birth control

I’ve been taking Slinda (drospirenone) and I accidentally left my pack exposed to heat for around 20 mins while at the beach the other day. It’s a tropical climate and the heat index that day was around 43°C (~110°F). It was inside a jelly bag and while the pack itself wasn’t searing hot, the...

Does anyone know if the dietary supplement L-carnitine interferes with the birth control pill? Specifically, I’m on Sprintec.

Okay going to try and make this simple. FYI using pullout method (not the best I know)… I was just prescribed BC pills but can’t take them until the Sunday after my NEXT period which I’m waiting for, FYI he’s never finished inside me… so here we go: Had unprotected sex the day after my period...

Hey yall— I was starting to get a little anxious over some side effects I’ve been having and can’t for the life of me get in contact with my doctor so obviously the next stop was Reddit. I have had the SKYLA iud collectively >4 years (3 years the first go around and now the new one I got in...

Yes, it has kept me from getting pregnant so it is doing its job. Big TMI warning lol Backstory; I got my Mirena iud inserted after having a c section. I bled for about 6 weeks which is normal and then didn't get a period for about 6 months. Thats it. It came back and is still the same as it...

I've been on Nortrel/Necon/Wera 0.5/35 pill for maaany years. About a year ago I switched to using it continuously (skipping the fake pills) but I still get lots of breakthrough bleeding on it but at least it lets me skip periods and my horrible menstrual migraines. I just had my prescription...

I'm going to schedule a visit with a new gynecologist and more aggressively ask about this situation. A big concern of mine was the possibility of getting pregnant if it was possible to push into a uterus, because no lie it feels like that sometimes. But I guess it's just my vag stretching...

I have such a specific situation, and no actual gynecologist due to switching insurances (I've been seeing whoever's available first/the soonest at whatever clinic for the last several months) that I figured I'd just go ahead and explain my situation and ask my questions. I broke this post into...

I’m having serious pregnancy symptoms. I got my nexplanon around the summer of 2021. i’m 19 and my doctor told me that i’m in perfect shape for this birth control and we set a date sometime in 2024(3 years later) to replace it(i DO NOT want a kid). for the first two years, i didn’t have a period...

Iv (F26) had a problem with my period and no doctor so far has been able to help. I get really frustrated because I went to several internists, 3 gynecologists and two endocrinologists and it seems like they don’t really feel a need to solve it? So I haven’t gotten my period in more than 2...

Very worried since we never use condoms. But I take all my pills on time (have an alarm for it that goes off everyday) and haven’t missed any pills or puked or anything. I was on Tylenol for 3-4 days but that was it. Last we had unprotected sex where he cummed outside me was May 6. My period is...

So on the 3rd of August around noon, I had sex with a girl and I used a condom, however, she didn’t get off right away when I came and when she did I noticed small “clumps” of semen around the base of the condom. And of course I haven’t been able to stop worrying because of my anxiety. I tried...

Hi everyone. I’m hoping someone has some advice they can impart on me. I’m (37) this year & other than in my teens & brief time about 3 years ago (think about a 6 month span) I’ve hardly been on birth control. I used to suffer from migraine headaches (knock on wood) they are no longer an...

So I’m usually on the combination pill, but for that week when I don’t have my period I’m always scared to have sex afterwards when I continue the birth control. I don’t trust that it immediately starts back up after my period like they say lol. Anyways, I took a plan b, got my period a little...

As a female medical student I was trying to find some research about Natural Cycles to see its effectiveness as a birth control. However, as my professor taught us, I checked the conflicts of interest before I even started reading this article and I read this: All of the positive research...

i (20F l) want to come off bc it messes w my eye sight, add is worse, hair thinning. my bf love to have sex. i’m biggest anxiety is pregnancy. i’m young and not in a place in my life for a baby neither is my bf. for those who came off bc and went all natural and no hormones how did you proceed...

can anyone tell me how the procedure was? I’ve had nexplanon for 6 years so I’ll also have that removed the same day. I’m a bit nervous. I’ve never had children either.

Hi! I had a copper iud placed yesterday, and last night was hit with a lot of bleeding (soaked through two pads). Today I was still bleeding and then an hour ago I started having the worst pain to the point of me crying and calling in sick from work. I passed some clots last night and today...

For context, I’m 25 and have a pretty regular, unproblematic period, now. Main point at pt.9 So I’ve been on and off the pill for years. First got it at 16, not by choice, for 3 months. Back on it again at 20, off by 22 because I felt like my body never had a chance to “normalize.” As I grew...

I live in Texas & the thought of having an accidental pregnancy w/my Mirena in is so scary to me. Abortion isn't an option unless I have travel money & savings for the time off i'd have to take. I've had sex maybe a handful of times since Roe v. Wade was overturned. It's just too scary & risky...