnancy... (not saying you do) there are other options available.



The female condom is latex free, you can also get latex free male condoms.


The oves cap and fem cap are latex free, diaphragms come in both latex and sillicone.


buffergel duet, silcs and leah's sheild are all latex free sillicone.


Then there is the sponge, all of these products can be used with spermicide or the spermicide can be used on it's own.



Just to show you can avoid hormonal birth control and latex and still not have to rely on pull and pray. Wink


anything inserted is guaranteed to cause an infection, hell I sometimes get them from sex, especially if it's too long or too rough. I'm a biological weirdo. If I go a month without one (an infection) then I run to the doctor cuz I think something is wrong. Wink you had a few options that i've tried. I guess I could do the polyeurethane condoms like I used to. They're pretty d*mn expensive so i'll be getting a lot less sex Laughing hey, that may not be a bad thing!
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Posted: 11-07-06 14:23pm

tigresacanela24 wrote:
i guess I could do the polyeurethane condoms like I used to. They're pretty d*mn expensive so i'll be getting a lot less sex Laughing hey, that may not be a bad thing!


i listed them all because I *know* lots of lurkers use this site and because you aren't alone in a latex reaction or intolerance of hormones.

Do you know why you have recurrent infections?
*if* you didn't want to get pregnant would you be able to use spermicide on it's own?
Are you able to use tampons (sorry for personal question) because if you can and you want to avoid pregnancy try a sponge instead.

Also for all our fellow *lurkers* polyurethane condoms are *not* affected by oil based lubes like latex ones.
So if you have a baby oil thing going on Wink use polyurethane condoms!!
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Posted: 11-07-06 14:59pm

Chris &.I weren't trying, but not preventing with the first pregnancy.
This one was all a crazy freak occurance. Laughing
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Posted: 11-07-06 15:09pm

kia_breizzze wrote:
tigresacanela24 wrote:
i guess I could do the polyeurethane condoms like I used to. They're pretty d*mn expensive so i'll be getting a lot less sex Laughing hey, that may not be a bad thing!


i listed them all because I *know* lots of lurkers use this site and because you aren't alone in a latex reaction or intolerance of hormones.


Do you know why you have recurrent infections?

*if* you didn't want to get pregnant would you be able to use spermicide on it's own?

Are you able to use tampons (sorry for personal question) because if you can and you want to avoid pregnancy try a sponge instead.


Also for all our fellow *lurkers* polyurethane condoms are *not* affected by oil based lubes like latex ones.

So if you have a baby oil thing going on Wink use polyurethane condoms!!


the only spermicide i've ever "tried" is nonoxynol 9 and only because it was on the condom. I got an infection but since the condom was latex I don't know if it was the condom, the spermicide or both. I usually get an infection on my period. I get them whether I use pads or tampons even though I change them every two hours whether it needs to be changed or not. I have no idea why I get so many infections. I just thought it was normal until recently. And even now it never occurred to me to question why. I just sort of assumed that even though it wasn't normal that it's normal for me. Feel me? Maybe I have some dread disease or something. Mwahahahahaha!!! J/k.
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Kia

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Posted: 11-07-06 15:19pm

tigresacanela24 wrote:
the only spermicide i've ever "tried" is nonoxynol 9 and only because it was on the condom. I got an infection but since the condom was latex I don't know if it was the condom, the spermicide or both. I usually get an infection on my period. I get them whether I use pads or tampons even though I change them every two hours whether it needs to be changed or not. I have no idea why I get so many infections. I just thought it was normal until recently. And even now it never occurred to me to question why. I just sort of assumed that even though it wasn't normal that it's normal for me. Feel me? Maybe I have some dread disease or something. Mwahahahahaha!!! J/k.


wow that sucks Sad sorry sweetie ohhhhh have you tried a mooncup for periods? It's sillicone (no latex) I keep meaning to get one and try it.

Nonoxynol-9 rocks it even helps kill or stop the growth of the hiv virus as well as the pathogens of other sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis and chlamydia
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Posted: 11-08-06 09:25am

kia_breizzze wrote:
tigresacanela24 wrote:
the only spermicide i've ever "tried" is nonoxynol 9 and only because it was on the condom. I got an infection but since the condom was latex I don't know if it was the condom, the spermicide or both. I usually get an infection on my period. I get them whether I use pads or tampons even though I change them every two hours whether it needs to be changed or not. I have no idea why I get so many infections. I just thought it was normal until recently. And even now it never occurred to me to question why. I just sort of assumed that even though it wasn't normal that it's normal for me. Feel me? Maybe I have some dread disease or something. Mwahahahahaha!!! J/k.


wow that sucks Sad sorry sweetie ohhhhh have you tried a mooncup for periods? It's sillicone (no latex) I keep meaning to get one and try it.


Nonoxynol-9 rocks it even helps kill or stop the growth of the hiv virus as well as the pathogens of other sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis and chlamydia


no, are those available here? My mum said she had something similar in the seventies and that it was the absolute greatest thing ever.
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