Contraceptive for DD heading to college

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have you asked her? I waited until marriage and would have offended if my parents had dragged me to the doctor for birth control just because I was going off to college.

And you were so smart and clever to avoid being raped.

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Consensual sex isn't the only way to get pregnant.

Your risk vs. benefit calculator is broken. No doctor recommends hormonal birth control in case of rape.

No, but most doctors recommend birth control be started before the person is even thinking of sex because spur of the moment cases come up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has your DD asked for birth control OP? Do all the girls talk to their mother today about bc? This thread has made me realize I am very old.

My kid had the knowledge and information from a very young age of birth control etc, but she was not dating and was in a rigorous STEM course, so she was not in a hurry. She also had access to good medical care and a trusted female pediatrician so I as not worried. She is very capable of self advocating too. I knew did not want her to date in k-12, or hook up with someone just for kicks in college. . I had to really tell her to be guarded and choosy and not sell her short.

She started dating in Junior year of college. Went to grad school, reconnected with someone she knew in undergrad, is working now, they want to get married. My kid is from a conservative non-white, non-Christian culture. Boy is WASP. I have adopted is don’t tell, don’t ask policy.