Do you ever miss a use/dose of your chosen birth control?

Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
If you use any contraceptive, how often do you fail to use it? Be it "forgetting" to take your pill, or just not using a condum "this time", or "it will be okay, since I forgot to get a tube of contraceptive gel"......how often do you rely on luck to not get pregnant?
Answers (private voting - your screen name will NOT appear in the results):
I have a "cannot forget" technique. ( IUD, implant)
4
I use rhythum, basil body temp or other "natural" methods.
I use birth control meds or techniques but never, ever risk sex without them.
6
I "risk it" once in a great while.
I freqeuently take a chance without full contraception in place.
I forget to use it more then I remember!
No sex ( or none with sperm provider) so no worries.
5
I'm a guy. Not getting pregnant.
No worries. My baby making gear is gone or out of commission.
2
other?
3
Total votes: 20 (20 voters)
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12/26/2012
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Contributor: Lioncub Lioncub
Don't have to worry about it, had my tubes tied almost 15 years ago. Though I am currently on Birth Control Pills as well for my Hormone related headaches and have missed a day here and there.
12/26/2012
Contributor: Living Doll Living Doll
My boyfriend and I use condoms and never go without them. If we run out and forget to buy more (that's only happened once in over a year), we don't have sex until we get some.
12/26/2012
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
If you use any contraceptive, how often do you fail to use it? Be it "forgetting" to take your pill, or just not using a condum "this time", or "it will be okay, since I forgot to get a tube of contraceptive ... more
I can't say I wouldn't risk it because I've said that before, and then in the moment....brain dead. However, I set an alarm to take my birth control. I haven't missed a dose since I started it *knock on wood*.
12/26/2012
Contributor: - Kira - - Kira -
I have an Implant, so no forgetting for me. The big reason I went to that was because I forgot pills all the time when I was using them. The patch wasn't visually nice and neither my husband or I liked the ring.
12/26/2012
Contributor: SMichelle SMichelle
I use the pill. There are occasions where I will miss a pill, but as my partner is in the UK and I am in the US, it's rarely a problem. I take the pill more as means of controlling my period.
12/26/2012
Contributor: DirtyAngel7 DirtyAngel7
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
If you use any contraceptive, how often do you fail to use it? Be it "forgetting" to take your pill, or just not using a condum "this time", or "it will be okay, since I forgot to get a tube of contraceptive ... more
I have the nexplanon/inplanon implant in my arm so I do not have to worry.
12/26/2012
Contributor: Bleu Bleu
Never missed a pill and I've been on them for about 2.5 years. My boyfriend and I use condoms too. No babies here!
12/26/2012
Contributor: Septimus Septimus
I use the Depo shot. I get one every 12 weeks, and I don't even have to think about my birth control in the mean time.
12/26/2012
Contributor: sXeVegan90 sXeVegan90
No sperm provider here.
12/26/2012
Contributor: Bethy Cassatt Bethy Cassatt
I never miss a day completely-- least it's been a long time since then. Sometimes I'll be late by an hour or two, but from what I told, that is not a bad thing and doesn't affect anything.
12/26/2012
Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
Tubes tied.
12/26/2012
Contributor: Mamastoys Mamastoys
If I got pregnant, it would be a double miracle and we would be rich!!! Hubby is fixed and I had a hysterectomy 20 years ago!!
12/26/2012
Contributor: Raymaker Raymaker
It's a strange combination of the fact I have PCOS and am incredibly unlikely to even menstruate as well as paranoia that I will be "on" and get pregnant that would drive me to also be on the pill AND use condoms whenever I'm sexually active.

Since I take a lot of pills every morning it would be hard for me to forget to take any single one of them though, so forgetting really doesn't happen in my case.
12/26/2012