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. 
I’ve previously used the Pill and later a diaphragm, but I’m happiest with the Levanova.
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.
Maybe not as bad as it used to be, but it’s still abdominal surgery, which is no picnic.
Got snipped.
Prior to bambina: the pill
Post-bambina while nursing: condoms (hate ‘em, but they’re better than not gettin’ 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.
I got rhythm! I got 12 kids!
snicker snicker snicker
sorry couldn’t resist.
Just started Depo a week ago. Couldnt remember to take the
pill at the same time every day. I’ve heard there are some side effects, but I’ll wait and see. They can’t POSSIBLY be more stressful than the psychological side effects of a pregnancy scare!
After our second kid, we had the factory shut down.
Until now, condoms. But I’m thinking about either the pill or an IUD.
Okay…
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).
For now, condoms (usually.)
I am very seriously considering getting snipped, though at 28, I’m not completely sure I’ll never want children.
Hey think, why not make a deposit at a sperm bank then get snipped? That way you’ll be sure you won’t have any accidents/surpises.
Current contraceptive? Severe depression. I just can’t do it, not while bawling my eyes out as soon as he touches me. (I’m getting help, and I’m getting better.)
I want a hormonal IUD, but they won’t let me. I haven’t had any kids yet and they’re worried it won’t fit. Used to be on Depo, until my sexdrive went away, (instead I got this fantastic wonderful depression! Yay!), and nowadays, when it happens, we’re winging it. Worrying about getting pregnant is, I’m sad to say, the least of my worries right now.
I’ll only say this once: God Bless PCOS.
Basically can’t 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 things… but no pregnancies! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Dr. Urologist, meet Mr. Deferens. Vas deferens
Best decision I ever made.
I had surgery last year to remove my fallopian tubes… long story. Basically, I can’t get pregnant again without invitro fertilization… which we’re 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 couldn’t get more until after the Christmas season so I missed 4 days worth of pills and got pregnant. Surprise!
I wasn’t on any birth control when I got pregnant with my son. I’m very fertile though. When my son was created I could tell it was happening… it felt really weird.
I’m considering that, actually. I haven’t looked into it yet, but it’s something I’m 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. It’s not a for certain infertility, but it’s possible.
Ortho-Tri-Cyclen. Has worked wonders for clearing up my skin, but I dislike two things about it. Number one is that it hasn’t 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 – they have a tendency to come off during intercourse and don’t 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.
Once again I find myself sitting here and feeling slightly disturbed that I probably know more about thinksnow’s balls than I do my own.
We want to get one of us sterilized pretty soon; I’m 35, my fiance’s 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 don’t want to do that again if I don’t have to.)
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I am extremely paranoid about an unplanned pregnancy, so double protection is a requirement. I’m 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, it’s been so long since I’ve had a LTR, it’s never even gotten to the exclusive-and-tired-of-wearing-condoms stage, so I haven’t had to lay down the law on this issue.