Comments on: The Doctor Is In: Which Birth Control Is Best For Me? http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/ Advice on student style, collegiate dating discussion guides, relationship advice and women's studies. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sexy Time: Maybe They’re Onto Something? : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-99781 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:01:11 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-99781 [...] I’m grateful that my parents were of the “have sex but be smart” belief system. As mentioned in a previous post, my mom allowed my high school boyfriend to stay over at our house, and was well aware that we were having sex. That said, she was also on top of making sure we were being responsible – by reminding us of the importance of condoms and ensuring I was on birth control. [...]

]]> By: Duke It Out: Free Birth Control? : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-89880 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:01:52 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-89880 [...] Birth control is one of many things on a list up for consideration to be included as required free preventative care on overhauled healthcare plans. If BC makes the cut, it could eliminate the extra costs to prevent pregnancy for women all over the country – but should it be included? [...]

]]> By: Julia http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-50077 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:30:14 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-50077 I'm on Ortho Tricyclen Lo, and I've been taking it for almost 1 year and half. I missed the pills for 4 days and I took 4 pills behind which I forgot last Sunday and took on Wednesday. Am I crazy to take 4 pills even tho I missed for 4 days??? Lol

Help?

]]> By: Julia http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-50075 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:28:12 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-50075 I'm on Ortho Tricyclen Lo, and I've been taking it for almost 1 year and half. I missed the pills for 4 days and I took 4 pills behind which I forgot last Sunday and took on Wednesday. Am I crazy to take 4 pills even tho I missed for 4 days??? Lol

]]> By: Your Back-to-School To-Do List : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-49745 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:39:40 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-49745 [...] for potential hanky-panky. (Yep, I did just call it hanky-panky.) Visit to the gyno? Check. Birth control stockpile? Check. Brazilian wax? Check. Stop trying to salvage period-stained panties — as my [...]

]]> By: Laura http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-40917 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:36:39 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-40917 I recently had ParaGuard implanted (the copper IUD), both my normal physician and my gyno told me it lasts 12 years now, as opposed to 10 years. Cha ching!

It also is awesome, once the soreness from implantation goes away. As a woman with migraine with aura, I was yelled at for taking hormonal contraceptives (especially since it was estrogen based) because the risk of stroke goes up when taking BC or smoking with migraines.

]]> By: The Doctor Is In: Are You Sure I Won’t Get Pregnant!? : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-40707 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:01:55 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-40707 [...] thought we’d help and every Thursday our friend Dr. Lissa Rankin will be answering your questions. The ones you couldn’t ask your [...]

]]> By: Mystery http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-40663 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:43:40 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-40663 Wow you guys started using fancy charts. What's next? Attributing a source!?!

]]> By: Mandy http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-40320 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:44:19 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-40320 Yeah, hormonal bc really messed up my libido and I never had a doctor tell me this in advance. So many doctors and clinics are just focused on preventing pregnancy right now, and not focused on the long term effects of constant hormones in the body. Once I decided to go off of the bc pill I chose the copper IUD (because it is totally non-hormonal), it worked great except for one problem, because I had not had children yet, my uterus was small and the IUD would "poke" me all the time. They ended up removing it and told me to get another one after I had kids, and I will. Right now I am married and use the barrier methods that were touted here as sooooo ineffective. I'm a healthy 28 year old woman and I took the pill for almost ten years straight, after being off the pill for a good two years now my libido is still not what I consider normal.

]]> By: Alyx http://collegecandy.com/2009/07/02/the-doctor-is-in-which-birth-control-is-best-for-me/#comment-40235 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:49:30 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=34184#comment-40235 Umm actually, amanda, the pill can fuck with you hardcore. I was on Kariva for a couple months before it really started to mess with my emotions and mental stability. I was happy one second, then bawling my eyes out the next… My guess was that the insane amount of hormones in that specific pill just put me over the edge. I'm on a different birth control now, and completely normal. So yeah, I would say that for DHS the pill could have played a huge role.

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