How to Choose a Safe Birth Control Method: 11 Factors to Consider

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smilinggreenmom of IN said: "I for one do not want anything in my body that is not totally necessary."
With that philosophy, you really don't need to worry about taking birth control of any kind, now do you?

ironyspotter of CA 8:55PM June 24, 2010

The risks involved with taking these an even some of the other medications that are on the market should really be considered too. I for one do not want anything in my body that is not totally necessary. The truth is, there are other options that are safer thankfully. The only meds I take are those that I need to stay healthy and I also take my vitamin and my Vidazorb chewable probiotic - that is it. I want to stay healthy and that is why I really weigh the pros and cons of any medication.

smilinggreenmom of IN 6:45PM June 06, 2010

is for more men to have vasectomies and have them way sooner in life. Society would be far better if most of the guys who ever bought themselves a tattoo had bought themselves (with public-money assistance, if needed) a simple little clip-and-clamp sugery instead.
I don't like abortion. I also don't like bad fathering. I like prevention. Where are the minds of the guys? Stuck in football?

Muser of NM 10:14AM June 05, 2010

Well gee, the first month of breast feeding...that would probaby be the first 4 weeks after having a new baby. I believe that the usual recommendation is still to abstain from sex for the first 6 weeks after delivery. TIME OUT! There has just been a traumatic event to the vagina! And breast feeding as birth control? OMG, I bet that there are more women than you want to hear from that got pregnant while breastfeeding, if they didn't use a more effective birth control than that. Yes, you absolutely should talk to your doctor about your options! There are many safe choices. Being pregnant at your 6 wk check up is not usually something that you want to hear when you are still trying to figure out how to be a mommy in the first place.

Brenda, RN of IA 9:32AM June 05, 2010

Wow, you can't tell your an atheist. Do you REALLY honestly think THOSE are the reasons churches are against abortion? Thanks for my morning laugh.

MMiller of MN 6:27AM June 04, 2010

When religious parents refuse to use abortion "because it's a sin that sends them to Hell," they often turn to taxpayers to be surrogate parents for their needy offspring and the unwed mom. It costs $500,000 to subsidize each mom-kid pair to the age of l8. It means Big Government to hire people to deliver to them their food stamps, ADC, healthcare, welfare & subsidized housing. ProChoice workers prefer to "Nip in the Bud" the problem of unwanted, unsupported conceptions. This is because abortion is very inexpensive compared with that $500,000. To ten weeks, abortion costs $527. To 16 weeks, it costs $735. To the end, abortion still costs only $1370. That's a saving to us taxpayers of $498,630. How can Prolife have so many followers? I guess most of them pay little or no taxes? Their churches illegally get tax exemption and vouchers, so they're getting a free ride to Heaven as far as costs of worship are concerned. We non-exempt taxpayers subsidize their worship of a God who truly loves the welfare leeches they produce.

aura dawn veirs of CA 9:55PM June 03, 2010

Ban-Abortion church laws exist to create, keep & increase church income. All those churches have employees. Their paychecks come from tithes, special fees & church school costs & church investments in real estate & the stock market. If a conception isn't aborted, it has potential to live, be converted, & become a church benefactor. The l0 per cent lifetime tithe is huge. If a person pays l0% on a yearly income of $40,000 for forty years, that's $160,000. If the conception is aborted, it has no value to a church. For the same reason, churches ban suicide. Corpses can't pay tithes. Voluntary sterilization gives partners tremendous relief from the fear of taking on the work, worry & cost of at least l8 years of childcare. Early abortion with the suction process is an easy, inexpensive process. But the tithe means so much to some churches that they spread lies against the procedure. They practice medicine without a license every time they stop an abortion. I expect some day someone will win a lawsuit against them on that basis.

aura dawn veirs of CA 9:41PM June 03, 2010