# Preferred Contraception
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 28, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801 "2001-11-28T22:44:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/21 "2001-11-29T09:00:55Z")
A rather new choice: hormonal IUD, a.k.a. my fantastic plastic. No-brainer birth control for five years, plus my period has gone from full blowout bleeding like a stuck pig for four days down to two days of moderate spotting. š
Iāve previously used the Pill and later a diaphragm, but Iām happiest with the Levanova.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/22 "2001-11-29T10:39:02Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Turbo Dog \*
> \*\*We have two kids here.
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> One was while on the pill.
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> One was while on depo.
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> Went to standard āFeelus Goodus Interruptusā and no more kids. Her sterilization was thrown in for good measure. My turn will come very soon. With both of us sterilized, Iām sure we will have quintuplets. \*\*
Gotcha beat. Three pregnancies in two years, one on the Pill, one while using foam and condoms TOGETHER, and one while I had an IUD in me. Two miscarriages, one live birth, which is how I squeezed all that fun into two years. EACH of these methods is supposed to work at least 95% of the time, usually better. What are the odds, hmmmmm?
I then used abstinence until I could get my tubes tied. About a year and a half ago, I had my uterus and ovaries removed.
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> \*Originally posted by k2dave \*
> \*\*
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> > major surgery for me
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> Iāve heard that it is not such a major procedure anymore. I donāt know the details but have heard it is much less complex then it used to be and just a little more complex then the vasectomie. \*\*
Maybe not as bad as it used to be, but itās still abdominal surgery, which is no picnic.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/23 "2001-11-29T12:12:21Z")
Got snipped.
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### Author:  [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/24 "2001-11-29T13:14:17Z")
Prior to bambina: the pill
Post-bambina while nursing: condoms (hate āem, but theyāre better than not gettinā any)
Soon to be working on progeny #2: so condoms until then.
Post progeny #2: the big snip, or as one of my cow-workers put it, the best $15 he ever spent.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/25 "2001-11-29T14:00:09Z")
I got rhythm! I got 12 kids!
snicker snicker snicker
sorry couldnāt resist.
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### Author:  [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/26 "2001-11-29T14:01:34Z")
Just started Depo a week ago. Couldnt remember to take the
pill at the same time every day. Iāve heard there are some side effects, but Iāll wait and see. They canāt POSSIBLY be more stressful than the psychological side effects of a pregnancy scare!
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/27 "2001-11-29T14:10:30Z")
After our second kid, we had the factory shut down.
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### Author:  [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/28 "2001-11-29T14:43:44Z")
Until now, condoms. But Iām thinking about either the pill or an IUD.
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/29 "2001-11-29T14:50:19Z")
Okayā¦
My preferred type is abstinance.
Luck also has worked in the past (thank God)
If I get married, I will use the best contraceptive ever: getting my tubes tied, as I want no more children (being so old;43).
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### Author:  [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/30 "2001-11-29T16:10:10Z")
For now, condoms (usually.)
I am very seriously considering getting snipped, though at 28, Iām not _completely_ sure Iāll never want children.
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### Author:  [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/31 "2001-11-29T16:26:00Z")
Hey think, why not make a deposit at a sperm bank then get snipped? That way youāll be sure you wonāt have any accidents/surpises.
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### Author:  [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/32 "2001-11-29T16:58:08Z")
Current contraceptive? Severe depression. I just canāt do it, not while bawling my eyes out as soon as he touches me. (Iām getting help, and Iām getting better.)
I want a hormonal IUD, but they wonāt let me. I havenāt had any kids yet and theyāre worried it wonāt fit. Used to be on Depo, until my sexdrive went away, (instead I got this fantastic wonderful depression! Yay!), and nowadays, when it happens, weāre winging it. Worrying about getting pregnant is, Iām sad to say, the least of my worries right now.
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### Author:  [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/33 "2001-11-29T17:06:26Z")
Iāll only say this once: God Bless PCOS.
Basically canāt have kids without medical intervention. Almost never have periods (maybe once or twice a year).
So, ok, PCOS means excess body hair, weird hormone fluctuations, battle-to-the-death-weight-problems, acne, and all those other thingsā¦ but no pregnancies! I donāt know whether to laugh or cry.
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### Author:  [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/34 "2001-11-29T17:19:21Z")
Dr. Urologist, meet Mr. Deferens. Vas deferens
Best decision I ever made.
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### Author:  [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/35 "2001-11-29T17:42:19Z")
I had surgery last year to remove my fallopian tubesā¦ long story. Basically, I canāt get pregnant again without invitro fertilizationā¦ which weāre going to try next summer. (Yea!)
I was on the pill for 6 years before getting pregnant with my daughter. I ran out of pills and couldnāt get more until after the Christmas season so I missed 4 days worth of pills and got pregnant. Surprise!
I wasnāt on any birth control when I got pregnant with my son. Iām very fertile though. When my son was created I could _tell_ it was happeningā¦ it felt really weird.
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### Author:  [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/36 "2001-11-29T18:15:07Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*\*Tequila Mockingbird \*\*
> Hey **think** , why not make a deposit at a sperm bank then get snipped?
Iām considering that, actually. I havenāt looked into it yet, but itās something Iām thinking I would do if/when I decide to go for it.
Something else, though, I might never have to worry about contraception, as I have [varicocele](http://www.urologychannel.com/varicocele/index.shtml). Itās not a for certain infertility, but itās possible.
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### Author:  [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/37 "2001-11-29T18:25:03Z")
Ortho-Tri-Cyclen. Has worked wonders for clearing up my skin, but I dislike two things about it. Number one is that it hasnāt made my cramping go away (the first three days of my period are pure sheer hell on wheels). Number two is that prior to taking the Pill I had something closer to a 37-day cycle (as opposed to the normal 28) and rather liked having periods that were spread so far apart. Oh, well. The Pill works nicely. My current boyfriend and I use condoms as well as per his preference, but they suck ā they have a tendency to come off during intercourse and donāt get noticed until he pulls out and we realise the damn thing is all crumpled up against my cervix. Lovemaking that ends with him groping around inside me to get a condom out is NOT fun. I love my Pill.
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### Author:  [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/38 "2001-11-29T18:28:03Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by thinksnow \*
> \*\*Something else, though, I might never have to worry about contraception, as I have [varicocele](http://www.urologychannel.com/varicocele/index.shtml). Itās not a for certain infertility, but itās possible. \*\*
Once again I find myself sitting here and feeling slightly disturbed that I probably know more about **thinksnowās** balls than I do my own.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/39 "2001-11-29T18:41:08Z")
We want to get one of us sterilized pretty soon; Iām 35, my fianceās almost 33, and we have no interest in having kids. Our problem is that he is phobic of needles, and is dragging his feet on getting snipped. So, you guys that have had it done; anything you can say to help me convince my man to get it done?
(Oh yeah, I had a laparoscopic procedure done for ovarian cysts a couple of years ago, which is apparently very similar to the tubal ligation surgery, and I donāt want to do that again if I donāt have to.)
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### Author:  [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-contraception/95801/40 "2001-11-29T18:45:35Z")
I am extremely paranoid about an unplanned pregnancy, so double protection is a requirement. Iām on BCP (currently Desogen (Apri), going to Yasmin, I think), plus condoms are required. Even in a LTR, double protection. I figure that the chance of one method failing is too high for my comfort, but the chance of both methods failing at the same time is very very low.
Of course, itās been so long since Iāve had a LTR, itās never even gotten to the exclusive-and-tired-of-wearing-condoms stage, so I havenāt had to lay down the law on this issue.
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