[megg0]

DH is going to be getting the big V.

[katiebear]

I also have a son from a previous relationship and this is our first together... so we talked about maybe having 2 together, 3 at the max. But my first son is only 15mos old, and will not even be 2 when his little brother or sister arrives. So I want a little more time between baby numbers 2 and 3. I don't really know for sure what I'll use. Maybe the shot... I hated being on the pill because I kept forgetting to take it and worried all the time about that. I didn't mind the patch but even with Planned Parenthood it was still $50 a month and that got to be too expensive. Sooooo... we'll see what our options are after all is said and done. But I'm leaning towards the shot.

[tryingfornumber1]

You do not want the shot. I was on the shot for 10 years and it completely drained the calcium from my bones. It ruined a couple of my molars and I have the bone density of a 60 year old woman. Thankfully, while it's not completely irreversible, calcium supplements have improved it a couple points on the scale. Please do your research first before you decide.

It can take over a year for your cycle to readjust itself for you to be able to get pregnant again too. It took my body about 8 months for my periods to come back.

[katiebear]

Lol my problem is that I am fertile myrtle. Most people come off birth control, TTC for a couple months, and have time for everything to register before they get a BFP. DS 1 was conceived because of a pill mishap (LOL!). My ex and I were going from our home in Indiana to his family's home in Pennsylvania for New Year's. In the whole deal of planning the trip and everything it completely slipped my mind to go get more pills. I told my ex right away that if we were gonna do anything, we needed to get condoms, and he put up a big fight about how he hated them and that nothing would happen and it'd be "kinda fun to play Russian Roulette"... and told me I could just have that month of Jan without pills (since we were gone for 1/2 the month anyway) and I could get back on them in Feb after I got my period. Well, that period never showed, and September 23 my son did! EDC was Jan 15th... as for this baby, we were using condoms and had no issues with that. Still had my periods right on time and everything. First time we go without a condom, knowing I am going to O on our wedding night, we get a BFP 3 1/2 weeks later. Granted between the wedding night and our BFP we weren't using anything that whole time... but I knew when to expect the O to happen and now here we are...

So not only did my cycle return to normal relatively quickly (I breastfed DS for 5 months and was period free the whole time, the month after the last time he nursed, I got my period back!), but since this is now baby number 2 of being conceived after the first time not using any BC, I just want to be much more careful after this one gets here. I will definitely talk to my doctor about all of my options and see what is affordable for us at the time... but I just can't go without... and I don't want to use condoms every time when I'm with my husband!

[Mod-Lady Valkyrie]

This is probably my last baby, and I'll be going back on copper IUD after, rather than anything permanent, just in case we change our minds.

[Kanin]

Husband anticipates getting a vasectemy (sp?) which is great, he's not dragging his feet at all.

Also, I wanted to recommend the copper-based IUD. I used one for 8 or so years, worked flawlessly, practically no side effects other than heavier and more painful than normal periods, but after a year of those I forgot what normal was so it wasn't too bad. "The new normal."

I chose that because hormonal-based methods of birth-control made me a bit nervous.

[Mrz Heuzen]

I haven't even thought about this. I hadnt been on any BC for about four years because the hormones were making me nuts! We were using condoms but I don't think DH will want to go back to that. This is our first so it definitely won't be anything permanent.

[Jessimaaka]

Definitely nothing permanent. I was on the pill for a few years before TTC but primarily for acne rather than actually preventing anything. I had to go off of it since we were TTC, waited 3 months while I quit smoking, and bang. Here I am and my face is horrible. I need to talk to the dr about what I can do. Its seems very hormonal related.

We want our children closer together (I am the oldest of 5, my youngest brother is 8 years younger than me, no multiples), so we may end up not preventing but not trying and see what happens

[stefie94]

Planning FAM with a Diaphragm

[newmommysarah]

I'm planning on going back on the pill asap after the birth because I do not want to be pregnant again for at least another couple of years- gives me time to forget the horrors if hyperemesis! Not sure if it's completly safe if I'm breastfeeding though, maybe the injection but again only if it's safe fir bubble. Failing that I can always impose a sex ban until he gets over his issues with condoms!

[2pinks&ablue]

This is our last baby, I'm not 100% sold on the idea but I know that realistically 4 is enough for us. We could have 10 kids and I'm not sure that I'd ever have that "done" feeling. But, we have decided that this is our last, and Troy will be getting snipped.

[..Penelope..]

We are done. J will be getting a vasectomy and I'm considering a copper IUD after I'm finished breastfeeding B (or atleast a yearly check for J, just to guarantee that the v doesn't fail).

i'm still trying to decide on what method i'll be using. i'll probably just end up going back to the pill and eric wearing condoms. not my favorites, but they're the only forms that i can really see myself using. the iud, i love the idea of it lasting up to 10 years, but i hear mixed things about it terminating an existing pregnancy/not, and i really don't want to take that chance. i just want something that will prevent the pregnancy from beginning in the first place.

at least until we decide for a fact whether we're done or not. we think athena is our only one together, but we've agreed that it's best to wait and see how we feel in 5 years before we go for permanant bc.

[tryingfornumber1]

I am not sure yet. I was on the depo shot for 10 years before TTC. It completely screwed up my system, so all I know is I will NOT be using that. Maybe Mirena?

I did love that I had no periods with the shot though!

[mama4life]

We will be done when God is. Nothing hormonal or IUD because those can, and often do, cause abortion. And nothing barrier or sterilizing because, well, it just ain't natural and I'm not gonna break what works like it's supposed to.
We will use NFP if, and only if, we are in very serious/grave circumstances. Every baby a blessing from above!

[lmunoz8517]

This is our last, I am looking into essure right now as a permanent form of birth control

[.kelley.]

I really don't want BC so since we will done i'm hoping Tad will get the big V.

[chris93]

planning the pull out method