Mrs. Bee and I have always wanted two kids. Now that we have two kids, we've talked about engaging in more permanent birth control measures... but we're holding off for now.
Once you reach your ideal family size, what will you use for birth control?
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Same as before, charting. Neither one of us plans to get permanent measures.
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Condoms (and probably charting), then birth control pills after it's safe for baby. I had awful issues before and I "need" my birth control pills.
I refuse to undergo any sort of surgery for this. -
I'm getting Mirena directly after this baby. For now, that's going to be our "permanent" measure.
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Not sure yet. I don't like the idea of permanent measures.. so I might start charting.
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Nothing permanent for us. I also don't use birth control pills. We'll go back to what we did before--I track my period & we use condoms during the window of ovulation.
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Vasectomy all the way!
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I'll probably get a Minera first so we can have a few years to make sure we are definitely done, and once that is running out, probably a vasectomy.
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After this baby (#2) I will probably either do an IUD or go back on the Nuvaring for 2-3 years. If we've decided that we're done then DH plans to "shut the factory down" at that point.
We're still a little up in the air about idea famiy size.
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I’m going straight back on Mirena after LO is born. In 3-4 years we’ll decide if we want a second, and if we don’t, I’ll either get my tubes tied or my husband will have a vasectomy. Those are the only forms of birth control I would really trust if we did not want any more children.
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We've decided on 2 kids, but I'm only agreeing to it for financial reasons. If I wanted another kid, I'd have to go back to work, and my whole reason for wanting the kids is so I can spend lots of time with them, so that just defeats my purpose and I'd just be sad all the time. But once we hit two I still want to wait a while until we do anything perminent, I don't want to do anything drastic and then realize I really really want 3!
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I have no idea!!! I'm already worrying about the best form of birht control after this baby arrives, because I really want to keep a space of atleast 3 years between our kids. I'm not comfortable taking the pill or having anything inserted so I really haven't got much options but to keep using condoms like we were doing before and they arent always the most reliable. I think I will chart as well as using condoms and fingers crossed that will be enough
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We haven't really talked about it yet, I'm guessing that my husband will get a vasectomy.
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We'll probably go back to fam. I wouldn't be upset if my husband varicocele correction wore off and we had built in birth control again.
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I think eventually after we are done having kids, I would push for vasectomy. Not sure when, though...and not sure what we will do in between children (hoping to have 3 kids, spaced 2 years apart). It won't be condoms - probably IUD or birth control.
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Once we are 100% sure we're done hubs will get a vasectomy.
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i don't know. i know people said charting here but it's SUCH a pain. plus, it gets expensive if you do opk (i do opks in addition to charting)....maybe we'll do the 2 weeks after period is no no and then resume? i don't think we'll do anything permanent and i don't want to take any bcp.
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The one thing about charting is I just wonder how that would even work if you have a baby and have to get up to feed/have erratic sleep patterns. I wonder how reliable it really would be...
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If I can handle them, we'll probably do condoms until I'm done breastfeeding. Then I'll go back on the patch forever.
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not a fan of the permanent measure either... also won't be going back to hormonal birth control (hate the side effects)... so we'll be charting... it's amazing how in tune you can be with your body!
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I have no clue what we are going to do after this baby since we definitely don't want anything permanent as we don't have a set ideal family number.
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Abstinence? I kid, I kid...
I'd probably look into the IUD. I've heard mixed reviews about it but I'm not great at remembering to take pills (which reminds me, I need to take my prenatal).
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We'll probably go back to the Mirena. I had one before and enjoyed four years without a period. Heaven.
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Currently just using condoms but am having an iud put in place next month.
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I'm thinking an IUD for now, then ask DH to get a vasectomy for a permanent solution. It seems less invasive than getting my tubes tied, and I figure it's only fair for him to handle the permanent solution if I've been responsible for the temporary solution (Depo, pill, etc.) all these years!
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Vasectomy.
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We're with team vasectomy! (DH seems to be on board with that idea... at least for now while it's still very much off in the future.)
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DH & I have discussed this and he will probably get a vasectomy after we done having children.
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I've had horrible reactions to hormonal bc, so we'll probably do what we're doing now to prevent- charting and condoms. We always use condoms, plus I make sure we don't really have sex during my fertile window just in case condom breaks. Kind of over the top I know, but until I get a job after graduation there's no way I'd want to strain our new marriage with the reality of we can't afford a baby and are now forced to.
I may research IUD after child #2. Isn't it not hormonal birth control, but just blocks the sperm?
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IUD. I already had one and liked it, and DH doesn't want to get a vasectomy. Paragard is non-hormonal but Mirena isn't, and needs to be replaced more often.
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Natural family planning forever and ever. No permanent measures for us.
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DH is planning on getting a vasectomy and I'll probably continue with my Mirena, just in case.
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DH will get a vasectomy.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: yay NFP. Love me some Creighton
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I have no idea. Condoms, most likely.
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Good question... I think we'll probably go with condoms and/or NFP.
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Haven't thought about it yet! We don't have any kids yet, and really aren't sure how many we will want total yet.
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NFP for us too!
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After #2 I will get an IUD again and we plan to discuss vasectomy once were super sure were done
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Vasectomy.
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