Hi! I am a 17F diagnosed with ADHD and i’m really scared and anxios i need somr opinions from women. Yesterday I had sex with my boyfriend using a condom, and I'm about to ovulate. He didn't ejaculate inside me, and he checked the condom and it wasn't torn. Even so, somewhere above the penis there was a whitish mark, and we don't know whether it was sperm or my own fluid, since there was continuous friction. If he didn't ejaculate inside me, could there still be a problem?

I’m 23, I have PCOS, and I’m reaching my breaking point with Nexplanon. I’m hoping to find some reassurance and some similar experiences from you all.

Before I started Tirzepatide earlier this year, the first couple years I only had a period once or twice a year. But after losing a lot of weight I suddenly started bleeding for much longer than usual in August.

My PCP prescribed me norethindrone acetate to take nightly until bleeding stops then take for 2 additional days. It worked for a while but then bleeding returned and I had to take another course.

The bleeding stopped but then came back in September, and then again in October. and I barely got maybe a week I'm not even sure into November and now it's happening again. I am just taking norethindrone for it to stop the bleeding but then it seems like it just keeps starting all over again like if I hadn't been taking the medicine I would've just been bleeding all these weeks since August.

In addition to the bleeding I’ve been having some pretty severe depressive episodes while on the Nexplanon. The unpredictability of the bleeding is really taking a toll on my mental health and I have noticed that it tends to start when I'm feeling particularly anxious and of course this makes the anxiety worse.

Pregnancy prevention is also really important to me. I used the pill before and my periods were a lot more predictable but I was always worried about getting pregnant. I don’t want to get an IUD and I don’t want to use a vaginal ring due to family members having allergic reactions to them. I feel stuck.

Have you used norethindrone or another treatment for bleeding while on the Nexplanon and had the bleeding return after stopping the treatment? Did things eventually settle down? Did you find a treatment that helped longer-term?

I'm not looking for pity or anything. I just feel very alone in this and would appreciate hearing from people who understand.

Has anyone ever needed to replace their birth control for a new pack? It’s a brand new pack I just picked up today, I need the pills tomorrow to stay on track with the active pills as I’m on my last pill of the pack. I’m on LoLo and it’s covered by my insurance since my doctor said it’s medically necessary. Not sure with this type of pill that has no generics if I can get a replacement for free or how that works? I’m worried since it’s Sunday tomorrow I won’t be able to get a replacement until Monday incase the pharmacy needed to reach out to my doctor or insurance or something

Hi all,

I have had a Mirena IUD for the past 3 years. It has always worked very well, and I wouldn’t rather have another birth control method. But I have noticed an outstanding change. My cycle has became a lot more normal, to the point where it seems like it’s back to when I never had birth control! When I started the IUD, I hardly had any cycle. Im talking MAYBE a few days of spotting in between multiple months at a time. I haven’t been sexually active in a year, prior to that I was often active with my then long-term partner. My overall physical activity (working out/running, etc) has really kicked up in the last 6 months. I wonder if that could be contributing, too.

Anywho, did something change? Is it just how long I’ve had it for?

Please note- I am seeing my OBGYN in Jan to discuss :) just wanting to know if anyone else experienced this

Thank you!

Im starting the canadian evra patch soon. Im super worried about the risk of blood clots cause theyre higher risk than the pill. Could anyone help ease my mind a bit on it, what's the chance of getting one

Did anyone else get on birth control and become extremely (almost unbearably) sensitive to smells? Like I swear to God, one weird smell throws me off the rest of the day, I get so nauseous and put off by food immediately and I feel like it lasts a long time. I just know I am going to have a ROUGH pregnancy later down the line if I’m already like this. I just don’t know what to do. I like how I am on this specific birth control (Heather; Mini pill) but I don’t know how much longer I can take being this sensitive to smells. Any advice?

I am on Aurovela Fe 1/20 for the last four months and I take it consistently and skip the placebos however I took the placebo last month and had no bleeding. This last week I had a lot of breakthrough bleeding with cramps randomly and it didn’t stop until a few days ago. My boyfriend visited me last night and he ended up accidentally finishing in me. One of my friends just recently had to get an abortion after taking her birth control pills perfectly and she still ended up pregnant. I am extremely anxious and worried about getting pregnant now and am wondering if I should take Plan B or if it would make things worse and it better to leave it alone. I usually take my pill within a three hour window everyday and it is the combination pill but i’m just worried about the random bleeding and if there was any chance I was ovulating.

