Darlings.. If you're using birth control correctly you do NOT need to be taking plan b on top of that.. its a waste of money and medication.

All you're doing is adding a huge dose of hormones to your body which can mess things up for a while

morning after pills are to stop/delay ovulation when your condom or birth control fails or there was no protection it is not to be popped like aspirin.

Plan B is the same as 40 BC pills. .. and you're just dumping that into your system without any need.

I've used condoms.. and have been on 3 different types of hormonal BC and used cycle tracking.. I have never once needed a plan b. (when I started having sex plan b wasn't available)

Just a little positive thought I had as I thought about how much contraception changed my life.

I'm 25, I've always had really painful periods as you can imagine and in the last year I was experiencing episodes during and outside of periods that would put me to the floor crying unable to walk and force me to get out of work.

A doctor diagnosed me with endometriosis (and small ovary an cysts while we're at it) and prescribed the pill, which I never wanted to take because of all the side effects and risks and she wouldn't listen to me, made it seem like I was stupid for this choice.

I searched online and opted for the patch instead. I have not experienced cramps since, only mild pains during the first days of periods and that's it. I didn't get any side effects from the patch and it's just made all the pain go away. I'm so so grateful and happy for this and aware that I don't have the worse forms of endo compared with women who have to have surgery and all. Just sharing this in case someone out there is contemplating that contraception topic and unsure about it, this has been my experience :) love and health to all of you

So I don’t know what to do at this point and maybe I’m just ranting but I could use advice and help

So when I was 15 (18 now) my mom forced me on Nexplanon, and I tried to bargain and say I couldn’t touch moody do the pill or go back on the shot, but she said no because the shot put me in the hospital, and she told me I was too stupid to remember to take the pill

But I’m still in school and I was told by cops themselves I legally cannot move out until I graduate? It’s stupid idk. But I go in November to get it removed and replaced but I don’t want it replaced and I want something different, but I’m too scared to talk to my mom about it and it’s all I can think about now a days since November is coming.

And my boyfriend’s(17y/o) mom won’t let me stay or sleepover anymore if I’m on anything other than this birth control, and my own boyfriend has gotten mad/upset at me for bringing up me being on a different birth control, and I don’t want to break up, as we’ve been together for two years now.

If I could get any advice I would greatly appreciate it, and even if I don’t get advice or anything like that, it just feels good to get this off my chest.

I’ve been on birth control for over two years and haven’t been having my period (skip the last week of pills, continue with a new pack you know the drill). But I just got surprised with blood in the shower. This has never happened to me, and cramps are coming along with it. I haven’t missed any doses, so why is this happening if it’s never happened before? Should I be worried?

Oy. 37F, 1 toddler. Had my placebo week. took Sunday through Friday pills, Didn’t take Saturday. sex on Sunday (Week 2). Realized on Tuesday I hadn’t taken a pill since Friday. So on Tuesday, I took Monday’s and Tuesday’s. I’m gonna be pregnant aren’t I?

should i be worried if my bf finished inside me atleast 2 times im on birth control (Aurovela 1/20) im just scared idk i waited atleast 7 days after i took it and i take it on time everyday not one missed and i started taking it the first day of my period and ive been taking it for two weeks now.

So I am quite new to birth control as I just started taking it about 2 days ago but over these last 2 days I have experienced quite a lot of bloating and I just wanted to know if other people have had bloating happen within the first day of starting birth control.

So me and my partner had sex, and pulled out both times and I am on the pill and I take it every night, could I be pregnant I’m just worried it’s only been about 4 days

So I’m on birth control and I usually just skip my periods but sometimes I just forget to take my pill and then start bleeding so I just wait until the bleeding stops to continue - usually around 6 days. This whole time, I thought that was a period. I’ve realised it’s breakthrough bleeding. I had no idea this even existed.

So my question is: I forgot to take my Monday pill, and took Monday and Tuesday pill on Tuesday morning. I’ve been spotting since Monday - if I continue my pill tomorrow (Thursday), will that be enough to stop this bleeding?! I’ve got a party on Saturday and I’d rather not worry about carrying tampons.

Do I have to wait the bleeding out like I usually do or should I just continue taking my pill? Thanks!

so my last experience with an estrogen containing combo pill (Estrylla) gave me migraine issues with slight aura symptoms. so I stopped it, took a few months break, and began the mini pill (norethindrone .35). On the mini pill however, I have been bleeding NON STOP for a month. And I can’t do it anymore, I have pcos, endo, and on top of that, im anemic and all of this bleeding has been absolute hell. I have since stopped the mini pill and now im wondering if I should consider a different combo pill since I didn’t have any bleeding issues on that. I hear Yaz is great for PCOS, but im also slightly scared of migraine issues again. Anyone have luck with a combo pill despite being estrogen sensitive?

