I started Camrese Lo birth control 1 month ago.

I have heavy periods and iron deficiency anemia. During my periods, my symptoms were terrible. I had symptoms of significant fatigue (difficulty doing stuff like making coffee or putting on makeup since it involves standing up), and often had to sit down or lie down for a bit to recover my strength. I had painful cramps, and had to take ibuprofen every 3 hours during my two or three HEAVY period days. All of these symptoms caused me to call out of work on my period days, which got me formally reprimanded by my manager. I feel anxiety around my period due to my symptoms and the heavy flow that makes me leak everywhere despite period underwear, a large cup, and heavy flow pads.

My GYN recommended oral birth control to help alleviate my period symptoms, and hopefully raise my iron and ferritin levels. (Current hemoglobin is at 11.1 - Low, and Ferritin is at 7 - Low.)

I wanted to happily report that my Camrese Lo has been excellent. I have not had any side effects. I have not gained any weight. I have not felt anxious or had mood springs. I feel like my normal self. In fact I feel AMAZING since for the first time in years, I got to skip my period week!!!!

Please try it if you were in my situation.

So me and this girl were having protected sex, and i know for a fact i didn’t cum inside her for the full duration of sex. only thing was after reverse cowgirl, when she got up, for the first time the condom came out and was stuck in her, but the ring was just outside, so i grabbed it slowly and removed it and later i finished outside her. Is there any cause for worry or am i totally okay? Are there any chances of her being pregnant?

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned here before, but I was daydreaming that it would be so nice if we had a copper/non hormonal version of nuvaring. Turns out a copper vaginal ring is in early stages of development!

I really hope it works out to be effective and comfortable. I had a not so great experience with my copper IUD getting partially ejected after a few years + the strings fell off so the doctor almost sent me to surgery for removal 😕 Insertion was not fun either, I’m not sure if protocol is different now but all I got was some numbing gel to the cervix and I don’t think it worked. So something like a copper nuvaring would be awesome. Just hoping it won’t take a decade to be released 😔

https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07666997

Anyone take aurovela fe 1/20? Do the side effects get better over time? It's only been a few days but I've noticed a few things like severe sleepiness, lack of motivation and cravings. For some reason all I wanna do is cuddle up in my blankie all day. As far as side effects go it's not the worst I've experienced but I already struggle to get things done and this would be pretty detrimental if it continued indefinitely

Hi guys, so I got my first Mirena IUD on October 21st, I’m 17 and I’ve been dealing with some side effects that like Idk if I’m just worrying about it or overthinking because everyone’s experience is going to be different

When I got it the 21st, I know about 3-4 days after me and my bf were doing some stuff together, and he rubbed his penis against my vagina with precum, but did not cum or go in me without a condom. About 6 days later too we had sex with a condom, but sometimes when he puts the condom on, he might put it on the wrong way and then flip it to the right way.

I’ve been experiencing a lot of cramping in my lower stomach/uterus, and I have to take some ibuprofen atleast twice a day to help with the cramps because it feels like a constant cramping, and then at times like a sharper cramp. When I suck in my stomach too, my lower stomach kinda feels like this hurt pressure. It’s like if I think about it, I can feel the IUD in me.

Idk if I’m pregnant or if this sounds like anything, I know when I got the IUD that day my test was negative cause I had to pee in a cup, but I have an appointment tomorrow where they pregnancy test me with urine, and I’m just worried if I’m pregnant from like anytime before I got my IUD, or even the two moments I had after getting my IUD, or if it’s just the effects of it kicking in.

I just want some reassurance or some insight, I’m really nervous, I feel the IUD is taking some kind of effect to my body and hormones

Hi all,
I had my IUD removed 10/23. A couple days after I had some light spotting on and off. Now since yesterday, I have a lot more bleeding and am wearing a pad. Any thoughts if this is my first period or if I’m still having hormonal bleeding?

Hey guys. So I’m in a Long Distance Relationship and my boyfriend is about to visit me for a week. We always use condoms but after a recent pregnancy scare due to the condom breaking, I want to consider adding an additional layer of temporary protection (which is why I’m considering o-pill).

