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  • THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 2007 4:00 PM

Ever Used Plan B?

Submitted by Bitch_PhD

Edited by Bitch_PhD

Tags: plan b, birth control, reproductive rights, research



Y'all might or might not remember that my first post for this site was about Plan B. Plan B is birth control, not an abortifacient (if you have any doubts, go read that post), it's a fucking lifesaver if you've ever had a condom break, gotten lazy with the birth control, or (god forbid) been raped, and basically it belongs in your medicine cabinet.

Light Rail Coyote is an admirable grad student who somehow also works for the Academy for Educational Development and is therefore a better model for engaged academia than yours truly ever has been. In any case, she wrote me to ask if I'd ask you all to please take a brief survey about your use of Plan B if you've used it in the last year and are between the ages of 18-44.

Needless to say, the survey is entirely confidential. You can skip questions you don't want to answer, or if none of the available options is correct. (And there's a comments section towards the end.)

A little more about the AED and the survey itself:

AED, a nonprofit organization, is conducting an anonymous, on-line
survey of women in the U.S., ages 18-44 years, who took Plan B after
January 2007. This consumer survey will help us learn more about
women's experiences getting and taking Plan B. The results will be
used to help make the medication more accessible to women who need it.


Plus when you're done you can enter a drawing to win a $150 Target gift certificate.

(By the way, if you have a Target card and haven't signed up to have them give X% of your purchases to some local school, please do. If you don't have a kid, just pick a random school, preferably the poorest one in town.)

You're welcome, of course, to also post the survey link on your own blog, along with a handy-dandy little button, which is available here. The survey runs through March 31, 2008.



Bitch_PhD reminds everyone to keep Plan B in their medicine cabinet--just in case.


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Vanessa

Vanessa

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

DEC 06, 2007 07:19 PM

iamabondgirl said:
I used it in May for the first time (despite the fact that I have been on birth control for 5 years) because I've always wanted to know what it was like to have a guy come inside, but was always too scared to go through with it.

thanks to plan B, I now know it's nothing special and I can quit obsessing over it.



Haha yeah, that was the first time I let a guy cum in me too.
It wasn't anything special other than being very gooey, but he's special and now and in the future he's the only person allowed to do itwink

emotedcreations

emotedcreations

Germany
July 2006

DEC 06, 2007 07:42 PM

Just once. The lady that sold it to me kept giving me this odd look--still can't figure out why...

LostLucy

LostLucy

USA
December 2006

DEC 06, 2007 08:03 PM

Morgan said:
I'm paranoid, and I'm always wishing I could have a supply of Plan B tucked away in my medicine cabinet.



whoopsie blush

Nixon

Nixon

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

DEC 06, 2007 08:05 PM

Munke said:
I do have a rant about plan B...

once they made it OTC, it went from $10 a pill to $50.
And now my healthcare providers won't prescribe it at prescription prices since it's available OTC.

mad



It's free at Planned Parenthood. wink

LostLucy

LostLucy

USA
December 2006

DEC 06, 2007 08:05 PM

Morgan said:
I'm paranoid, and I'm always wishing I could have a supply of Plan B tucked away in my medicine cabinet.



The odds of preventing pregnancy with birth control are not perfect, so you are not paranoid. If you have a dr or are anywhere near a clinic you should be able to get one for the cabinet. I have it in mine despite being on the mini-pill.

ageism. blackeyed

I am *older* than those they want to take the survey, depsite conceiving while lactating and using birth control at age 42 surreal

Helilienthal

Helilienthal

I'm lost
December 2006

DEC 06, 2007 08:09 PM

Munke said:
I do have a rant about plan B...

once they made it OTC, it went from $10 a pill to $50.
And now my healthcare providers won't prescribe it at prescription prices since it's available OTC.

mad



Go to Planned Parenthood, you are in California so you can get on what is known as the State Funded Program if you make under 1,750 a month. Or if you are on a type of health insurance then you may have it prescribed and can be paid for by said insurance (e.g. Medi Cal, Blue Cross Medi Cal, Western Health Advantage, etc.)

On the state funded program you can get up to 13 months of a birth control method and Plan B's. Not too mention the fact that we are still offering Birth Control at it's old price and not at the new 900% increase.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Sacramento, California
Aldo. eeek

parisambrosia

parisambrosia

I'm lost
April 2004

DEC 06, 2007 08:12 PM

It works but i was out for a day......made me sick and in bed.....in CA once you get the pill for the first time...you are in the "system" and can go back 3 more times without a prescription.

Hunter

Hunter

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

DEC 06, 2007 08:23 PM

I had a bad experience trying to get it back before it was OTC...the bad drunken unsafesex happened on the weekend, and I had to wait a day to get a prescription...then I had to pay over $50 for it cause the place that had it for cheap was closed on the weekends and I didn't wanna wait an extra day...then once I took it, it made me so sick that it was everything I could do just not to puke it back up again. frown Lessons learned in youth. I really wish colleges kept it onhand though.

_Toki_

_Toki_

Globe, AZ
September 2006

DEC 06, 2007 08:26 PM

I've used it like 3 times...and I have one sitting there somewhere in my room...hopefully I'll never need to use it. Poop on the pharmaceutical industry.

unfiltrator

unfiltrator

San Francisco, CA
April 2004

DEC 06, 2007 09:44 PM

Helilienthal said:

Munke said:
I do have a rant about plan B...

once they made it OTC, it went from $10 a pill to $50.
And now my healthcare providers won't prescribe it at prescription prices since it's available OTC.

mad



Go to Planned Parenthood, you are in California so you can get on what is known as the State Funded Program if you make under 1,750 a month. Or if you are on a type of health insurance then you may have it prescribed and can be paid for by said insurance (e.g. Medi Cal, Blue Cross Medi Cal, Western Health Advantage, etc.)

On the state funded program you can get up to 13 months of a birth control method and Plan B's. Not too mention the fact that we are still offering Birth Control at it's old price and not at the new 900% increase.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Sacramento, California
Aldo. eeek



Yep. Got the free B.

TheG

TheG

Somerville, MA
February 2004

DEC 07, 2007 05:18 AM

Adelayde said:

RileyStClair said:
funny because target allows its pharmacists to refuse to dispense plan b.



are you serious? do you know any of the details? i wonder what they base their refusals on... hmmm.



It's not a general refusal, but they allow their pharmacists to refuse to dispense plan B if they personally have a "moral objection" to doing so.

Planned Parenthood has also set up a campaign called "Fill My Pills Now" and it deals with Pharmacies that have policies like this. Check it out and see if your pharmacy is on the good list or the naughty list!

powergirl5000

powergirl5000

I'm lost
November 2007

DEC 07, 2007 08:46 AM

It's damn expensive.

isntsheclever

isntsheclever

Kansas City, MO
June 2005

DEC 07, 2007 09:19 AM

the condom slipped off. a friend lent me $50. i went to my local 24 hour walgreens (i called first to make sure they had it in stock), and the pharmacist was super nice and made me laugh. i didn't get sick, or feel even mildly nauseas.
so it's not always a tough experience.
=)

RileyStClair

RileyStClair

Los Angeles, CA
September 2006

DEC 07, 2007 10:05 AM

powergirl5000 said:
It's damn expensive.



less expensive than a baby or an abortion, though.

BadSquire

BadSquire

East Providence, RI
April 2006

DEC 07, 2007 10:17 AM

While I have not personally used plan B. My ex has. It worked just as well as my broken condom and her diaphragm.

Which is to say...Have you met my daughter?

I am not sure that the term "lifesaver" is either correct or even PC in regards to Plan B.

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