I have been on birth control pills since 1 month after I lost my virginity when I was 18. A few months after taking the pill I developed pain in the vulva during sex (vulvodynia), Its destroyed my sex drive and my doctor is convinced that it was the pill that changed my hormone levels and caused me to have autoimmune like responses in my vulva. He suggested I go off the pill, even if it wont make it go away it should lessen the pain. Apparently using low-dosage birth control pills don't allow the body to have the correct amount of natural hormones, and they may go back to normal if i go off the pill. I haven't had a baby yet, so IUD's aren't worth trying.Update:IUD's are not recommended for women who have not given birth as they have a much higher chance that the uterus will reject the foreighn body, not to mention IUD's are apparently very painful to have inserted. Created by Anonymous. health-en - womenx27s-health-en

Non-hormonal Birth Control methods besides condoms?

May 2021 2 42 Report

Non-hormonal Birth Control methods besides condoms?

I have been on birth control pills since 1 month after I lost my virginity when I was 18. A few months after taking the pill I developed pain in the vulva during sex (vulvodynia), Its destroyed my sex drive and my doctor is convinced that it was the pill that changed my hormone levels and caused me to have autoimmune like responses in my vulva. He suggested I go off the pill, even if it wont make it go away it should lessen the pain. Apparently using low-dosage birth control pills don't allow the body to have the correct amount of natural hormones, and they may go back to normal if i go off the pill. I haven't had a baby yet, so IUD's aren't worth trying.

Update:

IUD's are not recommended for women who have not given birth as they have a much higher chance that the uterus will reject the foreighn body, not to mention IUD's are apparently very painful to have inserted

Health / Women's Health

Gwennie B

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Non-hormonal birth control methods include:

1) Abstinence (estimated failure rate between 26% and 86%, as noted here: http://www.sexetc.org/story/deciding_sex/2043 )

2) Natural Family Planning/Fertility Awareness Based Methods (between 78% and 88% effective in typical use and between 95% and 97% effective in perfect use)

3) Male Condom (85% effective in typical use and 98% effective in perfect use)

4) Withdrawal (82% effective in typical use and 96% effective in perfect use)

5) ParaGard IUD (99.2% effective in typical use, 99.4% effective in perfect use)

6) Diaphragms (84% effective in typical use, 94% effective in perfect use)

7) Cervical Caps (84% effective for typical use and 91% effective for perfect use in women who have never given birth; 68% effective for typical use and 74% effective for perfect use in women who have given birth)

8) Female Condom (79% effective in typical use and 95% effective in perfect use)

9) Spermicides (71% effective in typical use and 85% effective in perfect use)

10) Sponge (84% effective in typical use and 91% effective in perfect use in women who have not given birth; 68% effective in typical use and 80% effective in perfect use in women who have given birth)

You can use IUD's even if you haven't had children, so I'm not sure what you mean by "they aren't worth trying".

Hope that helps!