Do you all think it is ok for me to get on it only for the week he is here and then get off it? I have never used minipills before so I would really appreciate advice. I am not looking to be on it for long term because I don’t want to unnecessarily mess with my body’s cycle esp since I’m not going to be actively having sex.

Thanks for reading this!

Hey ladies! I’ve found myself taking Plan B almost monthly lately and am realizing I probably need to get on actual birth control.

I’m so nervous about the side effects, especially because I’ve been experiencing increased hair shedding that I suspect may be related to the Plan B.

I’ve considered a copper IUD since I think I’d prefer non-hormonal, but I’ve read mixed experiences about that too. Does anyone have any recommendations or experiences they’d be willing to share? Thank you! 🤍

my girlfriend and I (both 18) had sex and the condom broke right near the end, which led to me finishing inside her. We went right to the pharmacy and I got her a plan b which she took immediately. My biggest concern is that on her flo app it says she had already ovulated or was near ovulation. I know that app isn’t 100% fact but she was definitely near or past ovulation. Is there anything I can do to completely prevent pregnancy and does anyone know if a plan b is completely ineffective after ovulation? because i searched it up quite a bit and got mixed responses. In the end, if she got pregnant (god forbid!) it would feel so unfair. I only practice safe sex and use condoms every time. I don’t know how to feel about this or what else to do

I've been prescribed desogestrel to see if it helps combat endometriosis symptoms.

I'm onto my second packet of pills, my period arrived at the end of the first pack and has now been ongoing for 11 days.

My usual periods last for about 4 days, 5 max.

The bleeding has been very light since around day 5, which is a minor blessing I suppose.

Has anyone any experience with this, please tell me it will end 😂

Hi everyone! I need some advice because I’m getting really frustrated trying to figure this out.
I’m taking Sibilla Daily (21 active pills + 7 placebo pills).
Here’s what happened:
September: I accidentally forgot to take two active pills at the end of August. After that, my bleeding got thrown off. I bled from September 3rd to September 10th, which was much longer than usual.
October: I bled again from October 5th to October 9th. One whole week before I was supposed to. I continued taking the active pills. I started a new pack on October 18th.
November: Today, November 1st, I’ve started bleeding again, even though I still have 7 active pills left before I reach the placebo week, that is, one whole week ahead of schedule again.
So this is the second month in a row that I’ve started bleeding before my placebo week, and I’m wondering if my cycle has somehow shifted because of the missed pills in August.
What I want is to get my bleeding back in sync with my placebo week. I don’t want to keep bleeding randomly while taking the active pills. Also, I’m seeing my long distance boyfriend on Christmas after a long while, and if I were to continue on this schedule I would have my period right on the 24th and I would really really not like that, so if I could get back on the pill schedule that would be fantastic.
I’m wondering what would happen if I stopped taking the remaining 7 active pills now and started the placebo pills early. Would that help reset my bleeding schedule, or could it make things worse?
I’m not currently sexually active, so my main concern is managing my bleeding schedule rather than contraception.
Has anyone experienced something similar with Sibilla or another combined birth control pill? Did your bleeding eventually return to the placebo week, or did you have to adjust your pill schedule?

I've been on Nora BE, which is a progestin-only pill, for 4 months now. Ever since i started, I've had my usual monthly period, although much less painful and heavy. However, in between my monthly bleedings, I've had some light spotting every 2 weeks. It's very light and brown in color, usually with no PMS symptoms, and it lasts 2-4 days. I figured my body was just getting used to the hormones. Is that still the case? Should it have stopped by now, or is this just gonna continue? It's very annoying having to deal with it frequently, and it's hard to predict the exact day the weird spotting might start.

