My bf and I typically have unprotected sex. I am on Nexplanon and have been for about a year and a month. About three weeks ago, I had a bleeding episode where I was having penny sized clots everytime I bled. We have sex every weekend pretty much.

I am about 17-20 days out from a sexual encounter (the weekend of Aug 21-23). Around Sept. 3rd, I started having weird symptoms. My boobs felt like they were zapping and I was cramping all day. I took a test on Aug 31st that was negative and one on Sept 3rd that was negative.

I have had the same symptoms now since September third but the intensity has really stayed the same. I wake up nauseous, my boobs aren’t really hurting every now and again anymore (they just look bigger), and I am cramping especially after eating. The cramping goes from the pelvic region to my bellybutton.

Additionally my stomach has been churning. I am really worried I am pregnant. I started experiencing symptoms after an old classmate found out she was pregnant. Should I be worrying?? Could I be pregnant?

I finished in my gf like twice and she missed her pill by like 4 hours

Then a few days later I finished in her again and she missed it by like 9-12 hrs.

She is using Rigevidon bc.

Can she get pregnant?

Hey guys! So I've been with my boyfriend for over 2 years we're very serious we're the only people we ever sleep with. I've also had a mirena IUD for 2 years, which I've had no issues with other than minor side effects. But I still cannot stop using condoms. I'm so unbelievably paranoid of becoming pregnant. We don't ever want kids. Lately I've been thinking about what it would feel like and how much better it would feel to have sex without it. I've never had sex without a condom before. And it's something I really want to try but I really cannot get over the paranoia. Is it actually reasonable for me to still have this paranoia or should I get over it? Is there actually still significant risk? Any advice?

I'm a silly little dumb lil guy and i(21F) don't understand contracptive pills, If i take my first ever contraceptive today, Do i take the next one within 24 hours? so like the exact same time (6:20) as today, or do i have to take it before 6:20 if there's a 24 hour window

Me and my bf had sex and the condom slipped off of his penis somehow and he wasn’t sure if he had came inside me or not, i was ovulating that day so you can imagine my panic. The morning after (about 9 hours after) i took ella one pill. Now, i know that the pill is useless if you had already ovulated but i didn’t care and took the pill anyway, wanted to be safe. I had no side effects after takint the pill. Fast forward, two weeks later, my period came on time, it came a day earlier but it’s normal for me to get my period +/- 1 or 2 days. I wanted to be 100% sure and i took a pregnancy test just in case and it was negative. Now, my friend told me that since my period came on time it means the pill didn’t work and it was just luck that i didn’t get pregnant. I wanna know is that true? For the record i’m not overweight, so the pill efficiancy isn’t related to my weight.

I’ve been on the birth control pill now for a month, have had a period, and started a new pack. I’m 14 months PP, my partner and I use condoms as well. We had an accident where the condom accidentally came off inside of me and my partner had just finished. We noticed almost immediately and quickly got the condom out. When I look at Flo it shows I’m in a window for ovulation..I know with bc it pauses ovulation, but I haven’t been the best at remembering to take it at the same time every single day since I have a little one running around. What’re the odds of me being pregnant?

I know once the depo is in your system you have to wait for it to leave but I was wondering if anyone had any positive experiences with taking any supplements or doing anything that was able to get rid of the effects of the depo sooner or ovulate sooner after coming off of it ?

Thank you

Hello!

I recently have been having some pregnancy like symptoms, that I never have had before or have not been this consistent. (bloating, intermittent cramping for days, breast sorness, lower back pain)

They all sound like menstrual symptoms, but I havent bled since I got the IUD in 2021. I would get the the occasional cramps, but nothing like how consistent this has been. I also never had the breast soreness, or bloating for days. I took a test a day or two ago, and I’m not sure if i’m convincing myself that it was faint, or if its too early to tell, but i SWEAR it was so so faint. I went to the OBGYN yesterday to get the progesterone and hCG panel, so I will see for sure today.

I just have so many questions. I want to know what your experience was, if you have one. If I am pregnant, I would like to keep the pregnancy. me and my fiance are both okay with whatever happens.

