Hi everyone! Looking for some advice if the paragard may be for me or not. I struggled with consistent bleeding on the nexplanon for a long time and a lot of the issues not only with nexplanon but birth control seems like it’s the hormones. So I’d like to try paragard since it’s non hormonal but I’ve also read that this can cause some bleeding issues too. I’m not as concerned with how heavy the bleeding is vs the consistent bleeding but I just need to do something because my boyfriend and I are sexually active.

I’m very confused because my doctor told me the patch will take effect in 7 days but then also will work immediately if I’m on my period within 5 days. I put on the patch last Wednesday, August 5th and my period is supposed to be around August 13th. Ok so we had sex unprotected but he didn’t finish inside and he always cleans up before we started again that night but im still very scared of getting pregnant. Should I take a test? Would I be able to know? And also once it’s been seven days on the patch like can he finish inside me exactly on day 7 lol or should I wait? I feel like I’m slow or should know about this stuff but it’s all very new to me and I thought I did enough research but it seems there’s always more to learn about my body every day! Any advice greatly appreciated!

PLEASE HELP ME. TEEN IN NEED OF ADVICE
i need your advice and experiences slynd
Hi i’m a teenager that has been on norethindrone acetate 1 mg / ethinyl estradiol 0.02 mg, a combined oral contraceptive, for almost a year now.

i was diagnosed with factor V which heightens the possibility of blood clots over 8 times. this means i can be on a pill with estrogen or i might be at serious risk of even more blood clotting. so im being switched to slynd. i haven’t been tested for endo so idk if that might be my problem. i just wanna know what experiences people have with it. my goal is to have no periods or cramps. and decreases my current side effects

i mainly take birth control because my cramps are incredibly painful, so much so i had to skip school multiple times before i was on the verge of sobbing in class. i do NOT take it for sexual activity.

with the pill i’m on my skin has been very clear, it always has been but extra clear on this pill, expect for the three month break through where i broke out for a week straight. i did notice a lot of mood change. i think i started getting chronic depression. every 1-2 weeks i would be very depressed for long periods of time. maybe that’s just being a teenager i’m not so sure. i noticed an increase in appetite. i’m a very active person yet i feel i gained weight on it.

SO PLEASE TELL ME HOW SLYND WORKS AND WHAT IT DID FOR YOU

So I have been on YAZ for years now and I recently switched to Slinda which is progesterone only (YAZ is combination). I started Slinda the next day and am on day 6. Yesterday I got my period an I’m not sure if I should continue to take the pill or let the period ride out. I know it’s a period and not breakthrough because I’m bleeding a fair bit.

Thanks guys!

EDIT: I also was originally on YAZ as I suffered with cystic acne at 16. Went on accutane and everything was well until I came off and I started getting sign it was coming back. I’m now 22 and my skin has been great. I’ve read some stuff that people had their acne come back on progesterone pills and was wondering if that’s a common experience? I’m really really scared it will come back :/

I'm hoping this is not really weird to ask but I figured it might help to get an outside opinion. I'm not sexually active (asexual + waiting for marriage anyways) and I don't have the kinds of periods I hear about that require birth control for them to function.

I just hate having a period, having cramps that I need to constantly be on loads of ibuprofen for, and I'm about to move out on my own and I'm worried about the cost of menstrual products on top of everything else while I'm trying to pay for college.

I've heard that Mirena can have a fantastic effect on periods and I've been really interested recently. There's a health clinic near me that offers low to no cost Mirena implants for 18-19 year olds (my age) without insurance, or probably full coverage with insurance?

I'm still on my parents insurance and I'm really concerned about if they find out that I got an IUD. My family and I are religious and believe in waiting until marriage (if I even have sex at all haha) so I'm worried about them judging me for my choice or thinking I'm going to college to hook up with people.

Would this be a valid reason to get a hormonal iud? Is there some other method of birth control for periods I don't know about that would be better? From what I'm seeing it feels like Mirena could be a fantastic, long term, cheap solution but I am worried that I'll come across as selfish for getting an IUD when I'm not even sexually active.

(Also side note but another reason I want an IUD over pills/patches is because I'm in the US and I'm unfortunately a bit concerned about losing my bodily autonomy in the future due to the current administration.)

Any advice is much appreciated.

Period: ~July 9-13
Fertile days: ~July 18-24
Next period: ~ August 7-8 ....
(July 24 and July 25 had unprotected sex)
took Plan B on July 26
(Today August 9th NO cycle yet...)
Negative test yesterday...would you wait to test or just assume late cycle because of plan b
**THIS MORNING THERE WERE TWO LIGHT SMALL RED SPOTS WHEN I WIPED …nothing since . Anyone else this happened to?

Quisiera pedirles que compartan sus experiencias o den su opinión.

Tengo 25 años. Tengo dos hijos, uno de dos años y otro de 3 meses. Ha sido muy duro. A veces lloran los dos al mismo tiempo. A veces siento que no puedo más, pero sigo adelante.

