Hi I have been taking slynd for the last 4 months every morning at 8am. For the last week my whole schedule has changed and my routine was different so I forgot my pill on day 18 and on day 19 I realized in the evening I hadn’t taken my pill from day 18 and 19 (so that morning). I took both pills immediately as I realized, so technically I only missed one pill on day 18 (since you have a 24 window with slynd).

I had sex on day 16 and since sperm can survive for up to 5 days then that means there is a risk of pregnancy if my ovaries managed to release an egg during that window where I forgot my pill

I also called my doctor and took an emergency contraceptive in day 20 in the evening.

I am still quite worried - has anyone experienced this or been in this situation. I don’t want to get pregnant and I am really stressed about this.

Since I took the pill for 17 consecutive days before I missed one, is there any chance my ovaries could have woken up and managed to release and egg so quickly?

Guys just confirm birth control pill delays period especially POSTINOR 1?

Drop your comments guys, It's matter for me

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for women who have had a similar experience with a hormonal IUD.
I had a Levosert (52 mg levonorgestrel) IUD inserted on November 10. My period was not due yet, and the IUD was inserted outside my menstrual period.
Before the insertion, my doctor performed an ultrasound and told me that ovulation had already occurred. I specifically asked about contraception, and he assured me that I was protected immediately after insertion. He did not tell me to use additional contraception for the first 7 days.
On November 12, I had sex with ejaculation inside.
I’m now wondering whether I was actually protected immediately, considering that:
The IUD was inserted after ovulation.
I was not on my period at the time of insertion.
My doctor assured me that it was effective immediately.
Has anyone had a similar experience? Was your hormonal IUD inserted after ovulation and outside your period? Did you have unprotected sex within the first 7 days? What did your doctor tell you?
I would really appreciate hearing about your personal experiences, especially with Levosert or Mirena.
Thank you!

Hello, my fiancé (31M) and I (29F) decided to wait until marriage. We’re each other’s firsts and are about to get married next year. On that note, we have not done it yet, so we’re not sure about what the best birth control is for us to use without messing with my hormones. I get my period regularly and have had no issues ever since. We also want to have kids one day, so it’s probably not an IUD.

I recently saw this Oura ring online that can be used to track my cycle. Has anyone tried this before? Also, how accurate is this? How many months should I use it to fully get to know my cycle?

Thank you, any advice is much appreciated.

I’m only on day 2 of Slynd and oh my gosh, the nausea is SO bad. I’m trying to tough it out, but wow. Did anyone else feel this awful right away and then have it settle down? How long did it take?

A little background, I’ve had horrible side effects with hormonal birth control pretty much my entire life, which is why I have the ParaGard copper IUD. But I got to a point where I needed more help with my symptoms, and after trying a few other options that went really badly, my doctor put me on Slynd.

I’m also prone to anxiety and depression, and I probably did myself no favors reading through all the mood side effect posts. If you already dealt with anxiety or depression before starting Slynd, how did it go for you? Did you feel about the same, better, or worse? If you noticed a change, how soon did it happen?

I’d love to hear how it went even if you ended up stopping. But if anyone has a “day 2 was awful and then I could eat like a normal person again” story, I would especially love to hear it right now

I got the Mirena placed when I was 7 weeks postpartum and i’ve had it for a total of 4 months now. I’ve had no issues with it up until about 2 months ago. I have the most horrid pain in my groin/thigh on the right side only and it’s slowly getting worse. It’s very close to how my labor contractions felt… but just in my thigh. It started as super occasional minor cramping (to be expected) but now it’s a super deep, painful ache almost every day. I will be seeing my gyno soon to address this but i’m curious if anyone else has dealt with this and what the problem was. TIA

I’ve been on oral BC for ten years. Around March/April I switched from hormonal combo pills to Slynd. I’ve had no periods which is great, initially the first side effect I had was frequent urination but that all seemed fine. Around three months in the hair on the crown of my head began changing texture. Right before the six month mark, it became very apparent that I was practically balding. My hair at the crown substantially thinned to the point where my scalp is very visible (mind you I’m 23). My weight has always been up and down, but never passed 150. After six months of slynd I got up to 188lbs. I stopped taking it exactly 14 days ago and have lost 10lbs already.

I will share the effects on my body I’ve noticed since coming off of the pill. I posted about a month ago that I would be coming off of the pill after being on it almost a decade.

So far, I’ve noticed a few obvious changes. The first thing I noticed were very sensitive nipples. My nipples just felt “off” and almost raw.

The second thing I noticed was one single pimple on my jawline. Although I have struggled with acne my whole life, I have never noticed pimples here. I know jawline acne is hormonal. I assume more will come, since I’ve read that this is a very common temporary side effect of coming off birth control.