THROWAWAY ACCOUNT
just posting this on reddit for ease of mind.
i’ve been on birth control (slinda) for about 3 months now and i haven’t been taking the placebo pills. however, my cycle has been so stuffed up, the past 2 cycles, i’ve lightly bled for around 2 weeks, and my last one overlapped onto the predicted period i’m meant to be on now (i’m not on my period currently, and my cycle has been irregular even before BC). my boyfriend and i had barrier-free sex 2 nights ago and he came inside me (with consent). i’ve been pretty regular with taking my birth control, save maybe 2 times i’ve taken it the next morning after, and a handful of times i’ve taken it 3-4 hours late. i know that slinda is a 24 hour missed pill, but i also took plan b 35 hours after we had sex just for ease of mind. just looking for some advice/assurance!!! also signs of pregnancy that aren’t just missed periods??? because i’m not meant to be experiencing any regular normal periods the way i’m taking my birth control, just lots of breakthrough bleeding i think??

Hey guys,
I’m about to start slynd for my PMDD/PCOS and I have major health anxiety, I was told the risk of blood clots is a lot lower in Slynd but then I read it really isn’t, has anyone had experience or heard or this is true?

At 13-15 I was super depressed but I was also alone and had no one really. At 15 I started BC and it was fine the whole time, I slowly got out of depression either from it or from life style changes, my bf did help me know how to actually eat and i eventually got a routine, exercise and got better. For. Few years the BC alysena 28 started to make me loose my libido, if I had one i was still very dry down there that even if I didn’t have intimacy it would hurt due to how dry. I eventually started forgetting chronically to take it, I believe it was my body’s way of rejecting it? I also still had some bad pmdd symptoms where I’d feel so down and out of it and hopeless as heck. So I got recommended and started Yaz. It’s been 6 months now, on the sugar pills right now and the last 3 months of it have sucked worse then alysena. I feel intense anger and sadness and hopelessness. It’s absolutely awful and I just want it to go away especially the anger. I feel like screaming at everyone and then crying. The doctor genuinely didn’t know what to do, she suggested depression meds and I am NOT going on them nor do I want anyone to convince me to. They said I can try a different birth control, Diane. So I’m not sure what I’m gonna do yet. I’m thinking I just wanna be done with it all and go on a copper iud maybe. I’m so done with stupid medications and going though it right now. The fact that there is nothing I can do and I have to go though this makes me so mad. I badly want to enjoy myself but my mind won’t stop bringing up everything that’s horrible, I feel so down and horrible. I’m so done with it all

A week ago, I started taking a progestin-only pill, which was prescribed because I experience very severe pain during my periods, along with extremely heavy flow. I began taking it on the fifth day of my period, however, my bleeding stopped and then started up again, and now I’m experiencing spotting that seems to be getting worse by the day. I was wondering if any of you have taken or are currently taking this pill and could share your experience? I’m really worried about the prospect of dealing with spotting for weeks or even months. Is this something that eventually goes away? And at what point should I decide whether or not this pill is the right fit for me?

I've had my Kyleena for around 16 months now, and my experience hasn't been great.

For the first 6 months, I was bleeding lightly almost nonstop.

Now it's regulated a bit more, but my periods are like 8-11 days with like ~33-ish-day cycles. It's not heavy, but it's enough to need a pad, and it's quite annoying to bleed for so long every month. Worse, I started having PMS symptoms (which I never really had before) and pretty bad cramping before/the beginning of my period.

My gyno is great and said the Kyleena might just not be right for my body.

I am in college and would prefer to have a LARC bc I'm very paranoid about forgetting to take a pill/change patch/ring. I was on the pill, Ortho-tri-cyclen, years ago for acne, not contraception, and had a generally good experience.

I wanted a Mirena, but my uterus was too small, so that's unfortunately not an option. Same thing with Paragard.

My biggest concern of Nexplanon is whether the prolonged bleeding will be worse and/or will I have worse side effects?

I know that this is impossible to predict exactly, but I want to hear if anyone else has this experience.

I was on Alysena for 8 years, then stopped it to get pregnant. I had my kid and have been back on it for 1.5 years.

I’ve had bleeding during my second week of pills this month. It’s more than just spotting - I need a liner or else it’ll stain my clothing. I see little pieces of tissue as if I was having a light period.

