Birth Control...

[adventurous1]

I have been on depo-provera for 12 years, and I love it!! Not only have I never ever had a pregnancy scare (I have never bought or had a pregnancy test in my life) but I am one of those people who are usually the text book case of how drugs are supposed to work. I dont bleed, ever, and that to me is worth staying on for as long as I possibly can. It can cause loss of bone density, and I have had to go for a bone density test, and everything is good. I have a friend who tried it years ago, and she got the straight month of bleeding, went off it, and then went back on like 6 years later after she had her kid, and now it works just fine for her. As for weight gain, I dont know if I can blame any of my weight gain strictly on the depo, but if I work hard, I can keep the weight off. My man loves that I am on it, because I dont have any crazy hormonal mood swings, he knows what to expect from me all through the month, hehe!

 

[nangiggles]

I have been on depo-provera for 12 years, and I love it!! Not only have I never ever had a pregnancy scare (I have never bought or had a pregnancy test in my life) but I am one of those people who are usually the text book case of how drugs are supposed to work. I dont bleed, ever, and that to me is worth staying on for as long as I possibly can. It can cause loss of bone density, and I have had to go for a bone density test, and everything is good. I have a friend who tried it years ago, and she got the straight month of bleeding, went off it, and then went back on like 6 years later after she had her kid, and now it works just fine for her. As for weight gain, I dont know if I can blame any of my weight gain strictly on the depo, but if I work hard, I can keep the weight off. My man loves that I am on it, because I dont have any crazy hormonal mood swings, he knows what to expect from me all through the month, hehe!

I'll look into this too ^_^

 

[nangiggles]

I was looking at stuff like VCF.... it looks intereseting,not sure if I trust it that much eventhough says if used right it is 94% effective.... I like it's not hormonal but I dont wanna wean off hormones,Im thinking maybe the patch/ortho evra

 

[trex74]

I was looking at stuff like VCF.... it looks intereseting,not sure if I trust it that much eventhough says if used right it is 94% effective.... I like it's not hormonal but I dont wanna wean off hormones,Im thinking maybe the patch/ortho evra

i didn't know what that was and looked it up- 18-28 % failure rate though....
I just manipulated my pill so I could go to the cottage without getting my period, i'm so stoked and it worked perfectly. yay!

 

[nangiggles]

i didn't know what that was and looked it up- 18-28 % failure rate though....
I just manipulated my pill so I could go to the cottage without getting my period, i'm so stoked and it worked perfectly. yay!

yeah i wouldnt rely on it as my only protection... I really love my shot, maybe I'll just stock up on my trip to CR this weekends, all these suckers here get juice I should get hormones

 

[Underwraps]

I have been on depo-provera for 12 years, and I love it!! Not only have I never ever had a pregnancy scare (I have never bought or had a pregnancy test in my life) but I am one of those people who are usually the text book case of how drugs are supposed to work. I dont bleed, ever, and that to me is worth staying on for as long as I possibly can. It can cause loss of bone density, and I have had to go for a bone density test, and everything is good. I have a friend who tried it years ago, and she got the straight month of bleeding, went off it, and then went back on like 6 years later after she had her kid, and now it works just fine for her. As for weight gain, I dont know if I can blame any of my weight gain strictly on the depo, but if I work hard, I can keep the weight off. My man loves that I am on it, because I dont have any crazy hormonal mood swings, he knows what to expect from me all through the month, hehe!

I may be heading into perimenopause and read something that says to go for low progestorone bc. Of course I'll double check w/my doc at my annual still a few months away, but any recommendations? Know a low pregesterone b.c.?