Random weekend poll

[miera_c]

OK one of the nitpicky things that bugs me about the aforementioned Troubleshooters books is that birth control pills seem to not exist in that world. Condoms, yes, but many of the books have situations where a condom either isn't used or fails, and the inevitable result is freaking out about pregnancy (or actual pregnancy). Never does the heroine

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[lanna_kitty]

I also find it weird in modern books, and in fanfic for that matter, if no-one uses HBC.

I use the patch. so I answered the primary reason question and the one after it with that in mind.

I ticked two equally important reasons. I had become disturbingly irregular (one was in the first week of october and then the next one was Jan 2nd. Prior to that it was two months between or something) so I wanted to be on an actual cycle again, and while I wasn't sexually active, I wanted to be on HBC of some form before I did.

of the women who have told me their BC methods, I actually only know two women at the moment who are taking the pill (one is on it because she had an ovarian cyst and her doctor wants her to be on hormones to help prevent losing her other ovary. the other is on the pill because she doesn't think she'd like the way the patch feels.) the others are using IUDs, Nuvaring, or the patch.

[beanpot]

I only recently went off the pill because 1) not having sex, 2) been on it for almost two decades and 3) it cost a lot of money.

The changes of going off the pill are odder then when I went on them: I dropped about 10 lbs, no longer have eating binges once a month and my anxiety levels have dropped. However - I get angry really, really fast.

Most people I know have recently gone off because of age (most docs seem to recommend switching from the pill to other forms at 35), trying to have kids, have tubes tied, or have always used other forms of contraceptives. Most are in long-term relationships as well.

[eregyrn]

I wanted a choice in the last question for "I have no idea", because honestly, I don't! Chalk that up as one more thing my female friends and I just never seem to discuss.

[reedfem]

My answers may seem contradictory. I have taken them most of my life, but I've stopped in the past few years because they cause me too many problems, from migraines and depression to pain and bleeding. I blame the pre-menopause thing. I'm so irregular now that I figure my odds are pretty low anyway.

[pocketmouse]

I'm not sexually active with anyone who has a chance of getting me pregnant. And I don't have health insurance, or the money to buy them out of pocket. If I did ever use the pill, it would be to get rid of my periods entirely. And like several other people, I don't talk to any of my friends about stuff like that, so I have no idea, and my guess is none, really, since none of them are very sexually active, either. Maaaaybe one.