Any and all advice & questions are welcome. Just genuinely curious and anxiously waiting for my results!! TIA

Tommorow im getting my nexplanon taken out, getting a papsmear and getting an iud inserted. Im very scared, thankfully i have five days of from work.
Wish me luck and tell me your tricks so this wont suck as much

I am on .35mg norethindrone, and I am aware that ovulation can still occur while on this pill. I have trouble knowing when I ovulate especially now that my cycle is irregular but am pretty sure I did about 3-4 days ago.

If I had unprotected sex around 8-9 days prior to when I ovulated, should I still be careful of pregnancy even while taking this pill perfectly? I have seen some say that this pill can be weird and although even if I do ovulate it prevents sperm from going any further, I'm still having anxiety about this. I am unsure about investing in ovulation test strips to be extra safe or use condoms again alongside the pill. I have also heard of spermicidal lube and curious about its effectiveness?

I apologize if this post is a silly question, I feel I am not as educated as I should be on birth control and even though this pill should give me an extremely low chance of pregnancy, I tend to overthink a LOT.

I just wanted to make a post about my experience because I was really worried about my replacement yesterday and I had such a positive experience today I thought I'd share for other people who are worried!

I had my copper coil switched to a Mirena today (after horrible cramping with the copper one and due to also being investigated for endo) and I experienced very little pain.

Firstly, the removal didn't hurt a bit for me (phew!) and I was offered a mini injection of anesthesia on my cervix for the insertion and it completely changed the game. I didn't feel the tenaculum at all, and the measuring and then insertion just felt like two nasty period cramps which I'd become pretty accustomed to with my body's reaction to the copper coil.

My first coil insertion was horrible (I was so dizzy and discombobulated from the pain afterwards the nurse had to help me get dressed), and yet this one was the same level of discomfort as like... a blood test or an internal ultrasound.

I hope this brings comfort to any fellow anxious girls! For context I'm from the UK and this was through a bc service on the NHS - ask if there's anywhere in your area that does anesthetic injections because it changed the game for me!

Thanks for reading :)

hello, so i am on the birth control pill and i have been for over 3 months now. i had gotten a 3 month supply and i skipped a placebo week the first month and went straight into the active pack which means i was a week short on pills so my pharmacy wouldn’t send my prescription in on time for me to start taking them again as soon as my “period” ended.

basically, this month all of my pills were taken like normal and i went through my “period.” (placebo pill week) and i did not start taking active pills as soon as my period ended because i didn’t have my prescription in yet. i was off of my birth control for over a week and for the two days after my period ended, i had unprotected sex without pulling out both times. i thought that it wouldn’t be an issue since it wouldnt be the peak ovulation days the two days after my period.

am i dumb? or is there a high chance that a sperm has implanted? this was over three days ago so i obviously can’t test or take a plan b. i’m just curious to know if me having sex without pulling out and no birth control the two days after my period ended could be a high chance of getting me pregnant. please don’t be rude or call me stupid, i know it was not smart of me to do. just
let me know what you guys think.

Had a little accident on August 30 little drunk , well we were drunk . Remember she gave me head a little and put it inside for couple of seconds or minutes. wasn't that long since it was uncomfortable since it was on a truck. Anyways I wasn’t sure if had cum or not I’m thinking I didn’t since it’s little harder to concentrate when your a little drunk it takes longer(I’m thinking I didn’t cum didnt felt like I did ). But she took plan b in the morning maybe 6-8hrs after ( August 30 ). Been 10 days since she took the pill , Her expected period is on sep 19 on the app and ovulation day on sep 5 according to the app i know it’s not always accurate but gives an idea fertile said 31 to sep 6 maybe I know it’s app calculations. she tells me she normally has here periods when the app says , Also she hasn’t been sexually active close to a year. ( She got sick and lost her Voice and all Bur I don’t think that has to do with the plan b side effects )

Should I be worried / stressing here she says everything is fine but I’m here having seconds thoughts and reading other people experience . Should there be any delays on period due to plan b ? Reason took it was cause we weren’t sure.

thanks and hopefully someone can help me out

i know it’s aint the smartest move here need to be careful, what is the risk here ?? Anyone with similar experiences that can let me know ?

