Contraception!!

[EllieBelle]

Im at that stage of having to consider what contraception to use and was wondering what you decided to use after your pregnancy and why?

I was on the pill non stop for 18 years before falling pregnant, and wondering whether its time I gave my body a break and tried something different (all that said I got my BFP just 6 weeks after coming off the pill)!

We are currently undecided whether we will have another LO, but if we do it would be within the next 2 years, due to our ages more than anything else, so dont want to use contraception that may jeapodise a futher pregnancy.

Any advice gratefully received!

 

[*Star*]

howabout the copper coil? i heard thats good for short term contraception.

or you could just use condoms, diaphragm?

im on the injection but i was told it could take a while to get out of your system

 

[debecca]

I am using Natural Family Planning, as indeed I was for the 5 years before I got pregnant.

 

[*Star*]

wow Rebecca! you've got good timing by the sounds of it!

 

[nutcase109]

Ooh, whats natural family planning Debecca? x

 

[debecca]

Natural Family Planning is basically knowing your body and your own monthly cycle rather than using hormonal or barrier methods of contraception. I began by taking my temperature every morning - the rise shows when you're ovulating. You need to obviously spend a bit of time watching your cycles first before you launch straight into using it!!!! After a while I began to spot other signs I was ovulating like the change in cervical mucus - mmmmm stringy bits that stick to my inner thighs like gloopy balls of snot wooooooo! Now I know exactly which day I ovulate on anyway and the other signs just confirm it.

Then you avoid sex or use other methods (condoms) for the 3 days before and 2 days after ovulation - as sperm can live 5 days but an egg only lives a maximum of 48 hours (usually less). As it happens we were usually more cautious than this, so we would do it 4 days before and 2 days afterwards, just in case.

When we conceived Flod it was 3 days before ovulation

 

[Chrissy1]

condoms are probably your easiest thing because you won't have to wait for your cycles to get back to nornal when you decide to ttc again

 

[sarah113]

im still deciding at the moment too, ive been on the pill twice and fell pregnant both times while on it. i don't like the thought of something being in my body for a long time (eg coil, implant) and i hate needles so at the moment its condoms.
not sure if i want anymore children atm so also don't want anything permenent

 

[mrs_tommo22]

I was on NFP but now trying but will go back too NFP when i have too.