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I've never taken BCP. The hormonal side effects freak me out. We used either condoms or pull and pray method.

@Mrs. Pen: you're more likely to have complications. Doesn't happen to everyone, but it increases your chance of it. I had a short lived iud, my uterus contracted it out until it got stuck at the top if the T, so just the bottom was sticking out my cervix and my dr wanted me to complete a round of antibiotics before removing it but I didn't tolerate any of the ones she gave me, so it took about 4-5 uncomfortable days before she took it out. She wouldn't try to put another in (I asked! and insertion SUCKED since my cervix was very closed) but said after I'd had a child we could revisit the issue. I know so many ppl that LOVE theirs, I'd absolutely consider trying again in the future even with my less than stellar experience.

7 months pp and we're using condoms/pulling & praying.

though non-BC periods SUCK, i don't want hormones up in my shizzzzzzz it's working for now, must.be.extra.careful-- no plans to TTC for another yera!

i was on the pill for years - just went off in may! eeeek! we use the "pull 'n pray" for the first month, and now are officially NTNP, even though DH is out of town for a month (:() so i guess that's more like preventing.

I did bc for 8 years before we switched to NFP. Used that to avoid before we started TTC, and are using it now to avoid for a few months. Love, love NFP!

I was on BCP for 11 years and last October switched to the lady comp. Which is basically a little computer that does NFP for those of us too lazy to do it ourselves. Take your temp at the same time every day with the attached thermometer and and it gives you a red light (STOP-- you could get pregnant today), yellow light(Not sure-- assume you could get pregnant today), or green light (GO for sex). It also blinks red the day you ovulate so you know. On red/yellow light days we did pull n' pray.

It worked great for me for the 11 months I was on it. And I feel particularly confident that it was accurate with me because we had a miscommunication this month about what color day it was and my husband did not pull out (day before I o'd) and I wound up pregnant. (Which we are very excited about, despite the surprise!)

I was on the pill for like 12 years. I didn't realize how much it was messing with my hormones until I went off if it and felt like birds were singing and the sun was shining (no joke) I will never go back on the pill.