Well, I'm on the pill and I've had no bad side effects save for gaining about 5 lbs around my midsection as mentioned above. I figure I'd gain a helluva lot more if I got pregnant, so I'm just fine with it and so is he. We also use condoms a vast majority of the time because we're both aware there's no way we could take care of a kid at this point and it's not worth the risk... I've heard great things about the shot and the patch, and they have better effectiveness rates statistically because you don't have to worry about them as often = less chance of human error there like forgetting Kudos to you for looking out for your gf and yourself!

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-John Keats