Quote Originally Posted by Irulan
It' been nice to not have to deal with the BC thing since the hubby got snipped 14 years ago. And my how things have changed.

I'm just wondering... does anyone use anything like diaphragms or IUD's anymore? I do have one friend who is married to a OBGYN who uses a new generation IUD. I could never,ever get my head around the concept of altering my body's hormonal makeup by taking the pill or anything else. I never even considered it due to the problems that my sister had with the earliest versions of the pill. I sucessfully used a diaphragm for almost 20 years.

Irulan
I'm not comfortable with the idea of a barrier method, like the diaphragm. Also seems like it's a lot of work. That being said, I know people who do use it, specifically people for whom hormones don't work well.

The way IUDs were described in sex ed class lo these many years ago sounded downright scary, so I guess I've never liked that idea.

There is a new BC method now, I think called NuvoRing, that's a hormone ring you insert for three weeks at a time. It's hormonal, but at much lower doses than the pill, and you don't have to remember to take a pill; just to remove it for your week off. Some of my friends have really liked it. I still haven't wrapped my head around the idea of inserting something "way up there," but I'm thinking about it because of the lower hormone dose.