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[piggypiggy]

this may be a dumb form. but my mom has told me im going on the depo shot, im very upset. i hard it makes you gain over 10 pounds and gives you headahcs and can even make acne worse. im also worried about having a pap smear, do you think i will have to have one for this?

[piggypiggy]

i know i need to get checked and im pretty sure im going to when i go in.

and i want to talk alone but i dought my mom will let me. ugh. shee is not being cool about all this. she is mad acause i dont want the depo shot.

[JoyRenee]

The pap smear checks for HPV but it doesn't check for Chlamydia, HIV, Syphillis, etc. Your doctor needs to do a blood test to make sure you don't have those STDs. And as scary as it is- YOU NEED TO CHECK so you can prevent spreading it and so you can treat whatever you *may* have. It is the responsible thing to do.

As far as BC options- I would ask to speak with the OBGYN alone and voice your concerns. They can find something that will work for you.

[piggypiggy]

thanks everyone for your imput, i talked to my mom about going on birth control and she said she would think about it, but wat are other opoion? i know there is the ring.
but what else?

i dont want the depo at all. and i ahve like 2 or 3 friends my age who are on it, so ya.

and to be honest i dont want to go on any it cause i dont plan on having sex anymore. and yes my mom cant make me but the thing is she can ground me and take away everything., so yes she kinda can.

and the PAP smear im worried that i will have a STD or something :/

[Riot_Queen]

Okay so for all of you that think the Depo shot MAKES you gain weight, you're actually wrong.

My 16 year old sister Darcee is on the Depo shot, and when I went with her to the docs for her last shot, the doc said exactly this to her because she was complaining to her that she's gained about 50lbs since she got on the shot.

"The Depo shot itself does NOT make you gain weight. There are no calories or ANYTHING in it to make you gain weight. It give you munchies. Makes you wanna eat more, and THAT'S what makes you gain weight."

If you control your eating habbits like I've seen other friends of mine do, then you'll have absolutely no problems with the Depo shot.
I've actually seen people lose weight on it before.
Everyone is different.
But watch out for the munchy cravings because on B/C or not, eating excessively will make you gain weight.

But besides that, there are other b/c options other than the depo shot.

After this baby I wanna get a different form of the depo shot with is a lil thing about the side of a grain of rice, and they inject it right under your skin and it stays there for 3 years or less if you decide you want it out before it expires.

Talk to your doc about different options for you. But to put your mind at ease, the depo shot itself does not make you gain weight.

[Heatherm4]

I agree on the depo thing too....do not take it. Research all your options. It is your choice and your choice alone in what you choose to do and when you choose to do it. It is good to go for a pap to make sure you are healthy and if you are sexually active then you have the responsibility now to find a birth control that will work for you. Your mom is just entitled to her opinion.

[alohacandice]

I AGREE- NO DEPO, I got on it after having my daughter 7 years ago, have been off of it 2 years and still can't get preggers again, I have chronic pains in my leg and back because of the bone loss for being on it so long, NO ONE told me the side affects before I went on it, I was forced to get on it at 16, but only once before my mom threw me out, and it took 2 years to get preggo w/ my son then I got preggo w/ my daughter right after him, all together I have had the shot for over 7 years w/o knowing the side affects, it really screws up ur period too, I would bleen not at all for 3 months then bleed for 2 months straight, I agree w/ the other ladies, try something else, anything else, they have new forms out now too, seasonique only gives u 4 periods a year