Nuvaring or give up on hormones?

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Registered: 09-06-2005
Nuvaring or give up on hormones?
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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 3:48pm

Hey guys- I’m hoping to get some advice to cure me from my indecisiveness J.


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 01-10-2007 - 6:58am

Hi Erica!

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 09-06-2005
Wed, 01-10-2007 - 10:55am

Hey Judie-


Thanks for that info- very helpful :)! My boyfriend has also been trying to convince me that we will be totally fine with condoms.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 01-11-2007 - 6:55am

A lot of doctors haven't put much time into figuring out why one pill is different from another, there are even some that assume that they're all the same.

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 01-11-2007
Thu, 01-11-2007 - 8:42pm
Hi Erica. I've used condoms alone (no spermacide) as my only method of birth control for the past 8 years. That time has included two long-term relationships (4 years and 2.5 years respectively) so I was having very regular sex. In that time, I've only ever had 1 problem--a condom slipped off inside me and I just took the morning after pill the next day. I'm a huge worrier as well and I personally, worry less about condoms than I do about the pill because I can see if the condom worked! I can check it afterwards and visually see if it did the job. I can't do that with the pill. Condoms are very reliable if used correctly and consistenly. As Bill Maher said, "There aren't too many products in America I would endorse, but rubbers is one of them!" So if that's your only concern about condoms, I wouldn't worry about that. I'm thinking of finding another birth control method because they're inconvenient and that's a different issue.