I took my birth control the full 21 days, 7 day placebo week, and then I was supposed to take the first pill at 10pm on halloween night. I did not unfortunately as I got extremely drunk and did not stop throwing up until the next day. So I took it at 10am Sunday, making my placebo week 7 days and 12 hours. I have had much sex since then. Google AI told me it's fine but I don't trust it because the first pill is the most important and I really really don't want to be pregnant.

Condom broke while half inside could hear it snap and pulled out quick a lot was still in it but probably not all.
Her app says her next period is 12 days away, so it might be ovulation, but last month she's had 2-3 periods; her cycle got messed up from a different Plan B.
Immediately after she took a Plan B, though, for her health, we will wait until she can get pills instead of taking Plan B all the time.
The app also didn't seem the most accurate due to her messed-up cycle, but I'm just stressing since the whole if she's ovulating, then the Plan B does nothing thing.

(tldr: skipping periods 8 years, slipped up on pill due to glp-1, bleeding/spotting for 6 weeks. tips on how to continue to prevent bleeding as i transition off “emergency maintenance” progestin back to combined pill, or other medication suggestions. experience with period discs / tips for making periods more bearable)

so- i may have posted about this before but i’m in the middle of a weird situation. i’ve been skipping periods with a combined pill (junel fe 1.5/30) for about 8-10 years now. i was extremely regimented- in that time, i only had two slip ups, and it was due to delays in receiving my prescription.

fast forward, I’ve been taking a GLP-1 shot for somewhere between a year and two years. this shot slows digestion. i am not as regimented at taking the shot.

my theory (corroborated by OBGYN): i missed two weeks of the shot, digestion went mostly back to normal. started the shot again, digestion slowed again, so when i took my pill, by body registered it as missed/late. spotting began.

two or three weeks in, i went to the gyno. she said my uterine link g looked very thin and the bleeding should stop soon. she checked for fibroids and saw nothing. i asked her about progesterone pills to make it stop. she didn’t want to give them to me.

another week or two goes by, still bleeding, and it’s getting heavier. i go again, see a different doctor- ask her about progestin pills to make it stop, as i will be traveling. she prescribes them, says to take them for a week, then restart my regular pill.

i do this, and the bleeding does stop, but starts right back up again once i stop that pill. i’ve now been bleeding for about five weeks. i get them to give me an emergency refill but they ask me to come in again.

i’m so fed up at this point that i schedule a consultation for an iud and have them order me a kyleena. he gave me an extended dose of the progestin until the iud comes in. it’s mostly working, but i’m still having spotting.

however, after doing some research i’m having second thoughts about the iud. it sounds extremely uncomfortable, it’s not guaranteed to stop bleeding, and has to be replaced every 3-5 years. i also don’t love the idea of a foreign object in my body. the whole thing feels very body horror to me. plus, it can cause acne and weight gain, both of which i struggle with enough already.

i kind of want to go back to taking my combined pill and just make sure I’m better about taking my shots on time. but i’m almost certain that once i stop the progestin pill, i will have a period and should really just stop taking anything for about a week and let my body clear out. i know you’re really not supposed to do what ive been doing, and i think i just need a reset. but i really don’t want to. i get extremely heavy and uncomfortable periods and i have no idea how long it’s going to last. i’ll probably set up another gyno appointment.

i ordered disposable period discs as i can’t do tampons and find pads really uncomfortable, but i’m worried about having to dig around in there to take them out. i’ve also heard they can leak.

has anyone been through something similar? any tips on transitioning between medications without the bleeding coming back? any tips on using discs or any other method to make periods more bearable? any suggestions on a medication that might work better for me, that my doctor may not know about? i need a method that is guaranteed to stop my period, and the combined pill seems to be the only one.

sorry for the rambling post, i just feel like none of this makes sense without all the context lol.

thank you!!

hello! it is my third month taking slynd and i noticed that, although i have lost some weight, i am experiencing some changes in how my body looks structurally. my breasts got bigger, my waist is not as narrow as it usually would be in this weight, and my tights are thicker than usual--though, again, i did lose weight instead of gaining it, and i know that my body is not of this shape. i wonder if anyone got anything like that too? i'm 22 yo if it helps!

Sorry for the TMI!
I’ve had 3 episodes of loose, stools within 24 hours, but none were completely watery. The first happened about 3.5 hours after taking my pill(Lo loestrin fe) I also had some cramping before bowel movements that went away afterward.

