Ladies..suggestions on birth control?

Ladies..suggestions on birth control?
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I dealt with the same thing, except I was only on the depo shot for a year and had significant and troublesome weight gain. That was the only downside to the depo. I have since stopped all BC, but even before depo, I was on the patch. It wasn’t so bad but it’s a weekly regiment and it’s like a band-aid (fuzzies get caught around the edge on the adhesive). Otherwise it’s that ring thing or the pill. Good luck and let me know what you find!
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