Need opinions- Ladies-Do you use something other than the Pill?

SassyItalian
on 4/27/11 12:30 am - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Just wanted to get some experiences and opinions from those of you who use birth control other than the pill. Do the other kinds make you gain weight? Fall out?

Of course I will be speaking to my gyn also but I wanted to see if there were better options than the pill...

Thanks in advance!

xo
Sassy

           
                       HW: 258lbs  SW: 240   CW: 140  I am 5 foot 7 and 30 years old               
                 VSG 12/21/10  Plastics: Tummy tuck, breast lift, and augmentation 11/3/11
                                             Soon to be veterinarian!! xoxo
                                                     

carabarnes
on 4/27/11 12:37 am
YES my tubes are tied! LOL!

Cara 
current weight 123
I'm 28 and 5'5.
    

  
 

SassyItalian
on 4/27/11 12:41 am - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
LOL!

I was thinking something a little less permanent!

           
                       HW: 258lbs  SW: 240   CW: 140  I am 5 foot 7 and 30 years old               
                 VSG 12/21/10  Plastics: Tummy tuck, breast lift, and augmentation 11/3/11
                                             Soon to be veterinarian!! xoxo
                                                     

carabarnes
on 4/27/11 12:44 am
I know! I know! but I had to jump in!

Cara 
current weight 123
I'm 28 and 5'5.
    

  
 

USAF Wife
on 4/27/11 12:46 am
My surgeon recommended doubling up with condoms/spermicide etc etc if I went on bc especially when using a hormonal option. Not fun, I know I know, but I hate hormonal bc so we were a condom couple once he got home from deployment (that 7 months of forced celibacy, and 80lb weight loss = lots of sex). I was straight up paranoid to get knocked up before goal LOL.

I know a couple of ladies that went with Depo shots, and they stalled out and gained. 2 were RNY'ers, 1 was a VSG'er that had surgery back when I did. I hear the Mirena and other IUD options are more effective. My surgeon was mainly worried about the hormone fluxes post-op, and not really absorbing bc pills properly, but that with all the hormone changes, the pill might lose some efficacy.
Band to VSG revision: June 3, 2009
SW 270lbs GW 150lbs CW Losing Pregancy Weight Maintenance goal W 125-130lbs


Jennchap
on 4/27/11 12:53 am - CA
 We practice the pull and pray… only neither of us are religious so there is no pray… just lots of pulling. I know this is not the most reliable method but the beast seems to have his timing down cause we have not had any unexpected pregnancies in 7 years?!?! I am not a fan of hormonal BC, I tried once for like 7 days and felt like a wreck. I am making him get snipped soon!
Jen
HW 275   SW 229   CW 136 
 

Rmoneygirl
on 4/27/11 1:06 am - OH
All I can say is STAY away from Depo if you EVER plan to have children.  It has completely screwed up my fertility.

The patch is what I would recommend
    
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/11 1:24 am
I got the Paraguard before surgery- a IUD. LOVE IT!! Don't have to do a thing it's effective for 10 years! And if you wnt to have children you just have it removed- also has NO HORMONES! There is Merena and thats good for 5 years but it has hormones.
julissa0228
on 4/27/11 1:26 am
I use Mirena, but I had it before surgery I did not see any change in my weight when I got it.
SassyItalian
on 4/27/11 1:32 am - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Julissa ad Danease- do you guys already have children? I was interested in the IUD but I dont have children and it looks like you are supposed to have at least 1 before they will implant it.

Arg...I dont plan on having kids for at least 5 years and I am sick of the rollercoaster with the pill (and i suck at remembering to take it)

           
                       HW: 258lbs  SW: 240   CW: 140  I am 5 foot 7 and 30 years old               
                 VSG 12/21/10  Plastics: Tummy tuck, breast lift, and augmentation 11/3/11
                                             Soon to be veterinarian!! xoxo
                                                     

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