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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep, BC pills killed my libido and I had/have a healthy one.  When I first tried the pill when I was 18 I didn't notice any libido change but once I was on BC in my late 20's-early 30's it seriously sucked.[/quote]

This is me, too. I didn't notice it as much when I was younger, but definitely once I hit my 20's and especially 30's. It was a slow realization, but confirmed after being off for only a couple months. Being pregnant made me want sex all the time, breastfeeding killed it again, and now am finally getting it back over a year post-partum (still bf-ing but not as frequently). Exhaustion and room sharing and not yet STTN make it harder, but I do want the intimacy.[/quote]

I am glad you are not my wife, I could not take that roller coaster ride.  Get an IUD for god's sake and even out.[/quote]

What an ignorant statement. You have two options with IUD's - hormonal (which can kill a sex drive just like every other kind of hormonal BC) or copper ([b]which is not exceptionally effective[/b] and can result in longer, heavier periods). Do either of those sound preferable?

Glad you're not my DH. He's been more than willing to go along with the roller coaster ride that tends to happen when you IMPREGNATE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, and has gotten lots of sex throughout the years because he's been so understanding.[/quote]

Before you flame someone on facts, try reading the link that was provided.  Here is an excerpt of the study from the New England Journal of Medicine:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1110855#t=articleDiscussion

[b]The most commonly used contraceptive method in the United States is the oral contraceptive pill.7 Because the pill requires daily compliance, failure rates calculated on the basis of “perfect use” differ from real-world failure rates calculated on the basis of typical use. Annual failure rates with typical use of oral contraceptive pills are estimated at 9% for the general population, 13% for teenagers, and 30% or higher for some high-risk subgroups.4,8 Prior estimates of the failure rates with typical oral-contraceptive use have relied on retrospective survey data, primarily from the National Survey of Family Growth.9

Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and subdermal implants, are not user-dependent and have very low failure rates (less than 1%), which rival those with sterilization.9 Despite their proven safety in women and adolescents of all ages,10,11 IUDs are used by only 5.5% of women who use contraception in the United States.7 Other developed countries, such as the United Kingdom and France, where IUDs are used more frequently, have rates of unintended pregnancy that are lower than those in the United States.[/b]

I am glad you are not my wife either, what an emotional knee jerk reactionary.  I pity your poor husband who is doled out sex as a reward for good behavior.

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