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Why have you chosen your method(s) of birth control?
I am currently on the NuvaRing and we use condoms. Expense did not weigh in on the decision as I qualify for the Family Planning Project, which provides me with free birth control (including condoms) and free annual exams. It works well with my lifestyle as I have difficulty remembering to take a pill every day. I've been using it almost continuously for four years now--I took a break for a year to use the Pill as the county health department does not offer the NuvaRing. I have to go to Planned Parenthood to get it, which is 45 miles away.
Are you in a committed relationship?
Yes, and I don't see our condom use/BC use changing in the future, until we're good and ready to have kids. My hormonal BC may change, as I will switch back to a pill or switch to Depo if I can't make it to Planned Parenthood.
Are you using birth control for quality of life, health or financial reasons?
I am not ready, mentally or financially, to have a child. Period. I will not have a child until I am in that place. Therefore, I take birth control and we use condoms. Health also plays into it; I'm absolutely miserable if I'm not on some kind of hormonal birth control as I suffer from horrible, horrible menstrual cramps. They're painful to the point of being debilitating if I'm not on hormonal birth control. Even on hormonal BC, they're bad, but at least I know when they'll be happening and can plan accordingly. Plus, BC keeps my days of misery down to 1 from 3.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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