DS and birth control pills

I use the seasonale birth control pills, where you only have 4 periods a year. I love it and it appears to be working.

I've used Nuvaring in the past and highly recommend it. It's wonderful.

But I've also heard very good things about Seasonale.

Depo injections can stop periods (they did for me, but I went from running pill packs together so the chances of my periods stopping were higher).  You have to be careful with calcium though, as the injections can cause issues with your bones.

The risk of perforation is about 1/1000. It's the same risk that NASA currently pegs for an asteroid hitting the earth in 2182.

Yes yes it's a small risk.  But if you're the one it happens too....you will never have children.  Is it worth it,  when there are other birth control methods?

Yep. I just can't be bothered worrying about a risk that is 1/1000. I've tried depo and the pill and had issues with both. Mirena has been wonderful.

I hope you never have a problem.  If you do,  you will be very sorry that you couldn't be bothered.

(disclosure:  I work in the field of infertility.  I've seen this first hand.  Don't be foolish.  Statistics are meaningless if you are the one with the problem)

I figured you had some sort of experience that exposed you to this. I'm sure you recognize though that you only ever see the people with problems and not the vast majority that never have a problem. There are probably some women who did not know the risk they were taking, and that is wrong. Physicians have a responsibility here, as do patients to inform themselves. I just refuse to accept that accepting a 1/1000 risk is somehow 'foolish' rather than logical as long as it is informed. I'm a Prosecutor married to an Actuary, I'm not exactly a 'risky' sort of person. We can agree to disagree here.

All it takes is ONE woman who will never have children because of an IUD to convince me that the risk is foolish. 

You can think it's logical and that betting on stats is a good idea.  But if you're one of the women who can't have children,  you'll be very sorry you took that bet.  The fact that you are "informed" makes the risk even more foolish.

Clearly the overwhelming desire to have children has not happened to you (yet).  Some day you will understand that the risk you are taking is not worth it - when you have a child you will think oh my,  how on earth did I ever do something voluntarily that could have deprived me of this child?  I hope you don't have any problems,  I really do.

Not sure where you got that 1/1000 number by the way.  "Less than 1%" could be near 1/100.

Please explore alternative birth control methods more fully if you want to have a child.  Or better yet,  get that IUD out and try to get pregnant.  I'm betting you're not so young.  Don't wait much.  Age is not on your side.  Fertility declines rapidly starting at age 35.