I might be dry out of options here but wanted to consider it as a last resort

I’ve been on desogestrel 75mg since January. I have an appointment with my GP tomorrow morning because they want to do some blood pressure testing stuff, but this sub isn’t for medicla advice and stuff so. Not the point if this anyway.

I’m 15 (goijg onto 16 in December) and FTM. The idea of havinf a period is terrifying to me, I hate it, it makes me feel disgusting, and I literally believe that my depression has gotten better in the 6 months of no period. I’m on the pill because my periods used to cause me to puke whenever I ate (prompting me to avoid eating), have such bad cramps that I felt I physically couldn’t get out if bed or out of a chair, sweat so much, had really bad migraines that didn’t let me focus or anything and it actually made me do worse in school because I couldn’t concentrate or I just didn’t go in because it was that bad. I also had my period twice a month, both times heavy with minor clotting, and there was no investigation into why that happened, I was just put on the pill (very happy about btw, didn’t want to have to undergo an interrogation). Dysphoria not included.

My mum says they’re just doing a check-up, and that they’ve ordered for a new prescription within 24hrs (my last pill is tomorrow) which means I get a new refill on Friday. Was meant to collect it at the GP today, but they said I needed checkup first because it had been 6 months.

I haven’t had any side-effects aside from maybe being a little more sleepy, but as far as I’m aware, that isn’t bad. Like, not enough to warrant me stopping them, I think. I feel fine. I actually feel a lot better!! Happier, more physically active, more relaxed and my education is better because I’m not taking pointless days off per month because it felt impossible to even get out of bed some days.

Tbh I don’t even know, I’m just nervous and stressing about it because I seriously just don’t want to get off the pill. I also can’t explain about the FTM reason because my parents have said that I’d be kicked out and abandoned if I did anything like that so :/

TLDR; if my GP says, for whatever reason despite having no negative side-effects and feeling much better, that I can’t be on the pill or that I need a period, can I just take it and refuse to have a bleed? Does anyone have experience with this situation stuff or what?

I haven't gotten my withdrawal bleed. I've been on birth control for years, and I'm on day four of the placebo pills. I'm just kind of worried right now because I am sexually active however I take my birth control on time every day and I’ve never missed a pill.

I’ve been looking to start going on birth control but I’m just scared of everything that I’ve heard and seen from other people. I’ve heard people say they’ve gained up to 100 pounds because of it and they haven’t changed anything. I don’t wanna do the pill I’ve been thinking of the copper IUD or even the shot, but I’m worried about the side effects for the shot because I heard it could lead to tumors and just so much more. Is there any side effects with IUD? I should worry about or the copper IUD. My main thing is just like us the weight gain and then the hormone change. That’s why I’ve been considering the copper one because it’s hormone free.

I just got a copper IUD placed as an emergency contraceptive but should I still take a plan b? How do I know they put it in the right place?
I scheduled an ultrasound to make sure it’s in the right place but that won’t be for a while until I’m able to get seen, so am I supposed to just trust it?

I got the Liletta IUD inserted today and I ended up fine. What are some things to expect for the first few days or weeks?

I’ve been on desogestrel for 3 years because my periods were horrible. I’d have intense cramps for 2-3 days, heavy bleeding and horrible thumping headaches. When I first went on it I had increased nausea, dizziness, feeling hot, breast tenderness, tiredness, and extreme mood swings. I had one bleed 3 weeks in then my periods/bleeds completely stopped, for 3 whole years. But recently
I had a serious mental health episode and that, combined with worries about my fertility, has led to me wanting to come off it. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 2 years ago, I believe the pill worsened it. But at the same time I’m seeing horror stories from people who came off desogestrel like psychosis and prolonged bleeding and fertility issues. What were your experiences?

Hi all!!
I’m 22yo and i have taken Levlen Ed since i was 15yo, I have only ever had one break from Levlen and it was for about 3 months until i started to experience some hormonal acne.
I got back on Levlen and ran out three weeks ago and than was notified by my GP i can no longer take this pill, Has Slinda helped anyone’s hormonal acne? i’d like to prevent the post pill purge if possible.
Did slinda cause weight gain or any side affects??

thanks in advance <3

i’ve had the kyleena iud for about 2.5 years and i love it. i know i don’t have to replace it any time soon but i was randomly thinking about it

when i first got it placed i had spotting almost every day for about 2-3 months and it was pretty annoying. have had random spotting every once in a while ever since but generally nothing anymore. for people who had spotting in the beginning when they got their iud, did it return when you got it replaced? and if so was it just as long?

thanks in advance!

I am 9 months post partum and at 7 months decided to try the mini pill, as my period had returned and was regular again. Chose the mini pill because Im almost exclusively breastfeeding (period returned at 4 months) and also have migraines with combo pill (despite loving the combo pill 😭)

I hated it. I lost 10lbs in a week, terrible mood swings, sleeping badly, rage, etc.

Stopped taking it after the second to last pill in the cycle.

