Birth Control

[anonymous]

Hello I am a 19 year old women with CF. I have been looking into different birth control methods but I have heard that the pill, or the patch isn't as affective when you are on antibiotics. I know there are other things we could use. I want to use more than one to be safe: like the pill and condoms. I was just wondering what other women with CF use. What has worked and what has not.
Thanks for all your input.

 

[littledebbie]

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Some choose:</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/iudinfo.htm">Others
choose:</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.mirena-us.com/index.html ">what I have</a><br>
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This topic comes up a lot if you enter birth control in the search
while in the "adult" section here, you will see many
threads on this subject.

 

[Momtana]

neat, Debbie!
Dear anonymous, I actually do birth control counseling in my job and have been interested in the factors affecting birth control for women with CF. If you want to, send me a private message and we can talk about your needs ...

 

[Scarlett81]

I had the same issue when I decided to start birth control-my GYN suggested the NUVA ring. There are some antibiotics it doesn't interfere with-TOBI, Zithromax....and when I do go on IVs I double up with condoms for a month after I use antibiotics.

The NUVA ring is great-I love it. You can't feel it at all-you don't have to remind yourself to take anextra pill each day. Love it.