Another example of corporations using sexism as a "reliable" predictor of sales, rather than fact.
**On a personal note, the pill makes me miserable, and I know many women who have the same problem. Yet, for us, there are no options for our male partners, who could potentially not be affected by the same mood-destroying side effects. So, if you are with a man, it's condoms or nothing, even in a long-term relationship. I wonder how many women who have the same problem as myself sacrifice and take a birth control that gives them perma-PMS, because there is nothing for their male partners to try instead. I wonder how many have sex with condoms for years in a committed relationship, and, of those, I wonder how many have trouble attaining vaginally-induced orgasm with a long-term partner because condoms are drying and uncomfortable for them. And I wonder how many use nothing.
Someone get me my god-damn man pill.
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Wow. I feel bad for that man who ended up getting a vasectomy because he and his wife felt there were no other comfortable options.
A single story like that should prompt trials of male birth control.
Also- I've been on the pill for a year, and I've been super-happy, especially since all the nasty period side-affects have lessened. I wish everyone could have it like that. I'm sorry you're so crummy on it. =(
I'm so freaking angry that pharmaceutical companies have decided FOR ME that I don't want to take responsibility for my OWN reproductive decisions.
Birth Control Pills wrecked havok on my body. I refuse to take them. When I was married, I used an IUD without hormones which was effective but once I divorced him my OBGYN suggested I get off the IUD b/c it poses a higher risk for PID and so forth. Long story short, I have concluded that birthcontrol is condoms. No condom , no sex .
I haven't had any problem with this method.
:D
-S
Same here for me and my husband. My endo suspects I have PCOS, so that may also be working in our favor fertility wise, I'm suspecting (we don't want kids). I've been considering the copper IUD since it releases no hormones, but with my insurance only covering 80 percent of it, I'm wary of what it will cost and the pain I've heard involved with the insertion procedure.
oh i would love for my husband to take the pill, since i have spent over half a decade on birth control (and the symptoms of this were less then awesome, i have to say).
and he told me he'll take it... unless it makes him fat.
seriously.
i suffered temporary bone density loss and weight gain, possible fertility issues, depression and anxiety, not to mention the risk of stroke and still more health risks...
but god forbid he gain a few. ugh.
well there ARE ways to prevent pregnancies without the pill. Condoms or the insertable and non hormone version of the IUD (i loved this) or simply family planning (since you're married you could do this). . .
There are other options, but they're not always the solve-all that people think they are. I went out with a guy who was circumcised and was so desensitised that even the thinnest 'fetherlite' condoms left him with little or no feeling. Sex with condoms usually ended up with me stopping it, because he was so obviously not enjoying it at all and his pained expression was just, well, painful, or with him losing his erection entirely.
So I was on the pill a lot but it gave me horrendous depression. Tried about 7 different brands. No better.
Tried the progesterone-only pill. Made me bleed constantly.
Tried the diaphragm - couldn't get one that fit right, and it kept catching during sex.
Tried the contraceptive implant. Made me bleed constantly.
Eventually went back on the pill, and, under the advice of my doctor, stopped having the pill-free week which seemed to be causing the awful mood swings. It's better but still not ideal.
As is probably very obvious by now, I am SO in favour of the male pill - I'm stunned that the female equivalent came out FORTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO yet nothing for men has ever followed. It seems like women were expected to be so grateful for the pill that no one seemed to consider they may appreciate some alternatives.
Amen. My husband and I have already decided that we will take turns as soon (if ever) this pill comes out. He gets to be on it first for 3+ years to balance out the time I've been dealing with various types of birth control, and then after that we will switch every year.
Mmm hmm.
I just tie a Tourniquet around my dick. Go to the bathroom and let it go.