DIY infertility?

[Ryuu]

Is there a way to make yourself infertile without medical intervention?

[Silver]

Get lucky.

[Ryuu]

Get lucky.

...meaning?

[kyril]

There are some ways to reduce your fertility, the most effective of which and easiest to do at home is to reduce your body fat below the levels needed for your reproductive organs to function normally. But the only people who really accomplish that are anorexics and serious athletes.

There's no reliable way to make yourself truly infertile at home short, I suppose, of some extreme self-injury that would end up requiring medical intervention anyway to save your life. As would anorexia, by the way. And many of the herbs suggested as "natural contraceptives" may be dangerous and are of very dubious effectiveness.

Edit: I guess you could try contracting a bacterial STD (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia) and letting it run its course long enough to damage your reproductive organs. But I imagine that would be really uncomfortable and not terribly acceptable to your partner. And it would eventually require medical intervention.

[Ryuu]

Edit: I guess you could try contracting a bacterial STD (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia) and letting it run its course long enough to damage your reproductive organs. But I imagine that would be really uncomfortable and not terribly acceptable to your partner. And it would eventually require medical intervention.

Believe it or not, before I had a gf I seriously considered that. >.<
But I have another question - will hormone blockers stop one's period?

[Adio]

Are you asking because you'd like to like to like to be infertile, meaning you would no longer be able to contribute to conception, or you would like to stop menses?

Being infertile in itself does not stop the menstrual cycle although it can cause it to be painful or irregular.

I do not know of any safe DIY methods without proper medical intervention that would cause someone to be infertile.  And the unsafe DIY methods would definitely require medical intervention.

[Silver]

But I have another question - will hormone blockers stop one's period?

Yes. I meant also that if you had a rare medical condition that just happened to make you infertile now. Or early menopause, that would be lucky.

Oh, and anorexia would stop the menstrual cycle. But don't go that route, it's dangerous.

[Ryuu]

Are you asking because you'd like to like to like to be infertile, meaning you would no longer be able to contribute to conception, or you would like to stop menses?.

Either/both.

[Nimetön]

Is there a way to make yourself infertile without medical intervention?

Not without risk to your life, no.

- N

[Snowdoggy]

No unfortunately.

Other than what Nimetön has said regarding your health.

Why do you want to know?

[Ryuu]

Why do you want to know?

I get very very interested in this subject about once a month. >.<

[Adio]

I get very very interested in this subject about once a month. >.<

That time can be very stressful as well as painful.  But what can be even more painful and possibly (read: you can bet on it) life-threatening, is causing yourself to become infertile without medical intervention.

If you aren't on the pill, it could help with the monthly.  I've never been on it so I can't speak from experience, but I know there are several threads about it.

What are some ways you could express your feelings about that time without wanting to resort to DIY methods?  For example, do you have a journal or a friend you could go to and maybe hang out with for a while?

[Ryuu]

I'm really reluctant to go on birth control... I don't want more female hormones in my body.

[brainiac]

Zetsubou Billy, you might want to read over this thread about birth control for more information:
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,74767.0.html

Birth control pills won't "feminize" you the way that E will, mentally or physically. There are also a bunch of benefits (that time of the month is significantly less horrible and therefore a bit less dysphoric for me ), and some possible risks. Although I'm not sure if you're on T or not...

[Silver]

Well, they probably would since the whole idea is to hormonally simulate pregnancy to mess with the menstrual cycle. Pregnancy = feminizing.

[kyril]

They don't actually simulate pregnancy. They just work to maintain a more constant baseline level of female hormones - ovulation and menstruation are both triggered by a sudden drop in hormone levels. Which is why skipping the pill for one day anytime in the middle of the month can trigger ovulation, and why stopping the hormonally active pills at the end of the month (or after some months) triggers menstruation.

[Farm Boy]

Hey Billy,

I went on birth control to attempt to "regulate" my very irregular monthly cycle, and I did have a problem with it feminizing me.  It made me feel bloated and my chest got bigger and was painful.  From what I understand this is an uncommon side effect, so there's a good chance it wouldn't bother you.  I think it had something to do with my naturally elevated T levels and my state of underweighted-ness.  I don't know, just a guess.  In any case, I only took it for a couple months until I noticed my chest growing, so I'm stuck in the same boat as you now.

[Adio]

Just researched bloating and the pill out of curiosity.  There could be some bloating and weight gain associated with taking oral contraceptives.  However, there are also ways to combat these side effects and pills with lower doses of estrogen to be considered.

If the article is up to date (copy write at bottom of website had 2009) and reliable (it was written by Frederick R. Jelovsek MD, MS), then I would consider, based on his advice, these four pills when talking to your doctor: Alesse, Levlite, Loestrin-Fe, and Mircette. 

They contain the lowest dosage of E and therefore have lower risk of feminizing effects than the typical higher dosage pills like DeproProvera.  They, also based on the article, could cause you to lose weight.

To anyone wishing to stop their monthly (I know it's horrible, trust me-I know), please consult your doctor first before taking any medications, trying any OTC drugs or herbals, or attempting any DIY method.