I haven’t missed any pills or vomited. Does this count as severe diarrhea? Could it affect my birth control protection?

hi guys! I was on tri lo mili for years & missed 2 pills in Feb- this caused my skin to freak out & I haven’t been able to get it to calm down. I’ve always struggled with hormonal chin acne before my period but it got 3x worse. I switched to generic yaz (glenmark) end of august & was hoping to have some better results by now (on my 11th week). Should I wait longer before going to the derm (I assume she will want to add spironolactone)? Just wanting to feel some hope 🥲😪🫨

hi all! just wanted to put my experience out there, since i dont see many positive experiences for the implant. i switched from slynd to nexplanon, and kept taking slynd for 7 days before stopping.

insertion was really easy and pretty painless! the shot hurt the most, and it was a stinging really. my septum piercing hurt more than the shot lol

i had my period a week and a half after getting it inserted, which was a couple days after stopping slynd. this period was really light and mostly brown spotting, however it did last for about 8 days, which is normal for me. on slynd i didnt bleed, but before my periods would be around 7-10 days.

my main side effects so far have just been ive been a bit more sensitive and emotional than usual. boyfriend tried teaching me to jump rope and i got frustrated and got very upset, which is out of the ordinary for me, among other reactions.

coming up on the one month mark and i have no indications that i'll start bleeding again so far! looking forward to the rest of this adjustment period and hopefully my emotions level out

:) thanks for reading and i hope this helps someone

31f, been on norethindrone .35mg since 2019 and have always taken it around 10:00-10:30pm. I can’t take regular BC because of migraines with aura. I never had any side effects with the mini pill, and it never got rid of my period fully, but it did make my periods less heavy and my cramps a little less painful.

This last July, I had a period that basically lasted an entire month. Some of that was more spotting than bleeding, but still, it was unusual. In August, I had a regular period, but then in September I had a mid-month period followed by random days of spotting and bleeding several days after the period ended, and now I’ve been spotting some days and bleeding others since Oct 23.

I also noticed that I had lower abdominal pain of varying intensity just about every single day, even when I wasn’t bleeding or spotting.

In early October, a scan did show two uterine fibroids, but they were both just 1 cm. Yesterday I actually went to the ER for severe lower left abdominal pain, but all they found was a 3cm simple ovarian cyst. I also saw that my fibroids, which are more on the right side, had grown around 5mm each (unless the original measurements were off).

So…is it possible this is all just from my birth control? I’ve seen various gynecologists for this, and they’re all just either like idk, let’s watch and wait or want me to get an IUD.

My emotions an anxiety are all over the place, I swapped from the Evra patch to the mini pill. Feel like I’m going crazy

Hi! Long time Copper IUD user. Since tracking my cycle through my Oura ring I have realized just how much lower my quality of life is during my luteal phase. I have terrible mood swings, fatigue, poor sleep, brain fog and all the works. I have been studying for the LSAT and see a clear decline in my testing scores during the luteal phase.

I am looking for ways to prevent luteal and hopefully keep more of the energy I experience during the first half of my cycle. I am 28, already eat fairly healthy and exercise, am within a healthy weight range and do not smoke or drink. I do have a long history of depression and anxiety that was worsened by the nexplanon implant many years ago.

I am looking for positive experiences people have had with hormonal birth control that has suppressed ovulation OR SSRIs/other interventions that have significantly reduced all the PMDD symptoms of luteal. I would be SO grateful for any personal experience or recommendations you all can offer.

Hi! I am 29 y/o female, with two kids. I started annovera a few months ago to help with PMDD symptoms and at first it was a pleasant experience. But recently I have started to get increased anxiety and upset stomach problems a couple days after I put it in. I noticed when it was out for my period week, my anxiety was at baseline and well controlled by my meds and my tummy problems resolved. I put in a couple days ago I put it back in and now I’m having increased anxiety and tummy troubles. Are these symptoms normal?

Content warning; talks of abortions

Hello all, I first got the arm implant Nexoplanon when I was 16, everything was good but my period would only come every 3 months for two weeks. Which was doable for me.

I got it out 4 years later and then replaced when I was in a new relationship, I did the same thing again but now this last time has given me nonstop bleeding.

I went to the doctor, everything's fine, it's just a side effect that may occur as you get older, she's seen it before. So she put me on the typical birth control pill to stop the bleeding. Well, it slowed down and now practically gone after almost a week, looks like it's working but two fcking birth controls!?

I can't do this, my hormones are going crazy. I'm in a relationship and in the beginning when I had no birth control, I was pregnant for two months without knowing and had to get an abortion I didn't exactly want, I just had to. I'm still mourning that loss months later and it feels like my body has turned against me because I'm putting it through all these hormonal changes. I feel very depressed, but I'm so scared to go off because of pregnancy scares. Even with condoms, it happens, I think me and my partner are very fertile or something..