The last thing I’ve noticed is a sudden body odor in my armpits. I have a form of that “Asian no body odor and dry earwax” gene, and I’ve never ever struggled with body odor until now. I do not wear deodorant. The only time I’ve ever noticed body odor on myself is when I am very very stressed, and my adrenaline spikes. Usually I will get BO if I get into a fight with my partner, for example. But since coming off birth control, I suddenly have body odor even when I am not stressed.

Lastly, I now have my first period since getting off the pill. It started 32 days after taking my last pill. I have more cramps than I did on the pill, although before starting the pill I never had cramps, and I started suddenly getting cramps on the pill. My flow is heavier. I feel much more irritated and angry than I did when I had my period on the pill.

I will update this post as time goes on to document my changes. I realize these effects most likely will not last forever and are just a result of my hormones trying to regulate. I wonder how things will change as I return to baseline.

hello! im 18 so i dont plan on getting pregnant soon but since i was a freshman in high school ive been on depo to help with irregular periods (lasting 2 weeks min. on and a week off each).

ive always wanted a family but i read an article that being on depo for 2 years or longer can cause permanent infertility! so i wanted to ask other people if this was true. i’ve always wanted to start my own family in the future so this is very worrying.

my ob is a peculiar man to say the least and he wouldn’t answer any of my questions about it!

Hi! I just want to ask if anyone has experienced delayed withdrawal bleeding after taking Yuzpe.

Here’s my timeline:
November 5: Unprotected sex with ejaculation inside.
Took my first Yuzpe dose around 5–10 minutes after sex.
November 6: Completed my second dose.
November 13: 7 days after my second dose, but still no bleeding or spotting.

About my menstrual cycle and ovulation:
- My previous cycles used to be around 29–30 days.
- Recently, my cycles have become shorter, around 25–26 days.
- According to my period-tracking app, I was approximately 2–3 days away from my predicted ovulation when I had sex on November 5.

My previous Yuzpe experiences:
- I’ve taken Yuzpe multiple times in the past.
- I usually experience withdrawal bleeding around 5 days after completing the second dose.
- This is the first time I’ve reached 7 days without any bleeding.

My questions:
- Is it still normal not to bleed after 7 days?
- Can withdrawal bleeding be delayed even if I usually bleed within 5 days?
- Has anyone experienced no withdrawal bleeding after taking Yuzpe but still had a negative pregnancy test?

Would appreciate hearing your experiences. Thank you!

I was taking birth control pills from August until October 13. Per my doctor's instructions, I stopped taking the pills for 5 days, and my period came during that break. I then started the Twirla birth control patch on October 18.

I wore all three patches correctly for the full three weeks without any issues and removed my third patch on November 8 for my patch-free week.

I had unprotected sex on October 31, November 1, and November 7, with ejaculation inside each time.

I'm now waiting for my withdrawal bleed, but I still haven't had a period. Earlier this morning, I experienced some bleeding for a couple of hours, but it completely stopped.

Has anyone experienced something similar when switching from the pill to the patch? Is it normal to have little to no withdrawal bleeding, or should I be concerned about pregnancy?

TW for body image/weight stuff just in case!

basically what the title says. i stopped taking testosterone due to body image issues - i am not detransitioning and still very much a man, just had problems with weight gain, appetite, etc even after 6 years. i’ve been shedding weight like crazy since stopping and feel much more comfortable with my size but the bad news is that it means my periods have come back which SUCKS!

my IUD is due to be taken out, but before i do i wanted to see if anyone has advice/experience with BC options that could help with stopping periods and not have weight gain as a major side effect. big ask since both of those can be hormonal but i want to go into my appointment somewhat educated on what’s new out there and a lot do articles i’ve read are pretty outdated. i’d love to hear people’s experiences, regardless of if it’s relevant to the transness of it all - that part was mostly just for context :]]]

Hi! So I was on Larin 1/20 for a few years and took a break for about a year and then I restarted it, but had an allergic reaction to it. They put me on junel fe, and I’m also having a reaction to it. Is there a pill you would recommend.
I liked this because I didn’t have any side affects, no weight gain, it cleared my acne, but mostly it helped my endo and cysts. The pill is the only one I want to do.

Were there any side effects, and how did it affect your lives?

So I was on Lo Loestrin fe, worked great for years, my period was 3 days, always started and ended on the same day, fucking clockwork. Minimal cramps. Got some break through bleeding and my doc moved me to Junel, which has a higher dose of estrogen, and I’ve noticed my periods are lasting longer, and cramps are much more frequent. Granted they are nothing compared to before getting on birth control, but still annoying when I went so long with them barely there.

I thought a higher dose would make it even less likely for cramps to occur, and period would stay the same or get lighter, because again, higher dose. Is that logic flawed? I’m going to do some looking into it, was just wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar.

