I was about 14 almost 15 years old when i decided to lose my virginity to my bf (who i'm still currently dating) i told my mom i lost my virginity and decided to go on birth control. I took depo provera for about 6 months and gained about 35 pounds and developed pre-diabetes and also ended up with dark deep red stretch marks all over my body. I stopped taking Depo around September of last year and its been one year now and i'm just now losing weight and slowly my A1C is going down. I'm posting this only because you should be careful what you put in your body, and definitely do more reading on a birth control that's best for you.