Too Young for Birth Control? - Sexual Health - Teens Message Board

aree · 07-20-2003, 03:39 AM

Im younger than 17, but older than 15..Ive been sexually active for about 9 months..I just want to know am I too young to go on the pill? I know this is a stupid question, but Im embarrassed to go to the clinic to get b/c.. Im scared they'll look at me and think that im a ****ty little girl or something.
sorry, but i just need opinions...

writerboybc · 07-20-2003, 04:01 AM

Don't be ashamed of going to a clinic for that. These clinics would much rather hand you the pill or a condom than tell you that you're pregnant. They wouldn't think that you're ****ty; they'd instead be proud that someone of your age is being so responsible.

Eeyore II · 07-20-2003, 07:45 AM

well you should worry about it becouse if you dont get on them think of how you will feel going to a clinic or parents and telling them IM PREGNANT. that would be worse.
besides they gets tons of people even younger than you im sure in there if anything they will think at least you are being responsible about the whole thing. good luck to you

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happy go lucky · 07-20-2003, 08:39 AM

If you r old enuf to enjoy the great pleasures of sex you should also be respon. for taking care of birthcontrol. Not all menthodsork 100%, it is your body and you should take care of it and make sure you do not become preg. at your young age. It will change your life and I doubt for the best.

Your b/f should be using condoms and u should be on the pill and/or other methods. For better or worse, I was a lot younger than you when I became sexually active and i always, always used a condom and except for the first time had sex, my g/f always a second form of birth control!

Plez respect your own ife and body, and use b/c in addtion to using condoms, as condoms r the only form of b/c that can prevent std's but they are never 100% safe!

My brother's friends r younger than you, they were not using b/c and now have a major crisis! Plez do not end up like them.

MrNice · 07-20-2003, 09:35 AM

You definetly need to go a clinic and get advice on a method of birth control.

If you are old enough to have intercourse you are old enough to take responsibility for protecting yourself from both an unwanted pregnancy and from contracting a sexually transmitted disease.

Clinics offer confidentiality. No one needs to know that you are on the pill. No one will look at you and think that you are "****ty". Sex is a human need and the clinics deal with protecting the health and safety of their patients. Go and talk with a counselor and get yourself protected.