Do you use birth control? And do your parents know?

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Hey ladies, I'm 19 and my parents don't know I'm sexually active. I want to get on birth control even though I always use a condom, i figure it would be better for your parents to find out you're on birth control than you are pregnant. I really want to to get on the pill and play it safe. How many of y'all are birth control and your parents don't know? How do I get prescribed birth control without my parents knowing or ever finding out? 
Please help!

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You’re 100% a legal adult. You don’t need to tell them anything.
Just go to the doctor by yourself and get on birth control.

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You’re an adult you can just ask your doctor for birth control.

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I got on birth control at 18. I was a legal adult so I didn’t have to tell my parents. My dad ended up finding out on accident though. It wasn’t a big deal though. My dad figured it was for terrible periods, which it was at the time, as in high school I used to miss days of school due to being physically ill from pain. I told my mother years later as it came up in conversation. 
You’re an adult- you don’t need permission. Just get on birth control and keep it private. It’s no ones business how you handle your body and sex life.

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Just go to Planned Parenthood and pay out of pocket. Problem solved.

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My mum took me to the gp when I was 14 for mood swings and heavy periods and the doc put me on Yasmin birth control pill, which I stayed on until I was 23 before switching just to condoms (only because I was having migraines). My mum was content knowing that if/when I had sex I was protected. I don’t understand why you’d want to hide that from your parents??

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I guess you could say i got kinda lucky with really bad cramping. I told my mom it was really bad one period and we went to the doctor and the doctor suggested it. Years down the road i became sexually active but my parents figured the birth control was to help the cramping. Try that maybe????

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I was 19 when I started about 10 years ago. I did it thru parents insurance they found out got mad and literally disowned me. I havent talked to them since. I'm still on birth control.

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I would say it was wrong if you were under 18, but you’re an adult.

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I’m on the pill. At this point I could care less if they found out. I’m sure they know but they haven’t said anything. I think my mom is in denial and sometimes I just wish she found out so I wouldn’t have to “hide”. I put it in quotes because I’m not really hiding but at the same time we haven’t talked about it.

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Tell your mom you have really heavy bleeding and bad cramps and need to get on bc to help it.

Do you use birth control? And do your parents know?

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