How do you prevent it?!

Constance - posted on 10/17/2011

Hey somebody that is just like me. BC has never worked for me hence 12 pregnacies. Right now I have a failed tubal ligation and an IUD to prevent me from getting pregnant again. I will let you know how it works.


As far as breaking the cycle. I have always talk about sex with all 8 of my kids. My oldest two girls have the implant their arm. My 19 yr has sex I know she does but no pregnacy yet. My 15 yr old hasn't yet but it is in place if she does. My boys have access to condoms but so far they haven't gotten any out. They all know the struggles we have went through finacially to get where we are today.

~♥Little Miss - posted on 10/17/2011

Sex education for my children is going to teach them all the "in's and outs" of sex, and preventative measures to avoid pregnancy and std's. Condoms will be made available, and if necessary, so will BC for my daughter.

Kelly - posted on 10/17/2011

The IUD's not for everyone. I like it though, it's working well for me. I've heard Implanon is much the same--you either love it or hate it :P

♥♪Megan♫♥ - posted on 10/17/2011

I'm thinking one way I might prevent my 7 year old from being a teen parent or even having sex is to have her in the delivery room when I have my next baby.

~♥Little Miss - posted on 10/17/2011

At that point, I would get another tubal directly after the baby is born, then tell the father to get his vasectomy done, or no more entry.

Leeann - posted on 10/17/2011

I tried the pill, turned me into a nasty raging hormonal monster. The shot, it made my period stop and I didnt like it. The prayer method didnt work example a b and c are my three kids. I found I like the 10 yrs plan IUD 4 yrs and counting since I had my last baby.

♥♪Megan♫♥ - posted on 10/17/2011

Kelly, I tried the Mirena right after I had Lilli back in April (she was born in March) the dang thing slipped from my uterus into my abdominal cavity. I had that taken out and am using Implanon instead. I like it a lot better.

I don't care that I'm way too fertile, I still blame GW for getting pregnant with Abby.

Kelly - posted on 10/17/2011

I never trusted the pill completely--I knew SO many girls in highschool who got pregnant on it--so before J was born I used a combination of pill, condom, family planning. Granted, not many guys wanted to go for the family planning part and have sex "off limits" certain times of the month, but I figured if they weren't willing to do that for me, they weren't worth having sex with. I was VERY picky, and if I couldn't see myself raising a child with a man, he didn't get sex.

Once J was born, I got the Mirena IUD. I've been using that for 7 years. I don't trust it entirely, but I'm okay with it if we have another kid.

Susanne - posted on 10/17/2011

Im on the pill it works great for me, Ive only got pregnant when i planned to I guess im really lucky

Angela - posted on 10/17/2011

B.C. did not happen until after I figured it all out after having two babies.

Back then they did not talk about it much or have it accessible. (1980's) they were born 86 and 89. I used the pill for a long time until I found out I had lupus and was told the pill could cause issues. So I got an IUD.

Now I don't use anything because I am not worried if I did get pregnant. But I am sure I most likely will not but if I did I would welcome it.

with my girls I was pro BC. I had condoms in my home, let my girls go on the pill etc. and I signed a form that said they could go to the clinic and get BC family planning and STD checks with out my consent when they were 12.

I talked openly about sex and told them that having sex was normal and not dirty or smutty but a big choice and that pregnancy was just one consequence of sex. So we talked about relationships, boys, self respect etc.

With my son he was very open and talked to me all the time about sex. Because he is gay I did not have to worry of pregnancy issues. But I did the same with him via concent for BC and STD checks as soon as he came into our home as my foster son.



Edit to add Claire was defiantly welcomed and wanted!

Stifler's - posted on 10/16/2011

i am on the pill. i am pro bc for teenagers!! they're going to have sex anyway. i have had nothing but awesome reactions to the pill.

Liz - posted on 10/16/2011

I went off the Pill in my 20s after disliking the side effects and just the whole idea of it.

I started using the Fertility Awareness Method (or natural planning) with abstinence/condoms during the fertile period.

