I use Depo. It's my only option other than abstinance due to high blood pressure and extensive scarring from 3 c-sections.

Pros: Only 1 shot every 3 months. No period at all.

Cons: It's a shot. Some people have had problems with it, like weight gain and mood swings, but I haven't. I've heard bad things about what happens when you stop taking Depo, so I'm pretty sure I'll keep getting my shots 'til I die.

Soo tired today!  Thank you DS for getting up so early..  I-)

I'm on the pill (tri-sprintec).  I like to feel in control of my birth control.  I've been on it for 2 years and have yet to miss a pill.  My period is much lighter than it used to be, but it would be nice to not have one at all.  My cramps/back aches aren't as bad either.

It does cost $9/month after insurance.  If I were to forget a pill, I'd be fucked because we don't use anything else.

ATM we use condoms, Im still breast feeding and we made the decision that becuase of all the Epilepsy drugs Im taking I really dont want to add another drug into my trophy's food...oh and lately we are also using abstinence =(

Depo here. I love it!
Pros: no stupid period. Ever!

Cons: my arm hurts like a bitch for a few days after the shot.

I've never had any side effect problem with this. No weight gain, and it doesn't make me psycho. And @shadylane, it depends on how long you've been taking it. But yes, it can take up to 2 years.

Right now I'm using the mirena iud.

Pro's: Inserted once, haven't really thought about it since.

Cons: I have irregular spotting, but no full blown period. But I get period cramps every few months that are pretty bad.

I've also taken the depo shot in the past and at the time I loved it, but now I can't afford a shot every 3 months and my insurance barely covers the cost of any thing. If I could afford it I would go back on the shot.

I was using depo but dan scared me out of it... I don't get a lot of calcium as it is and apparently according to his lame Internet research it greatly increases the chances/speed of osteoporosis and bone degeneration. does anyone using it know anything about this? I feel like I've asked my dr (I use a walk in clinic, not the best source) and they never give me a straight answer :s

every time i go get mine they bug me about taking calcium supplements so there must be someting to it @eapple

the reason depo shots may cause earlier onset osteoporosis is because it completely stops hormonal production, which protects you against bone density loss, and essentially puts you in a post-menopausal state.

i have supplements but i can't remember to take them lol guess its good i'm not on the pill

I am fixed. After having my daughter we decided that two was enough and so I got fixed. I do not want any more children period!! 

Type - Mirena IUD

Pros - inserted after DS was born 2 years ago, minimal periods for the first few months (more like heavy spotting) and nothing since then; don't have to use condoms for DH, don't have to think about taking a pill every day (that is my epic life failure...)

Cons - according to DH, it felt like a snakebite on his junk for the first couple of months until the strings softened up; sometimes I get cramps without a period, and have to think about it for a while.

Bonus *** It's getting taken out today and we're going to start TTC immediately!  YAY for baby #2!

Right now I'm on the mini-pill. The all progesterone one? I was on Yaz for years, and loved it, but when I turned 35 my dr wouldn't prescribe it any more bc I smoke. Increased risk of blood clots, blah, blah, blah...
Was on depo in the past, in fact ds7 is a depo baby :-/
My dr has been trying to convince me to get mirena, and in theory it sounds wonderful! But I've had a couple friends that had horrible experiences with the insertion. So I'm a big fat scaredy cat! I shouldn't even be worrying about this shit at all, bc when I was pg with dd4 I'd already signed the consents for a tubal ligation. When she was born by emergency c-section at 30 weeks I asked them to do it since they were already in there, but the dr talked me out of it. She didn't want me to regret making such a final decision when dd was so early and her health issues were still unknown.

Not on a damn thing here. Tried some in the past, its a love hate hypochondriac relationship for me. Condoms, pull out method, abstain while fertile works for me. That is when I actually have a SO. 

Thx @bellabefana I always get the 22 day cycle any way c:

Dh got snipped after ds was born. We have two, we're done. I wouldn't have another as a replacement even if something happened to one of ours, so no issue there. I always said I'd have four if we won the lottery, but I'm getting old for that.

And my options could still be open! Lol. ;)

I think they are also doing endometrial ablations for contraception for those wanting a more "permanent" method.

I have used:
- mirena
pros: no period, nothing to think about
cons: weight gain, headaches
- paragaurd
pros: last ten years
cons: heavy periods, could sometimes feel it inside (yuck)

I currently use ERRIN (mini-pill)
pros: have been on for 3 months only had one period
cons: have to remember to take it at same time a day every day

I am on Depo and have been for slightly less than forever. I started on it in 1997 after DS was born, went off of it in Nov of 2002, got my period in Jan. 2003, was pregnant that summer and DD was born in May of 2004. I went back on it after she was born and have been ever since. At my last annual the ARNP was talking about maybe I should go off of it since it's not considered something for "long term" I told her I would shank her if she took my Depo away.

dh got fixed...tee hee.  I'm 42 and we have 4 daughters (16mo, 3yrs, 20yrs, 23yrs) and after 3 months of bedrest with the last, we figured we were done!  I love not having to worry about taking a pill or a shot or anything!!  it's great!

Dh vasectomy

Pro's: dont have to worry about kids

Cons: For me none.

I couldn't take BC it made me crazy and the Drs just wanted to put me on anti psychotic meds.  Others made me irregular and I bled for a month causing me to go to ER with very low iron. So now I take Vitex if I am not regular and go from there.   Depo made my Liver act out like a nutzo years after taking it.  I only had one great dr who was willing to do blood tests and see how me and birth control  mixed.  Found out that I am hormone sensitive. BLAH. 

We do now! LOL