Some methods of birth control are bad for you specifically. Not all birth control is equal. You are a complex piece of equipment. Birth control alters the way that equipment works. There are side effects, no matter what, and they are listed because the were well documented in clinical trials.
That does not mean you should not use birth control. It means you should work with your doctor to find the one that works best for you.
My wife tried a birth control medication that had an interaction with another medication and made her very drousy. My sister took one that made her feel suicidal. They shopped around and found something that worked.
Yeah. Summarizing this, BC has a lot of side effects, but pregnancy has even more.
Frankly, I’m hoping that RISUG makes it to the US. I would get two reversible injections in the crotch to basically prevent pregnancy with zero side effects.
Thanks for mentioning this. Never heard of that before. So we have a almost 100% effective, one-time use, most likely reversible, cheap contraceptive that is free of unwanted side effects. sadly it would lessen the profit of pharmaceutical companies, so we can’t have it. too bad.
Or everyone can look at the variety of options and decide what’s best for them at any given time.
Condoms are a great option, and they have the added bonuses of also protecting against STIs and being able to work alongside pharmaceutical contraception. That last bit is big because if you’re absolutely unwilling to have kids and abortion is illegal or something you’re unwilling to do you probably want to be using two methods.
I’m the first to praise condoms especially with people choosing not to vaccinate their children against HPV and with the fact that they’re how one can be certain that they don’t impregnate anyone else. But they too have downsides including that most people aren’t very good at using them.
Just want to drop this here.
Birth control is great.
Some methods of birth control are bad for you specifically. Not all birth control is equal. You are a complex piece of equipment. Birth control alters the way that equipment works. There are side effects, no matter what, and they are listed because the were well documented in clinical trials.
That does not mean you should not use birth control. It means you should work with your doctor to find the one that works best for you.
My wife tried a birth control medication that had an interaction with another medication and made her very drousy. My sister took one that made her feel suicidal. They shopped around and found something that worked.
Yeah. Summarizing this, BC has a lot of side effects, but pregnancy has even more.
Frankly, I’m hoping that RISUG makes it to the US. I would get two reversible injections in the crotch to basically prevent pregnancy with zero side effects.
Thanks for mentioning this. Never heard of that before. So we have a almost 100% effective, one-time use, most likely reversible, cheap contraceptive that is free of unwanted side effects. sadly it would lessen the profit of pharmaceutical companies, so we can’t have it. too bad.
yay for capitalism!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_inhibition_of_sperm_under_guidance#Availability_and_marketing
Just do condoms?
Or everyone can look at the variety of options and decide what’s best for them at any given time.
Condoms are a great option, and they have the added bonuses of also protecting against STIs and being able to work alongside pharmaceutical contraception. That last bit is big because if you’re absolutely unwilling to have kids and abortion is illegal or something you’re unwilling to do you probably want to be using two methods.
I’m the first to praise condoms especially with people choosing not to vaccinate their children against HPV and with the fact that they’re how one can be certain that they don’t impregnate anyone else. But they too have downsides including that most people aren’t very good at using them.
BC pills have usages outside of contraception. It can be used to treat various issues related to hormones.
Condoms are fine if you want to protect from STIs, but they’re less effective than other hormone based contraceptives to prevent conceptions.
And much, much, much more expensive.