Poll: Contraception

[EeveeElectro]

I kid you not, the needle was about the size of my arm :| the syringe was about the same size as a straw.

That... is... terrifying *shutter*

Well maybe not quite the size of my arm...

But

One on top is what they use. They use an anaesthetic before buy apparently you can still feel it, and you get the biggest bruise afterwards.
The fact it pokes out under your skin and is clearly visible makes me cringe too D:

 

[Loop Stricken]

I kid you not, the needle was about the size of my arm :| the syringe was about the same size as a straw.

That... is... terrifying *shutter*

Well maybe not quite the size of my arm...

But

One on top is what they use. They use an anaesthetic before buy apparently you can still feel it, and you get the biggest bruise afterwards.
The fact it pokes out under your skin and is clearly visible makes me cringe too D:

Jesus wept.

Why don't they just scalpel it in, if it's so bloody big?

 

[Petromir]

Condoms:

Unconfortable, lower sensation and change the feel totally. The about 99.99% reliability rate thats given for them assumes they have been stored properly, put on properly (for those suggesting the girl does it beware of the nails) you clean up properly afterwards (if theres to be any contact after) and theres nothing that will break them up, a list that includes alot of lubes.

All chemical methods:

Risks some unpleaseant or undesirable side effects. Mood issues and sex drive changes are common. The male ones under development all have the extra issue that theyn arent just replicating an existing block on fertility. The newrer hormone based IUDs hare not immune from the issues other chemical based contros have, the risk is just lessened.

Withdrawl and Rythem:

Both very unreliable, especially if both are over the average fertility and are particuarly compatable (This mostly relates to the female bodies immune response to foreign bodies in it, as one of the many hurdles sperm have to face is the female immune system, a weaker reaction due to compatibilty greatly increases the chances of pregnancy).

Femidons:

Just weird, mostly similar issues to condoms.

Vasectomies: Not 100%, even if the operation apprears to go to plan there are still potential risk of pregnancy. There are also potential side effects, thats before you get to potential mental issues.

Abstinance: Effective as long as adheared to. Tricky to adhear to, but if you do is only method other than condoms and femidoms that actually provides noticible protection against STDs.

 

[burningdragoon]

I kid you not, the needle was about the size of my arm :| the syringe was about the same size as a straw.

That... is... terrifying *shutter*

Well maybe not quite the size of my arm...

But

One on top is what they use. They use an anaesthetic before buy apparently you can still feel it, and you get the biggest bruise afterwards.
The fact it pokes out under your skin and is clearly visible makes me cringe too D:

That picture doesn't make me feel any better Ms Electro! I'm only a little bit uneasy about regular needles myself, but HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT THING!

 

[HerrBobo]

Preferably the implant.

I used to use condoms as my sole method of contraception, but damn, it's not nearly as good as 'bare back'.

Pretty much this.

Though, I only just broke up with my long term g/f. We used condoms as she did not want to get the implant and the pill "made her fat". Would use condoms 70% of the time and with draw the other 30.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Also my sister had a bad turn when she got the implant. Made her go funny or something, she had to have it taken out.

My girlfriend got one and it made her anemic. I have a friend at work who got one, despite me telling her not to bother, and now she's become paranoid and anxious about everything and just the other day she started feeling sick and got a rash on her chest. Those things are just not worth the side affects.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I tried the pill a long time ago (in my early 20s) but it reduced my sex drive. A LOT. Which my boyfriend at the time didn't much appreciate. So on the pill, I could safely have all the sex I wanted to, but I had no desire to do so.

Did you try different brands? I was on a pill called Yasmin and I didn't want to have sex at all for nearly two months and I was really moodly and irrational. I thought there was something wrong with me emotionally but I changed brand and everything went back to normal in about a week.

No, actually. I used the brand my insurance would cover. **shrug** At the time, I couldn't afford other options.

 

[n00beffect]

Preferably the implant.

I used to use condoms as my sole method of contraception, but damn, it's not nearly as good as 'bare back'.

I hear that.

 

[razer17]

"Oh my fucking God, look at the size of that thing!!"

I can't miss this opportunity: "That's what she said!"

OT: Condoms usually, because they are the best protection against STI's. If it's with someone I trust then the pill or any other method will do, although some girls don't like the pill etc. because they are worried about the hormones or whatever. And in that case, again it's the condoms. Condoms do suck comparatively, but its still better than nothing.

 

[bojackx]

Never had sex, but if I was in a relationship and not just getting me some strange, I'd have to say The Pill (me being a male).

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I'm gay so I don't think the pill, or any other methods than condoms, would really work. So condoms, unless I have known my partner for a very long time and trust him not to be sleeping around and getting STDs. Then we can do it the way it was meant to be done. >

 

[loc978]

For protection from STDs, condoms are the only one that works... for contraception, had a vasectomy. So if I'm with a woman I trust who has been tested recently, I can go bareback without a care in the world.

 

[mateushac]

As much as I like the pill, nothing comes close to the safety condoms can provide. Btw, it being the only method in which I can actively participate, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

BTW, it's the only real protection against STDs

 

[Vegosiux]

Now that depends entirely on whether or not you're trying to just not get someone pregnant, or if there are other potential problems you're trying to avoid, no?