Hi ladies! So I am 33 weeks pregnant and trying to figure out the best method of birth control for me after having my baby because Im not a huge fan of getting back on birth control but my sex drive has always been extremely high and we (my S/O and I) are NOT trying to get pregnant again for a few years. So I just wanted to share my past experience with birth control and see what tips/tricks/advice anyone has to offer!

I started having periods at age 11 and by age 13-14 they were so heavy and terrible I would literally bleed for alittle over 2 weeks and it was the kind of period that completely fills a heavy flow pad In maybe 30mins-1hr, I was constantly leaking through everything. Got to the point I could barley do anything because I was so weak and exhausted all the time while on my period. So eventually after having a really bad one that lasted almost an extra week my mom made me an appt with a gyno. I ended up getting on the pill which worked amazingly to regulate my periods and came with very minimal side effects! 🙌🏼

I stayed on that until I was 18 and then decided to give my body a break from it as I started to read that birth control could cause infertility after so long of using it, just didn’t want to take the chance. My periods remained regular length wise and my flow did increase back to a more heavy flow but NOTHING compared to how it was before birth control. Anyways, I met my S/O around this time and we used protection for awhile but then ended up stopping. So basically (even though we weren’t actually trying) it took us 2 years to get pregnant after I stopped using birth control. Now this could be the result of many other things but I definitely think the birth control could’ve had something to with it.

So my question to you guys is what are your favorite methods of pregnancy prevention if you don’t use birth control? And if you do, what are your favorite kinds of birth control and why?