New birth control methods - Birth Control Message Board

Piano · 10-18-2002, 09:50 PM

Hi all, long time no see. Ladies, have any of you tried the most recent b.c. methods (such as Merena or Implanon)? I'm terrible at taking pills, have had bad luck with Depo, and want to try something new. Any info?

Piano

tinkers · 10-19-2002, 09:26 PM

Hi,
I don't have any info for you, but I was just wondering what and how these new methods work??
Thanks,
tink

gobbleduck · 10-20-2002, 07:32 PM

What about the birth control patch (Ortho evra)? Works the same as the pill but you only have to remember to change it once a week. I've been using it and I really like it.

Piano · 10-25-2002, 08:34 PM

If the patch is anything like Nicoderm, I probably wont be able to use it (eats my skin). I'm allergic to medical tape, too.

Merena is a new plastic 5- or 10-year IUD, and Implanon is something like what Norplant used to be. I think you have to have had a child to use Merena (so your uterus will be enlarged). If so, then I can't. Sucky.

Piano

wrin · 10-26-2002, 07:42 PM

Have you heard about the Ring?

Not the movie, the contraceptive

it's a flexible ring impregnated (pun!) with the same stuff as your pill and it just seeps in through the membranes in your vagina. It gets inserted around your cervix and is worn for three weeks and taken out for one week and a new one is put in after.