side effects of birth control

[flickersticked.livejournal.com]

Hi Everyone! I started taking Loestrin 24 Fe this past Sunday. I have been very tired and nauseated since I started taking the pill which I understand is fairly normal. Prior to starting the pill my doctor said that I should give the side effects 3 months to go away. Am I really going to feel this crummy for 3 months if I want to stay on the pill? I'm having a hard time working and just feel like crap. I can deal with a week or two but I don't think I wanna do this for 3 months! Just wondering about other people's experiences with hbc side effects. Thanks!

A couple birth-control-related questions!

[naked-beauty-21.livejournal.com]

Hello lovelies!

My first question is, how do you decide a time to take your birth control for those of you on a birth control pill? I wake up and go to bed at different times everyday, and as a busy college student I eat my meals at different times every day. I'm not relying on it for keeping me from getting pregnant yet, because my fiance and I are waiting until we get married to have sex, but I want to get in the habit of taking it every day at the same time. Also, if I decide on a time for now but want to switch to a different time later, do I wait to start a new time after when I start a new pill pack?

Second, because I'm afraid of forgetting to take pills once it *really* matters (definitely don't want to get preggers right off the bat), I'm interested in the Nuvaring. I was interested in the patch but the clinic I got my pills from doesn't supply them, but they do supply the nuvaring. My cervix is really really low, though, so I'm afraid my fiance would be able to feel the nuva ring during sexytimes and I think we'd both prefer he didn't. (I know you can take it out for sexy times but one, I'd forget to put it back in, and two, I'd be afraid my protection was compromised.) Does anyone else with a lower cervix have any experience with the nuvaring and sexytimes? My cervix is still preeetty low even when I'm really aroused.

Thanks!!

Strong vaginal smell, but not a bad one

[modmob.livejournal.com]

Heya VPers!

Lately, I've been wanting to receive oral sex, but my partner is reluctant to give: he says that I have a strong vaginal smell, but that it's not a bad smell. (He compared it to eating chocolate: nibble a bit, and it's nice, but eat a cocoa bean and it's bitter.)

Is there anything I can do to reduce my intensity?

Thanks in advance!
-modmob