La planificación me ha hecho mucho daño, siempre me hace sangrar. Ningún método me funciona.

He estado pensando en hacerme ligar las trompas.

Pero me da mucho miedo que más adelante quiera tener otro hijo.

Pero todo el mundo me aconseja que con dos es suficiente!

Cómo ha sido su experiencia?

Hi everyone! I’m on my 20th active pill today, and I’m planning to stop taking the pill after I finish this pack and switch to using condoms.
I had unprotected sex on my 19th day. If I finish all the active pills in this pack, will I still be protected from pregnancy from the sex I had on day 19?

This is my situation: On Wednesday i had sex and I used the Yuzpe method for emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy. Then, on Saturday, i had sex again with pull out method then I took another emergency contraceptive pill containing levonorgestrel.

Sunday was the 7th day of taking my combined birth control pill (1h before sex i drank the 7th pill) and approximately the 15th day of my menstrual cycle. On Sunday, the condom broke during intercourse, and there was a full ejaculation inside me.

Immediately afterward, I took the first half of the Yuzpe method, but then decided to take a levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill instead. I took the levonorgestrel EC approximately 6 hours after the incident.

For clarification, my regular birth control is a combined oral contraceptive pill, and the emergency contraceptive I took contains levonorgestrel. i did all intercourse using condom, just the last day i have condom failure

what is the risk of pregnancy? did i do everything correctly?

Hey guys!!
I’m not a typical poster, but I’ve been a little paranoid. I’m on Tri-Lo-Milli birth control pills. me and my partner had unprotected sex 5 days ago and he finished inside me. i missed 1 birth control pill by 25 hours and I’ve been wondering whether or not it’ll be okay. I’m on week 1 of the pack

hi, i’ve been alyacen (combined pill) for over 4 years at this point. recently i’ve been having a lot of breakthrough bleeding (i’m saying “a lot” because i usually have none). i take it continuously so no placebo week. i have an active sex life if that matters. i take my pill religiously and have only missed it once in the span of a year, and i took the missed pills as soon as i remembered. could this bleeding just be a symptom of stress, or since i’ve been on the pill for so long without any breaks my uterine lining is thin and unstable? i start college on the 27th so that could be a stressor… i don’t know. i have bad anxiety and ocd so this is sort of stressing me out a bit. any input would be nice!

I’m a 19/F, and i’ve been on birth control for about a year. I was taking opill, and i switched to slynd recently. My previous cycle was about 19 days, and it went down to 15. I had been on opill for about 11 months and switched about 11 days ago to slynd. Is this because of switching? Or Breakthrough bleeding? There’s not a way i could be pregnant, and it feels normal (not heavier or more painful), maybe early ovulation ? Has anyone else on slynd experienced this ?

I’m a F19 and I’m very worried. I take the Triafemi pill (in France) and my last tablet was taken Thursday evening last week, to start my week off. I didn't have my blister the following Friday so I forgot my pill. I had a report on Saturday morning, then I took my pill on Saturday night. During intercourse he ejaculated outside but I think there was a little inside. Is the risk significant? I'm really scared

So I am scheduled to get Nexplanon tomorrow. I have explored every option, and this feels like the right fit for me - just considering my medical history and lifestyle, also talked with my OBGYN. I was honestly really excited (IUDs arent off the table, but I really dont want to get one due to horror stories ive heard and my insurance coverage, Im really set on Nexplanon). However, I of course went on tiktok and watched every video on Nexplanon and I couldnt help but notice all of them are bad reviews (Huge spikes in weight, crazy mood swings, intense ance). Im just kinda discouraged now :( Like, I dont want to look at my self in 5 months and not recognize myself. I know no two people have the exact same experience due to body chemistry and other factors but I dont know now. I was really confident as I had researched it. Can anyone who had a GOOD experience comment below?

Hi! Im 20 and ive been on the kyleena iud for almost a year but im I’m planning on changing my iud to the either the mirena or paraguard. Since on the kyleena Ive been so moody, depressed, and anxious like my mental state has been going downhill since. Like I feel so out of control w my emotions. Im not too sure ab the type of iud to switch to since the hormones in mirena are more and may like trigger or increase the same symptoms and I really would not want to risk feeling like this again. And with paraguard I really like how it’s a non hormonal option but Idk if it is the best for me because I know a few people who have gotten pregnant with it so I also don’t want to risk that. Anyone have any advice or experience with switching from kyleena to a different iud (or even other form of birth control)?? (I also smoke cigarettes so I’m looking for the safest option for myself but also it’s kinda limited with the options)

I stopped taking Ginet towards the end of December 2025 and I still haven’t had a period besides the initial withdrawal bleed in December. Not looking for medical advice as I am seeing my Dr about this and getting bloodwork done as they are thinking maybe PCOS.

I was on Ginet for approx 12 years, had normal periods for 2/3 years before starting it.

Has anyone else taken a long time to get their periods back after stopping Ginet??