It hasn't failed me yet. It also helped me to get pregnant easily since I knew exactly when my fertile time was (unfortunately, I suffered miscarriages until I finally had my son), and understand my body better.

Penny, you can use FAM with irregular periods. It may even help discover the cause of them.

Katherine - posted on 10/16/2011

I'm right there with you Penny.

Elizabeth - posted on 10/16/2011

I have bad reactions to hormonal BC. Allergic to latex, sheepskin and spermicide. Doctor refuses to due IUD. My periods are very irregular so natural planning doesn't work well.

Right now, I'm not in a relationship and I'm thinking maybe I'll just stick to abstinance until I reach menopause.

Christina - posted on 10/16/2011

I won't put my daughters on hormonal BC either, especially as my mom and I are allergic to hormonal BC.
My husband started having sex at 13yrs old, I was 16. I'm praying to God our children wait longer than we did.

Michelle - posted on 10/15/2011

I used to take the pill and they worked great. I went off them and had my first, 2 years later had my 2nd (planned). I was taking the pill when I met my current hubby and one day I couldn't find the repeat so we used condoms.
About a month later I decided that I would like #3 and we fell pregnant after a couple of months.

Hubby has now had a vasectomy so if I fall pregnant I'm in BIG trouble!!!!!!!

Tara - posted on 10/15/2011

I got pregnant with both my girls while on the pill. I was a pill baby, so was my middle sister. My last sister was a fluke - the doc had told my mom she was sterile after she had my middle sister and almost 4 years later, bingo, she's pregnant.

I had my tubes tied after my 2nd girl and have had good luck with that so far, but my doc also thinks I'm in peri-menopause so it's unlikely I'll get pregnant again.

As for my girls - they will be taught about all forms of birth control and encouraged to wait until they are with the person they want to be with for the rest of their lives.

Krista - posted on 10/15/2011

Birth control works fine for me. I've been on the pill since I was 16, and never had a pregnancy scare. I'm not one of those "easily-pregnant" women -- it took me 6 months of being off the pill to conceive my son.

Lady - posted on 10/15/2011

Nope no BC works for m that's why I have 4 kids - trying to get my tubes tied but that's another story - hopefully soon.

My children will be taught about condoms and a stash will be avalible - I do not want y girls going on the pill until they are at least 18 - I think it's dangerous adding false hormons into a young girls system when they haven't even leveled out properly.

Michelle - posted on 10/15/2011

Try natural family planning. It's success rate is pretty high if done correctly (it is very important follow it precisely but you can get all sorts of things to help you). I would never use any birth control because on moral grounds and because I was 30 when we had our first (realizing that if we wanted more then one kid we really couldn't put it off and now we have 3). But natural family planning would be my first and only choice. It works well if done properly. Doesn't sound like you have anything to lose by trying it.

Teresa - posted on 10/15/2011

Abstinence works great for me now. ;)

I was on bcp before the girls. Went off to get pregnant. Went on Depo for 2.5 years. Then bcp again for 6 months. Been on nothing since May 1, 2005....

♥♪Megan♫♥ - posted on 10/15/2011

I got pregnant the first time because George W Bush was visiting Ft. Hood and made so many detours on base I was late to Thomas Moore (The clinic on Ft Hood) and they wouldn't let me go in to even renew my birth control pills. So 2 months after that I got pregant with Abby!

I was on and off my pills when Lee came to visit me last June and he knew that. That's how I got pregnant with Lilli.

I'm currently using Implanon (because the Mirena IUD floated from my uterus to my abdominal cavity) and am breast feeding. I haven't had my period since 17/6/10 and don't plan on seeing it for a while.

I will definitely make sure both my girls know how to use all kinds of birth control and protection. My birth mother was a teenager too. She gave me up for adoption because she knew she wasn't mature enough to raise a kid. I want to hope my girls won't have to make that choice. As soon as I find out the older one wants to have sex we're talking to the GP and getting some type of birth control that she can remember.

Katherine - posted on 10/15/2011

WOW! You must be fertile myrtle.