This kind of pissed me off... a lot.

[hahahabye.livejournal.com]

So, my fiance and I were having a conversation today about women and having children and jobs and stuff.

( Potentially )

How would you handle that situation?

Plan B question

[touchofviolet.livejournal.com]

Sorry if this has been asked before. I looked through the archives but I'm still not totally sure so I figured I'd go ahead and post.


( Under a cut for possible TMI )

Birth Control Pill Options

[naidababy.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone,

First of all, I don't know if this has been asked before, so if it has, I'm sorry. But, I can use any help I can get!

A few years ago, I was on the birth control pill, specifically Othro Tri Cyclen. While it gave me beautiful skin, I gained a massive amount of weight and was an emotional wreck. It was such a terrifying experience that I decided to go off it altogether. Once I stopped it, the weight I gained literally fell off overnight. I was told by my doctor at the time that I should look into other options, since not all brands will give me the same side effects, but I just didn't want to go through that ordeal again.

Now, I'm in a long term relationship with my boyfriend and I would love to use something, like the birth control pill. However, I'm just so worried and scare that I'll go through the same thing again.  I have a birth control consultation with my doctor this weekend, but before I go, I wanted to do research on other birth control pills that don't have such severe side effects, especially with weight again.

Can anyone recommend a birth control pill that they use that hasn't given them any severe side effects? Any suggestions you can provide would be super helpful. Thank you!
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What's going on in there?

[thefalsk.livejournal.com]

So... I'm five days late on my period.

The nitty gritty: been with my boyfriend for six years. We've never had any other sexual partners. We use condoms--never had one break or any reason to believe I might get pregnant. My periods are pretty regular and it's usually 27-30 days between the end of one and the start of the other. For the past few months it's been the 16th of the month every time.

I took two pregnancy tests, one yesterday (late morning) and one today (when I woke up) and they were both negative.

I'm sort of freaking out because I don't really know what's going on. I exercise a lot, I eat healthy, and I'm under some stress but nothing major that would affect it. Really nothing's changed in my life recently that would affect me (or so I believe) ... what should I do? I've never had a period be more than 3 days late so I'm starting to get really, really anxious. :\

BC after having baby, what to do?

[inkster.livejournal.com]

Bit of background: I have a history of infertility. It took us 4 years to get pregnant and keep it and it happened naturally after treatments we tried didn't work.

I am currently 4 1/2 weeks postpartum. I was told by my MW today that I can resume having intercourse whenever I feel ready for it. Exciting, because I haven't had sex in a long time and terrifying because I'm so afraid of how it's going to feel.

She said that we should use birth control because I could be ovulating even though I am exclusively breastfeeding. We had decided before I gave birth that we wouldn't bother protecting because we know we want another child and it took us so long to get the one we finally have that it seemed dumb to protect when it might happen without all the heartache and stress. That was unless having another one was out of the question at the time. Which naturally, it is.

I am not going back on pills because they made me really depressed for months when I came off of them and I didn't ovulate for over a year and while I can't prove it was them, I'm pretty sure they were at least responsible for the depression. I don't like the idea of an IUD. I hate condoms. Which leaves me with...?

My questions are:

1) I used FAM for TTC. Will it work if I am BFing exclusively? I know it can dry up your fluids, so I'm not sure if it would be as obvious if I were ovulating. I also know that it can prevent you from ovulating at all, which would be ideal, but I'm not quite sure if I'm ready to take that chance and end up pregnant by accident. (not the end of the world, but not ideal right at this moment - such a strange feeling after trying for so long to get pregnant in the first place!)

2) I know there are some really thin condoms that feel a lot less like you're wearing one. Does anyone know what those are? We've used the thinnest Trojan ones for when we've needed to but we both hate them.

3) If I'm not getting a period, does that mean I'm not ovulating? (assuming it's impossible that I'm pregnant). Obviously it varies, but how long did it take for your cycles to return when you were exclusively breastfeeding?

Thanks so much in advance!

Hot flashes with the pill?

[llama-friendly.livejournal.com]

I just started taking birth control pills again. Tonight is my 4th night on Gianvi. I'm having what seem to be hot flashes. I'm not entirely sure it's the pill though. Maybe I'm getting sick? I've taken Gianvi before and never experienced this.

Hurts to pee

[meowhimeow.livejournal.com]

I went to the gyno a couple hours ago. She did a 'vaginal swab' but, she put it in my pee hole, and I have no clue why. But, it was extremely painful. After that...I got lightheaded. 

When I went to go pee afterwords, it was seriously horrible and it was bleeding.

Now, five hours later, I need to pee...but it's serious so excruciating....what should i do?

Birth control: Generic vs. Name Brand

[naked-beauty-21.livejournal.com]

So today I was talking with two of my friends who are both on birth control, and one of them said something about "finally getting back on the name brand instead of the crappy generic." And I asked, "if it's a generic, isn't it the exact same drug?" To which she replied "No, generics are crappier quality and sometimes different doses." I don't know what brand she was using. Is this true, that generics are different from the name brands? I always thought that to be called a generic they had to be the same chemical makeup and same dosage as the name brand, or it wouldn't be considered the generic OF the name brand, if that makes sense.