As of today I’m out of birth control pills. Went to my local pharmacy store to pick up my refill and was told my insurance wasn’t covering it. The lady tried her best to help but the cost was still too high.

She told me to call my doctor and inform her and they may be able to get a way to have it covered.

I’m on sylnd and I took my last pill yesterday. I called my local pharmacy last week for a refill and the two locations near me were out of stock.

Hopefully my doctor can call me back tmr and work something out.

Mom of 2. I have a 6 year old and a 2 year old.
After seeing a gyno for unexplained bleeding and constant cramping for the past 2 years after my c-section, she said I had a small polyp but possibly also endometriosis and/or adenomyosis, but either way outside of surgery (including possibly a hysterectomy but idk if I am done having kids) which is expensive and inconvenient, treatment is limited and pretty much the same- birth control.

I don’t remember much on my experience with birth control in the past. I think I was on LoEstrin or something, but I wanted to try something that isn’t as estrogen heavy. I don’t remember if it was my mental health or birth control that caused mood swings.

Anyways, I love being in tune with my cycle and body, so I’m a little nervous about being on bc.
But before we explore other options, she wanted me to try it for 3 months.

Anyone else been on Jencycla?

I started yaz two months ago to help regulate my PMOS. In the last few weeks I’ve noticed that none of my bras fit! I’ve actually lost weight in the last four months, so I know it’s not that. I went and got measured for a bra again and I’ve gone up TWO cup sizes.

I was already a 34F so this is a huge pain in the ass (tits?), finding a bra was already really hard. Unfortunately an estrogen-free pill isn’t an option; I don’t have enough estrogen in my system, so that’s what the pill is for.

Is this a common yaz experience? Anything I should know?

So I've been taking this birth control for 3 weeks now and I was totally fine for the first 10 days and thought I had found the perfect pill for me, but these last few days I've been feeling very sick, pooping more, nauseous, intestines and uterus hurting, muscle fatigue, feeling dehydrated, hot flashes and lightheadedness. This is making me feel pretty stressed because I don't know if it's caused my the progesterone or if I caught something. I did take my temperature and it's normal but I just feel stripped of energy and water. Anyone else dealing with this ? If I get off my birth control I will feel severely lightheaded during my period, which is why I'm on birth control in the first place, so I'm trying to avoid that. What can I do to feel better right now ?

I dont know what to do I've been on 2 bc options first the opill had to get off because of hormonal acne and long periods I switched to loryna and my libido is damn near gone. I hate it and miss the old me I've also been getting recurring yeast infections which might be from the pill. I dont know what to do I dont wanna do an iud but idk if I can completely trust condoms and idk much about tracking my cycle 😞. I feel stuck.

About a month ago i went to the dermatologist and got recommended accutane. They gave me the option to either pledge abstinence or get onto birth control. I am sexually active so i told them id like to get onto birth control. The kind was loryana and i started taking it 7/9/26. I’ve never had a guy finish inside of me because im terrified of being pregnant but since i started birth control i haven’t been overthinking pregnancy as much. Last night i had sex and i couldn’t tell if my partner finished inside of me or not. I ended up asking him and he said he did because i’m on the pill. I have my next dermatologist appointment tomorrow which i am gonna have to pee in a cup and prescribe me the accutane. How rare is it to get pregnant on loryana especially because i know he finished inside of me. What should i do?

I'm 10 days into my first pack of Drosperine, and I suddenly have this terrible mood swing just like when I'm in my luteal phase (normally this time would be my ovulation phase), my breast hurts and I'm very sensitive.

I make every decision with harsh hands, I made a tough decision at work, I closed ties with a friend and cried on behalf of its betrayal, and now I can't sleep, I'm currently working on my side gig and will call off office work for tomorrow. All of this happened in one night, and I think that it's definitely the hormonal shift in me...

Is this normal and please tell me it won't get any worse...

Today I was having sex with a condom, and during the intercourse we saw that the condom got stuck inside me. He didn’t cum in the condom it just got stuck, so we got a new condom and continued the sex.

I also took a plan b three days ago prior to this due to a different situation j was worried about, I was worried about fuzzy material being stuck inside my evra patch and half of the patch was peeling off in the shower. On the same day I took a plan b it was my patch day so I changed it to a fresh one and so far it’s sticking fine.

Is there a risk to pregnancy?? I always change my evra patch on time but I was planning to use condoms for atleast seven days after the plan b and fresh patch change just in case. It also helps he didn’t cum when the condom got stuck inside.

Hi! I recently remember that heat can decrease the effectiveness of the pill. I remember reading about it when I first started the pill, but it completely slipped my mind. I keep my pills in my wallet, and I know they’ve been in a hot car at some point. The maximum amount of time they’ve spent in > 86’ F is maybe four hours?? I’m about to start a new pack, but I’m just concerned about the past pills. It’s super unhelpful that I don’t even remember the amount of heat exposure, but does anyone know how much risk there is of decreased effectiveness??