What form(s) of birth control do you use?

[WaterlilyTH]

This question was raised on the Talk Board of Mumsnet Tower Hamlets (London):

After having 3 cesarean sections a friend of my mine is worrying a lot to conceive again. She has been using pills for 3 years, but she has noticed that they are affecting her health.

Ladies, what form(s) of birth control do you use? Any reliable ones?
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I have a Mirena Coil which has worked so far.

Dh going in for snip, family 100% done and the pill makes me a fruit loop

I have been sterilised. My family is complete

Good table here on failure rates so going for one of the ones under 1% failure might be the things that poster should consider.

I used to have the implant (implanon) but I really wouldn't recommend that. It's got a very low pregnancy rate but my hormones and periods were all over the place. I used to cry for the smallest things like running out of washing powder... I also gained 3 stone. No advantages for me. I think after giving birth I'll go for the mirena coil.

I've been on the mini-pill for 11 years. I did take cerazette but there is a new mini-pill on the market which I now take, Cerelle, as it has a slightly higher success rate as it contains a higher amount of desogestrel and acts like a combined pill byt stopping the egg from ripening, most mini-pills don't do this. I did use condoms (DD was unplanned) but one ripped and that's how we have DD! But I've been taking the mini-pill for 11 years and haven't got pregnant, so it works for me.

We use a fertility awareness method currently (from the table above it will be the symptothermal one).

Before we where TTC we used condoms, after I give birth DH is going for the snip as our family will be complete.

Mirena coil. All good so far. I want to be sterilised but they won't do it until I'm 40 in case I change my mind.

The Tower Hamlets poster might like to have a look in the Family Planning forum, where she'll find a lot of threads talking about the pros and cons of various methods.

Mirena coil. Amazing! Had it for 15 years (obviously changed every 5) no problems at all. Absolutely no bleeding what so ever.

I've tried loads of pills, injection, implant and none agreed with me. luckily we are ttc for no2

Same as longfufu. We used condoms before we started TTC. Once the family is done DH will probably get the snip. Or I will if DC2 is a c section.

Hormonal forms of contraception make me go a bit bonkers, and drain my libido away (pointless).