Should I go off the pill?

[Aimz]

I told DH and he was an absolute CHAMP about the whole thing. At first he asked about the effectiveness of a diaphram and said that was his main concern and I told him if we used it properly, combined with the Billings Method (which we looked up when we got home) I said it would be just as effective as the pill.

He then agreed with my concerns relating to the chemicals I've been putting into my body for 8 years and he understood my wish to have natural cycle. I then mentioned the likelyhood of an increase sex drive and I think at that point he was sold LOL .

I was worried for nothing! So the countdown is ON... 3 1/2 weeks until I can go off the pill!!

[Snacks]

Great news, Amy.

[HotI]

Is there any written info someone can direct me to on effectiveness of different methods, in particular the diaphragm?

Ta

[Aimz]

I'd be interested to see that too Kate.

[Aimz]

Kate I just found this link.. it's a US site but it might be helpful..

Pregnancy Rates for Birth Control Methods

[HotI]

Ta

I googled "diaphragm", and the first link gave this statistic "Diaphragms are 86-94% effective as birth control."

it didn't explain how they got that statistic.

if they could just train boys to keep their goo to themselves (until needed), it would be ok.

[Aimz]

I think they are probably risker during ovulation. We will combine the diaphram with the billings method and just avoid DTD in that fertile period and that should take us into the 95% category which is the same as the pill.