well... I've never taken birth control, so I don't have any personal experience to share with you. My doctor
wanted to put me on a birth control a while back, but she also gave me a bottle of hormones to take first...and the whole idea just grossed me out. (I also have this paranoia about BC causing breast cancer, which is why I've never wanted to take it.
)
I think another part of the problem is that I've never heard anything
good about any brand of birth control. There's always some kind of side effect that you have to deal with. I've heard
horrifying things about the shot... I've heard that Yaz depletes your sex drive... Loestrin 20 sucks... Allesse makes you ultra-hormonal... Microgynon30 causes depression... NuvaRing causes migraines and weight gain... ??
Also: I have 6 friends who recently got pregnant
while they were on Ortho Tri Cyclen, Ortho Evra, Mirena IUD, Depo-Provera, (and something else that I can't remember). ...Seems like a waste of effort and money if it isn't even effective.
My sister is the only one I know who likes her birth control, and I can't remember what she's on.
I'll have to ask her...