girls! best birth control for college runners ? mine is killing my iron levels

Have the dude you sleep with use a condom

You are playing with fire

Gonna get pregnant

This thing called don't have sex till marriage.

brooo he does, I just prefer to be on birth control as well

If you’ve hadn’t a good experience with a birth control pill then why not use that?

Some quick tough love: College running is a balance of many things. The two in this case are you can prefer to have sex and take birth control (which will negatively effect your running) or get off the birth control and your running will improve. And just have the guy use a condom. You can’t have everything. Having more of one means less of the other.

She didn’t ask for small minded small prick responses.

Small pricked males wrote:

She didn’t ask for small minded small prick responses.

Going to a Chinese restaurant and acting shocked they don't serve cheeseburgers and milkshakes.

Lmao this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen

sbeefyk2 wrote:

If you’ve hadn’t a good experience with a birth control pill then why not use that?

Some quick tough love: College running is a balance of many things. The two in this case are you can prefer to have sex and take birth control (which will negatively effect your running) or get off the birth control and your running will improve. And just have the guy use a condom. You can’t have everything. Having more of one means less of the other.

Actually it’s goes beyond just having sex. Even if I didn’t have a boyfriend I would choose birth control because there are a lot of benefits besides pregnancy prevention. It does not in fact make you worse at athletics either if you take the right one. It regulates periods and can even prevent some cancers. Over 50% of people who are on aren’t on it for pregnancy prevention, they are on it for other health reasons.

Small pricked males wrote:

She didn’t ask for small minded small prick responses.

Preach !

Somebody got a case of the teeny peeny

anonymouse1 wrote:

Hey girls, this is an unusual post but I thought this would be a good place to get some advice from other athletes. I've had a hormonal IUD for about 2 years and it's been nothing but hell..constant spotting and cramps. I need to find an alternative that won't affect my athletic performance or deplete my iron as I am a competitive college runner. Copper IUDs are out because of iron, and I've kind of had it with IUDs in general. I have heard horror stories from friends about the pill as well, but if you've had a good experience with one I'm totally open to trying it. Any advice (besides abstinence lol) is appreciated.

Best birth control is surrounding yourself with a bunch of male distance runners.

Mirena is a no brainer. Dont have to remember to take a pill. Extremely reliable. Very few women have breakthrough bleeding.

Try a copper iud.

Been on Yaz for 15 years and have never had any problems with it. It has a reputation for helping PMS, minimizing acne, and no weight gain. A lot of women end up skipping periods on it (me included) but even if you don't, it tends to be only mild spotting. Obviously each woman is different, but I would give yaz a go.

Always the option of an implant and if you get any bleeding take POP alongside it .

Banana Bread wrote:

If you wait till marriage god will reward you with better performances. College is not about debauchery. It is about getting an education and learning.

Who told you that? Santa Claus?

@banana nut wrote:

Banana Bread wrote:

If you wait till marriage god will reward you with better performances. College is not about debauchery. It is about getting an education and learning.

Who told you that? Santa Claus?

Look at BYU.

I was on Alesse/Aviane for about ten years before I had a surgical sterilization in my early 30s. I had no problems with it and my periods were much lighter and shorter in duration, compared to prior to (and after) taking the OCP. Reduced my acne as well.

666 wrote:

anonymouse1 wrote:

Actually it’s goes beyond just having sex. Even if I didn’t have a boyfriend I would choose birth control because there are a lot of benefits besides pregnancy prevention. It does not in fact make you worse at athletics either if you take the right one. It regulates periods and can even prevent some cancers. Over 50% of people who are on aren’t on it for pregnancy prevention, they are on it for other health reasons.

Are you a pharmaceutical shill?

Are you a man who like to comment about things like this but hasn't bothered to learn about medical problems and treatments associated with female reproductive biology?