Stopping birth control to feel good?
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Stopping birth control to feel good?
| Tue, 10-17-2006 - 5:10am |
I've recently decided that bc may not be for me but I'm very afraid of getting pregnant. I'm in a long term relationship and have tried two forms of birth control (depo-provera for two years and ortho tri-cyclen lo for nearly a year) and have sensed severe changes in my moods and my sex drive. I generally don't feel as happy on the pill and frequently question if there's something wrong with my relationship since I don't get as easily aroused as I once did-I had this same experience on the dep-shot. Although my boyfriend and I always use protection, I'm still very afraid of becoming pregnant but I also want my sex drive to return. Is only using condoms safe or do pregnancies frequently occur? Any advice would be greatly appreciated and if anybody is/has been in my position, I'd really appreciate your opinion. Thanks!

Hi toxicnimphy, welcome!
Jill
When I quit using Nuvaring last spring, I was a lot happier (until I started having issues with being off the hormones for the first time in 9 years).
My last birth control pill will be on October 31st. I have been on the pill for 12 years and I am going off to give myself time before starting to try to become pregnant and b/c I want to stop taking hormones. Everyone says that you feel amazing after going off and that your sex drive comes back. I'm so excited! We plan to use condoms and chart. How did you figure out how to make charting work?
Thanks!
Hi there,
Look into the nearest fertility clinic and see if they have a fertility awareness advisor, or courses on charting.
After reading all these posts, I'm dumping the pill. I was off it all summer and my sex drive was incredible. I just went on it again in August and feel like an entirely different person now. I'm thru with the pill, I'm just going to use condoms and pay attention to my cycle/ovulation.