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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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BC Options - Will be TTC in a year
Hi everyone, I am new to the nest. Recently married in July (yay!). We have decided to TTC next summer but I want to change/go off the pill now to see if that is what has been causing my low sex drive for some time now. We hate condoms but will use them if that is the only option but I wanted to see everyone's opinions on alternative methods. I just want to make sure that we stay safe for the next 10 months so we have time to save and prepare.
I am a little undereducated in this department since I have been on the same bc pill for 9 years. Anything I take I will want to stop taking/using in time to be ready to conceive next summer. Thoughts?
Re: BC Options - Will be TTC in a year
Hi!
My husband and I use a little pill called encare that you can get pretty much anywhere and it is pretty inexpensive(like $7 for a box) It has about 12 pills in it. It acts almost like a barrier and has spermicide.
We have been using it for a year now and haven't had any problems with it.
Hope this helps:)
If you're tying to get your sex drive back, pretty much anything hormonal is a "no"- which doesn't leave you many options besides condoms.
There is a copper IUD- but if you are only going to use it for 10 months it is probably not worth the cost- plus they can cause terrible periods which will probably negatively affect your sex drive.
I'm on the shot- it's just progesterone (no estrogen) so it's side-affects are supposed to be decreased. But once you stop the shot, it could take months to become fertile again- so that won't work if you want to TTC soon. There is also a progesterone IUD but the cost issue then comes back into play.
I don't know much about nuvaring- it's still hormones so I'm not sure you want to do that but it may be worth asking your doctor about?