My doctor told me that some of the ones she put me on were hormone free but it still effected me drastically. We always say that if for some reason a condom doesn't work it was meant to be, but so far it hasn't happened, so we are going to stick to condoms till we are done with kids. It's crazy how much better sex drive I have off, how much better in life I feel, and how much less we argue without my extra crazy hormones

I've stopped before for 3 years and I was feeling good. Then I got pregnant and talked into Mirena for the 2nd time. And I kinda wanna be bc free again but I really want to protect myself from pregnancy for another year or 2. Condoms is what we're using now and will always be our go to. I just wish there wasn't such harsh ways to protect myself. I was trying to look into hormone free or low amounts but I got turned off by everything I was reading. I have an appt next week with a dr I haven't seen before but I'm hoping they will help with more useful info on bc for me.

I had to completly stop taking birth control because every single one made my hormones beyond crazy! If you want to take a break from birth control, use condoms, and if your SO isn't up for that tell him you'll have to obtain. You'd be surprised how fast they become okay with condoms.

DH and I have been using condoms for 6 years now exclusively, and he now understands how awful birth control messed with my hormones and gladly wears a condom. Our biggest problem was condom size. It was cutting his circulation off, so we got the larger size (and it is made so if can fit someone who isn't large just in case) we also don't use latex we have the skyn lifestyles brand, and DH always says he likes it because he lasts way longer on it, which is a bonus! We only got pregnant when we pulled the goalie and wanted to so they are pretty effective of you put them on right.

I will never go on birth control again becsuse I just turn into such a catty, rude, and crazy person, as well as over emotional, the worst part is the last time I went of bc I was off for like a year, when I got the depo (needle) it literally took one shot for me to swear off bc forever, but took almost a year for my body to sort through all that bull crap

That's how I felt with the Mirena! I've heard mixed reviews on the patch. The dr I saw said she used to get headaches on it and is using the ring but I don't know how comfortable I am using the ring.

You could start it now. Or wait one more period if it makes you more comfortable. I didn't like the patch. It was nice, but I felt pregnant on it. I had alot of pregnancy symptoms. Sore boobs, nausea, ext. But I don't do well on any birth control .