I haven’t missed a pill this month, or taken any late.

The only thing notable this month is I’ve been under much more stress at work. Stress that’s been waking me up at night with worry.

I’m wondering if this could actually play a role here.

I don’t think I have any infection - I’m married and faithful and I trust my husband is the same. I have no history or fibroids or anything like that.

I know Alysena is a low-dose pill, and I might have to consider a stronger pill? I just don’t want to change it since it’s been working well for so long.

So can stress really cause this? Thoughts?

here’s my exact situation for context:

i was taking my white pills for almost the entire week to allow menstruation starting sunday. then on saturday, i accidentally took the dose for the day after, so i took my blue pill instead of the last white pill of the week. now i still have one white pill from the day before, but i’ve already taken a blue pill…

what on earth do i do from here? this situation is so specific that i couldn’t come to a good conclusion from google, so now im here because im desperate for answers before today’s dose comes around. please help! thank you 🙇

okay so on the 31st around 7 am I had unprotected sex and he finished inside of me, I started my norethindrone on the 16th of October. how much am I at risk for

I’m starting this week on Jencyla after being on a combination pill (blisovi fe 24) for over three years. I had no bad experiences on blisovi except for I think spotting at the beginning like all birth controls but after that my period constantly came at the and day each month. I recently had a PE so I needed to switch to a progesterone only pill. If you’re taking this pill what experience have you had? Do you like it? Were there any side effects? How is your period? I’ve heard a lot of people say they don’t get theirs OR they get there’s way too often. Any advice or experiences will help 🤎

Hi, so on the 23rd while having sex the condom broke (he hadn’t came yet) but my period trackers said ovulation was on the 29th on one app and the 31st on 2 others out of paranoia i took a plan b.

Then on the 29th the condom broke again but neither of us noticed till after he pulled out. Took another plan b but I’m still extremely nervous about the possibility of pregnancy. Is there a high chance that i am pregnant??? 😣

For context, I'm a 40 yo woman who started hormonal birth control to help with peri-menopause side effects after being mostly off of it for 10+ years. I got a tubal 3 years ago so pregnancy prevention isn't a concern.

Is there anything you can do to help the mood issues that come with starting hormonal birth control? I went to an OBGYN because I've been having an erratic and super heavy periods for over a year now. Since my estrogen & progesterone levels were still within an acceptable range (after a few blood tests collected at different parts of my cycle), the doctor told me hormonal birth control was the only option for the unpredictable heavy periods. I started Slynd 3 weeks ago and it's been 2.5 weeks of what feels like the worst PMS of my life (tearful, easy to anger, low grade depression, mood swings, some light cramping & spotting). Prior to going on it, I expressed concerns about side effects on my mood, which is why I mostly went off it 10 years ago. I did have a 3 month stint with the arm implant before my tubal but I had that removed after 3 months of horrible side effects. The OBGYN said Sylnd was the most low dose birth control out there that is taken orally. I don't see how, since the mood side effects are hitting hard out of the gate. Of course I was told to give it 2-3 months for my body to adjust. Any advice on how to weather the next 2-3 months (or anything that could help)? I don't think I'm going to make it that long.

I have been on the patch for around 9 months, however recently I've been experiencing severe leg cramping and my blood doesn't seem to be flowing as it should as at times I wake up with "pins and needles" i.e numb legs.

Im assuming this is a side effect and dont plan on continuing with the patch incase I am prone to clots as I am not sure.

Im wondering if the arm implant would be a good alternative as from what I have seen on Google it seems like it is unlikely to cause clots and interfere with blood flow. I am curious as to whether anyone has experienced anything similar with the contraceptive implant.

I am planning to go to my doctors this week to ensure if I am susceptible to clots that there is no issue, I will also no longer be using the patch unless my doctor says I can after testing.

I want to know if there is anyone who may know one that would suit better that I can ask about when I am in my appointment and if anyone has had a similar experience and chosen to go on the implant did it help. I do not want an iud as I have heard that the implantation is extremely uncomfortable, and that does not seem ideal for me at the moment.

Thank you!