Preventing pregnancy somehow

So, my bf and I aren’t big fans of condoms. I personally can stand them but it just doesen’t feel so good (it also irritated my vagina with itching). My bf on the other hand can’t feel a thing with a condom so we might as well dont have to have sex at all. We’ve been together for a year now and all we did was hoped the pull out method would save us. Terribly irresponsible I know.

I have always been hearing bad things about birth control like gaining weight, having crazy emotions etc. Can someone please tell me their personal experience with birth control or something else they tried? I really want to get serious cause this luck won’t last forever..