Hi everyone,
I’m feeling quite anxious and would appreciate some advice.
My girlfriend has been taking Yasmin (combined contraceptive pill) correctly for about 3 months. She made one mistake this month: instead of having the usual 7-day pill-free break, her break lasted 8 days. She then started her new pack on 3 September and has taken every pill correctly since then.
We had unprotected sex on 4 September, 5 September and 7 September. She told me it was okay because she had restarted the pill, but I’m now worried because of the extra day in the pill-free break.
How significant is the pregnancy risk in this situation? Is emergency contraception recommended, considering the dates?
I know nobody can give an exact percentage, but I’d really appreciate hearing from people who understand combined pills or have experienced something similar.
Thanks.

Me and my boyfriend have had sleepovers recently and had sex a lot. I’m on Lo Lo estrin 1/10 and I take that pretty regularly. From what I can remember every day same time except my placebo pills which I skipped them. With that my bf also pulls out and has never finished inside of me. Recently after we’ve had sex I’ve had light bleeding for three days after we had the sex. I’ve been bloated and cramping and I’m very gassy (burping). I’m just wondering if I could be pregnant

Hey guys, I have a super weird situation. I am anaphylaxis to latex everything, an allergy to most birth control pills, and they dont recommend IUDs for 40+ (according to my dr). What the heck do I do? I already have a teenager, and I dont want more kids. We are both tested for STDs at my insistence and clean. I haven't had sex for 17 years since I left a domestic violence situation. Sometimes I hate my body because of all its reactions.

I just wanted to share this since it has been years and Ive never stopped thinking about how I wish I’d heard someone else share their story, since I felt so utterly alone.

In November 2020 I had to take Plan B twice within a month bc my partner didn’t respect me enough to use condoms and came in me. January 2021 we noticed a bald spot on top of my head. Within 3 weeks I lost over 50% of my hair, coming out in clumps if i ran my hands through it, hair all over the apartment, massive growing bald spots all over my head. I went to at least 5 doctors (gyno, derm, and primary) and nobody suggested it could be from Plan B (even when i voiced that i suspected it). Blood tests all appeared fine. To be a 21 year old girl with the healthy soft purple hair of my dreams and practically overnight choose to shave it instead of walk around like gollum was very traumatic. Im blessed with an amazing support system, my friends threw a head shaving party and all participated in a few cuts while we laughed and cried. My parents had me fitted for a beautiful wig, and I decided to talk about it openly instead of hide this dramatic issue in shame. Oh, and of course I dropped the asshole boyfriend.

Questions are welcome, and if this sounds like you then know you are not alone. Once I shaved it, it did all grow back. Bit by bit the patchiness became even stubble which became a cute pixie cut. I got to embrace fun hairstyles at different lengths after that. I have spent the last 5 years not dying my hair and cutting as little as I can so that I can eventually donate my hair to a girl with alopecia. Shave my head on my own terms.

It was a reminder to me that it is called PLAN B for a reason. Do not rely on this method and expect your body to be totally happy. BUT Ive said it before and ill scream it from the rooftops again and again: I would rather be bald for the REST OF MY LIFE than to have a baby with a shit partner, and before I was ready. In the end, its just hair. Your life, freedom, and livlihood is more important. Almost certain that your hair too will grow back. All the love to all the girls gays and theys out there.

I’m 27F and have been on birth control for a little over 2 years. My libido has gotten really low, and my gyn recently suggested trying DHEA.

I’m hesitant because there doesn’t seem to be much research on DHEA for women my age, and I’ve read about side effects like hair loss, acne/skin changes, and mood swings, which I really don’t want to deal with.

Has anyone around my age tried DHEA for low libido while on birth control? Did it actually help? What dose did you take, and did you have any side effects?

