As far as birthcontrol... My first was ortho tricyclen which made me very sick with nausea, weight gain and gave me acne problems that I never had before. One thing about ortho tricyclen is that it did not interfere with my sex drive at all. Second I tried Yasmin because it was a much lower dose pill and had less of an effect on weight gain, nausea etc.... I was on that for 1 month and threw that out really fast. I was cranky, moody, sluggish, gained about 8 pounds and I completely lost my sex drive! After that... I took a break from birth control for about 6 months and immediately within 1 month, I lost the weight gain of 8 pounds, got my sex drive back and was a nice person to deal with! Finally after so much time off birth control... I just started Mircette a little over a month ago. The nurse told me that it's the lowest dose estrogen pill of 20 and I won't have as much of the side effects as the higer dose ones that are about 30 and 40. So far so good.... No weight gain, no bloating, no :) nausea and no acne problems....and I have a sex drive. My only complaint is that I have had some tiny break through bleeding, but I know that's just my body adjusting to the hormones. I know it might be a little too early to say anything... but this is my observation so far.