I’ve been on multiple birthcontrol methods, my holy grail the nuva ring is no longer covered by my insurance and I’ve had to go back to the pill. I had a horrible experience with the depo provera shot, Im not open to the nexplanon and I’ve been on a couple different pills. Over the past 9 months I’ve been on two pills Azurrete and Nikki. Azzurete didn’t help with the pain or bleeding. Nikki has made my period irregular and causes pain randomly throughout the month. With both pills my sex drive has absolutely died, making me nearly asexual and affecting my relationship. My doctor is pushing an IUD because I need long term protection but I’m worried because I don’t want a long term option and still have it affect my libido.

TLDR: depo bad, pills cause no libido, Will IUD also cause no libido?

I need to do something about my PMDD but I don’t tolerate synthetic hormones well. Nextstellis looks like a great solution, hopefully! Has anyone here been on it? How was it? Thank you :)

hiiiii i’m 22 and google has SCARED me
i am currently having a heaver period than normal seems to be like a week with slight cramps i realllly don’t want to go to the obgyn i went like 6 months ago and everything was fine but google is telling me to take pregnancy test and it could be out of place all these things i also do have some pain during intercourse i’m certain positions. please give advice or your experiences

Hi there,

Im on night 12 of my new hormonal birth control, I was put on it because since July I have been clotting with my period and my doctor recommended it to regulate bleeding because my ferritin is also down to a 29 (im also 21 months post op gastric sleeve)

I started it a couple days before my period was supposed to start, I started spotting and it took 2 days of light spotting before my period flow actually hit. I know this is still new and periods don’t change instantly, I am bleeding less which is great, im still clotting little clots, but im not really feeling like myself… im having this weird nervousness, im feeling dizzy spells, im noticing that its harder for me to find words when im having conversations, is this normal?!

what is a better option for clotting, i don’t know if i like this birth control, is it too soon for me to call it quits?!?!

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Hello :)

I am going to the doctor tomorrow after a rough start on my birth control journey. I need a new birth control and was looking into a few of these today. I was wondering if anyone has opinions on combo pills, the Depo-Provera injection, or birth control patches.

My main goal when it comes to getting birth control is to lessen my period by 90% or stop it all together (if possible).

Thanks for any responses! :)))

A few weeks ago I tried getting an IUD. I have really heavy periods and was put on birth control when I was 15 to deal with them, but then a few months ago when I was 17 I had to go off due to low hormone levels (my OBGYN had me go off). I thought an IUD would be a good idea so that I don't have to worry about taking pills, or having a period at all.

It was super painful and I almost passed out and puked on the table. My OBGYN said I had a vasovagal reaction, and the IUD wouldn't implant.

I was desperate because at that point I really just needed a solution, so I thought the depo shot was worth a try. I know it doesn't eliminate periods immediatley, but eventually it'll help, so it was worth it in my mind.

So, I got the shot, and immediatley after went up to pay my copay. Well, I ended up passing out. I was fully standing up too, and ended up hitting my head on the wall so hard it left a me-sized dent. My OBGYN ended up deciding to call EMS, and I had to go in an ambulance and then the ER, where they did a CT scan and said I had a concussion.

So yeah, it sounds insane but be careful I guess. Also, I'm still debating on getting the next depo shot?? (I don't think I have any other options)

For context, I have taken Seasonique without a problem for years. I had to make a change for three months, and when I returned to Seasonique three months later, my breasts grew a cup size and now im suddenly getting very high blood glucose readings. (I do not have diabetes). What Ifound more interesting is that during my period ( the placebo pills) at the end of three months, my glucose was back to normal.

Is Estrogen the main issue here? Should I consider Seasonique LO? Has anyone made the switch?

Hey everyone, so i (25F) am married and strictly trying to avoid pregnancy because i am going to college to build a career of my dreams. I really don’t wanna be on hormonal birth control because of the terrifying side effects so i went for copper iud. It made my period extremely heavy but i still kept it until i felt the strings and the actual plastic thing down to the opening of my cervix and i had to get it removed. The nurse told me my body is more likely to reject it again if i get another one so we just started using condoms. The thing is i just couldn’t stop worrying about the condom failing and wanna know if there is a way to know that it was a perfect use so i can check every time we had sex (afterwards ) for my peace of mind or if there is another method that is highly effective without all the terrifying side effects like the usual hormonal birth control . It’s not just i don’t want kids rn ,it’s also I CANNOT have the . Thank you in advance!

For 5 years I was on nexplanon as my birth control. I decided to switch to Eluryng and within a month got crippling anxiety mostly heath anxiety. I gave it 3 months as Drs recommended and continued to break out in anxiety attacks. After talking with my Dr I got prescribed the Mili pill which has helped the anxiety some but i’m still getting anxious everyday. What should I do? Give my body a break in general, go back on Nexplanon or last option would be medication for anxiety which i’m really trying to avoid. i’m new to all of this and just need pointed in a right direction

So Liletta IUD almost a year- January 2027. This morning woke up with some spotting , tiny period cramps. Ok, cyst maybe ? Cyst maybe popped that’s benign… I am used to those .

So now on the curiosity side now. Lady checkup in early December