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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No birth control option is 100% effective and ~40% of pregnancies in the US are unintended. So PPs who are blaming the OP without knowing details should get off their high horses. I suspect there are more unintended pregnancies among your friends and families than you suspect- people just don’t tell to avoid judgement.

OP- good luck with whatever decision you make. As a parent of a kid with a slew of diagnoses, also given some thought to how you would handle a kid with special needs. [/quote]
Well, the vasectomy is 100% effective. More guys should get those.[/quote]

None of my educated friends have had unexpected pregnancies while dating.  And this is a large group.  Very educated, feminists that know how to prevent and not leave it up to a man to control the BC.  In fact, many were using BC before they decided to have sex for the first time because they didn't want to derail their future plans.

A lot of the women I know that got pregnant unexpectedly ...it wasn't so unexpected.  They are just surprised it happened.  Some even subconsciously?? wanted to force a guy's hand.[/quote]

There are IUDs that are non-hormonal that people that have stroke risk can have inserted. Its 2024, if you don't want a baby and want to have sex---things are pretty ironclad for prevention of conception.  Then there is the morning after pill for the careless.[/quote]

You should improve your knowledge of the risks of IUD, even the non-hormonal ones. Risk of infertitlity is way too high to risk using one. I have advised my 20-year-old DD not to use one. She can't take BC for a variety of reasons. Condoms it is. There really aren't great solutions out there.[/quote]

IUDs are safe and effective. Your poor daughter is going to have a lot of wanted pregnancies.
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Condoms work just fine! IUDs weren’t really a thing when I was younger and I had a bad reaction to the pill, so I used condoms for many, many years. I never got pregnant until I was ready to have a baby at 35. The condom broke a few times and I ended up having to get the morning after pill, but overall, it did the job. The key is you have to be consistent. They’re also much safer, if you’re not in a long term relationship. Now that I’m old and married, we use natural family planning and that works, too, or more likely, I’m too old to get pregnant…either way, I’m okay with a whoopsie. Also, I never had a single long term partner complain about using them or try to push me to go on the pill, etc.

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