I missed my period entirely and now im almost to when my next period would start, but I have kept getting repeated positive Ovulation tests (apparently I've ovulate like 8 times this month), and not having any sign of my period returning.

Has anyone else experienced this? Does it eventually return? Will I ever stop having Ovulation cramps? 😅

Also to noge I HAVE taken several pregnancy tests (negative, also I dont feel pregnant at all) and been sure to use a barrier method since stopping the pill.

I am getting my kyleena IUD removed after 5 years (it's actually a bit past 5 years, oops). I'm not so worried about the actual removal experience, but would love to hear how others felt after the fact? I'm going to be on no birth control now, and I was on the pill for years pre-IUD, so I can't really remember what it's like to not be on hormonal BC.

Some specifics:

I had half my thyroid removed so take a low dose of levothryoxine daily. Assuming i'll need to get my levels checked post-IUD to make sure everything is stable?

I never had acne in my life until my IUD insertion. For 5 years I've had intense cystic acne on my chin that no topicals or even spirnolactone could help. My derm said the IUD could be causing this. Did anyone find their skin cleared up after removing IUD?

I lost 30 lbs over the last 2 years and am a little stressed about putting it back on. Would love to hear if anyone found weight gain to be an issue upon IUD removal!!

My period started about 2 days before my placebo pills last week and now I have 3 pills left, if I stop taking them now and skip to the next regular pills will my period stop?

(F24) I went to get my iud insertion done or yesterday and I started to get really stressed out about the whole insertion, as I was finding it very disturbing that this object was getting inserted into my uterus. I didn't realize how far it was going, I thought it was going into my cervix (I know that probably sounds silly) but I was alone and didnt have any support person with me, so that made me more stressed if something were to happen afterwards and couldnt drive or whatever. I basically tried to push myself and only got to the speculum and asked the dr to stop. I felt really bad and apologized a lot for wasting her time, she said no need to apologize as this happens alot and I can reschedule for when I am ready. I really do want this done as I had an unexpected pregnancy and went through termination (please no judgment for my choice) so im very scared of getting pregnant again, until i am of course ready to. Then seeing others experience on social media has really scared me for the whole thing. If there is other opinions out there that arent expensive (yes, being absent is cheap, but let's be realistic, were human, so the deed is definitely going to be done, while in a committed relationship lol) or if theres any words of encouragement to get the iud done, I would love to hear your experience. Im just a girl who is scared and worried lol!!

so I recently threw up in the beginning of my pack of lo loestrin fe. I took a replacement on time and then continued with my pills normally every day at the same time. When I got to the white estrogen pills, I forgot that I had to take an extra active pill that I was short before taking the white estrogen pill. six hours after I realized that I was supposed to take an active pill I looked up what to do online and it said throw the pack out and take the first active pill of a new pack. So that’s what I did, corrected it the same day. i know this may sound a little dumb but i used chat gpt and with every detail it said that i was fine because i corrected at the same day so six hours wouldn’t drop my hormones. but today (the day after) I woke up with brown spotting randomly I don’t ever have this. especially when I just ended my full 5 day cycle a couple days ago before this happened. and yes, I have read the big paper that comes with my pack on all the instructions if a mistake were to happen but nothing matches my situation. And I don’t feel 100% ok trusting Google or chatgpt, that what I did was right and I don’t need a plan b or to take action in any way i may be at a risk for pregnancy. there’s also no way I could speak to my doctor without it being through my mom.

Boyfriend and I had sex for the first time, he did not finish inside, had a condom on always and it did not break or slip, we are not sure about leaks. Neither of us oeed after and we went for round 2 with the same conditions as round 1 and we were safe. Did not take plan B coz didn't think I needed it. This happened on day 26 of my cycle so I was sure I'd get my period because it coms in 30 days usually. I've also been super sick and stressed this month and started a job so I fear there may have been some delay in ovulation because of the stress. It is currently day 40 of my cycle and I experienced some pink and dark brown spotting for a few hours and typical period symptoms such as leg pain, lower back pain and a migraine. Should I be worried as my period rarely comes after 35 days? Should I take a test just in case? I know the chances are probably 0 but what if there was a leak and preejaculate acted? idk. pls lmk.

So I started Junel Fe 1/20 on June 20, and I skipped the placebo pills because I had a trip. I started the new pack on July 11, and on day 6 of the new pack I had really bad cramps and spotting, and I’m still experiencing it a week later. When it started, I shed a big piece of uterine lining, and it freaked me out.
Is it normal to bleed this far into a pack? And have bad cramps this often? I’ve been taking 1,950 mg of Tylenol for the pain (I’ve always had bad cramps, but they’ve never lasted this long). Aside from the cramps and bleeding, I haven’t had any other bad side effects, so I like this one compared to other pills that gave me mood swings. What’s your experience on Junel Fe? Should I stick to it and see if my body regulates itself, or give up and start a new pill?