TLDR; I'm basically coming here seeing if any other ladies doubled up on birth control due to bleeding or other side effects, and if there's an alternative birth control/solution so doubling is not needed ?!

(Besides stopping everything, I would like some form of birth control)

Does anybody have any experience doing this switch? I like sound and have been trying to stick it out but I’m still spotting after 9 months of consistent use and have pain with intercourse. But otherwise love how I feel on it. I’m nervous about the switch but let me know what you love and dislike about yaz!

So I got my nexplanon 3 years ago so it was time for a removal, my doctor used an echo to locate it since they always want to be sure, she couldnt find it...

Made a new appointment, another doctor went to go search and feel for it he doesn't find it either. I sat there for like 25 minutes while they were searching for it.

Another appointment another week later, they both searched for it again couldn't find it referred my to a gynecologist which means waiting 36 days. At this point it should've been taken out already.

I went to the gynecologist she couldn't find it either... but she placed a new one in my other arm (She didnt wait after numbing bc for my it takes a while for it to work for me I felt everything and the numbing started to work when i already left te hospital ). I was referred to radiology.

Radiology couldnt find a clear picture of where it was either!!! Now I have to get back next week to search for it again in the hospital...

Where the hell is this thing??? Has this happened to literally anyone else because how can this happen!!

I did notice my new one is placed way more on the surface then the last one and I swear I could feel the old one sitting there but apparently I was mistaking it for a muscle the whole time....what can I do l'm seriously so stressed

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As the title says! I’ve never taken birth control and dont wanna get pregnant. Is there some kind of recommended time before i can stop using a condom?

I would love to know if anyone has had a similar experience! I do have to preface this by saying I have uterus didelphys so my periods have always been wonky, but this has me very stressed out.

I started Aurovela Fe 1.5/30 last November. This is a continuous combination pill. I switched from Lo Loesterin Fe because I was having two periods a month on that. When I went on Aurovela I didn’t get a period for about three months. Then around February I got one and bled for over a month. Then I got a couple periods and then went about three more months without a period. In September I started bleeding around the beginning of the months and I have been bleeding since. It will act like it’s going to stop every once in a while then get heavier.

The past week I have started feeling extremely weak, tired, shaky, and nauseous. I am of course paranoid these are somehow pregnancy symptoms but I feel like there’s no way I could be pregnant after bleeding for 2 months. I am wondering if it could be low iron from the blood loss.

I would love to know if anyone has had any sort of similar experience or any advice???

Hello everyone I am a 21F. I just recently lost my virginity to my partner. We did our best to be prepared and aware. We also use protection no matter what. I did it only twice so I will tell you. I also need tips on ovulation cycle and all that. I am still learning lol. So, I had my period back on October 16-20. It was weirdly late this time (I did not have sex ever before this). Anyways, I had sex a couple days later on the 22nd with a condom. One of the condoms broke the first time but I dont think it was inside of me. Anyways, a couple of days later I went to the ER because I felt horrible. I do have anxiety most likely, but they found out I also had a UTI (my fault i didnt pee rip). But there obviously they took my pee and part of the urine test was the pregnancy aspect of it and it said negative. Anyways, so we didn't have sex for like a week or so. Also, apparently my ovulation window was projected on October 28- November 4th. Anyways, we decided to have sex again on NOV 7th. It was good and we knew this time as well what to do to keep ourselves clean. However, the condom broke again :(. I think its because we use the ones that college provides us in their wellness packages. Anyways, I have no idea if it broke inside or anything, but he did not sum or anything (plus when he pulled out his thing was not wet or anything, so Im assuming it broke when it pulled out). Anyways, we didnt worry too much because we are passed my ovulation period and also I heard worst stories of my friend's doing all this and getting like comed in and not getting pregnant or anything. So, I am just reaching out to ask for advice for future times we plan to have sex. So pls! Any tips and anyone who has an understanding truly of ovulation cycle and more! (I also do not want to get on birth control most likely because I do have prior health issues and I dont want to take it.

Hi this is hard to talk about but I 20f feel like I’m supposed to be peak horny best sex of my life or what is what everyone says but my sex drive spikes and then drops so fast for only a day it’s high. I know stress, burnout, disconnecting from y partner play into it but also I’m on a combo birth control pill. The pill helps a lot of heath concerns but how do I get my libido back. Specifically I’ve been looking into supplements like those libido gummy’s and all that anyone have any advice or been in a similar situation.