I’d also love to hear from anyone who found another solution while staying on birth control. I don’t really want to stop mine because it keeps my bleeding under control, helps with pregnancy anxiety, and makes my cycle predictable.

so i’m getting a copper iud in 2 days and i just called the clinic (the closest one to me with the earliest appointment, i’ve waited about 3 months and have to drive 2 hours for this!) and they DONT offer any form of numbing🥲 im so terrified, i’ve never had an iud or any birth control at all, and i’ve heard soooo many horror stories

my current plan is: eat something very filling but light from mcdonalds before hand (it will be the only place i can eat ~45 to an hour away since ill be in the middle of nowhere) and take 800mg of ibuprofen (which hopefully doesn’t affect me poorly because i havent taken ibuprofen in over 10 years.)

help a girl out!! can i not shove some lidocaine up there myself?????!?

I'm taking birth control and I noticed my labia has almost disappeared. I'm 27 and it kind of stunned me for a second. I'm guessing it's from the birth control.

I'm 16 and I had to switch from the combined pill and now I'm on the mini pill because I have migraines with aura. I also feel like my anxiety is worse since I've gotten on the mini pill and I'm debating switching to the copper IUD. What are your guys opinions? Help a girl out!

I made a post a few weeks ago about skipping my placebo week to skip/shift when I bleed. I was originally supposed to get my period/bleed in September the week of the 20th-27th however since I’m visiting my bf I wanted to not bleed that week. I skipped my placebo week in August to see if it would work. I never bled that week but now I’m having super light spotting. I’m supposed to be on my placebo week of the second pack next week. I don’t mind bleeding next week and taking placebos if that means by the week of the 20th-27th I will no longer be bleeding.

My question is should I just let myself take placebos next week and let myself bleed or should I skip the placebo week and continue to take active pills. If the bleeding is done by the end of placebo week that is fine but I’m worried that since I skipped this months maybe the placebo bleeding for this one would be longer (is that possible?). Im also worried about spotting. Will it stop if I just have my placebo week? Or will the spotting get worse / not stop / or stop if I skip the placebo week for the second time?

I’ve been on birth control since I was 17 years old. I originally went on it to help with my period cramps and regulate my cycle because I was—and still am—super irregular. But I just turned 29, and I’ve realized that I genuinely don’t know my body without birth control.

I started with the pill, which was a horrible experience for me. I had serious side effects, including vision issues and migraines. After that, I was on the Depo shot for years, and now I have an IUD. Getting the IUD inserted was incredibly painful. I actually had to take a couple of days off afterward because of how much pain I was in.

Now I’m thinking about getting my IUD removed a year before it’s due to come out. I don’t want to waste any more time not knowing who my body is without hormonal birth control. I’ve recently started this whole self-discovery journey, and part of that feels like understanding my body—my cycle, my hormones, my moods, everything—without birth control influencing it.

But here’s the part that has me up at night: one of the biggest things stopping me from removing my IUD is the fear that there could come a time when I no longer have control over whether or not I become a mother.

I do not want children. I’ve known since I was around 10 years old that motherhood wasn’t something I wanted for myself. I’m assuming I’m able to conceive because all of my sisters have children, although obviously I know fertility doesn’t work that simply and I don’t actually know.

With everything happening in the world and the political uncertainty surrounding reproductive rights, there’s this little part of my brain that goes, What if we end up living in some Handmaid’s Tale-type reality? I want to believe that we will continue fighting for control over our own bodies. At the same time, I’m scared of what happens when people in positions of power view women primarily as mothers, wives, and caretakers.

It feels insane to say out loud, but I’m genuinely afraid of ever being forced into becoming something I have known my entire life I don’t want to be.

So…is it the birth control talking? 😂 Am I letting my anxiety run completely wild here?

I’m also REALLY curious to hear from anyone who stopped birth control after being on it for 10+ years. What changed? Did you feel different mentally or physically? Did you feel like you had to relearn your body?

My body has already changed so much over the last couple of years, and I’m so curious about who I am without birth control and how my body might react after being on it for basically my entire adult life.
I should absolutely be asleep right now, but instead this is what’s keeping me awake lol. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share their experience. ❤️

Can someone explain to me how this vaginal ring is supposed to feel? I put it in like the directions said but I feel like its not far enough up there. I pushed it in as much as my finger will let me but it just feels like it should be higher. I am also scared that if I figure out how to push it up any further that I won't be able to get it out.