<human>: My girlfriend and I (who have been dating for a little over nine months) have a healthy sex life, but we don't like using condoms (Very cliche, I know). We generally like to use the pull out method, which I agree, is very unsafe if we're trying to prevent pregnancy, so please spare me the talk.

At first, she wasn't really willing to do it. She said absolutely no way we would get her on birth control pills. Eventually, there were a couple of times that her period delayed a few days of her projected day, and it freaked her out. After that, she was very willing to go see the physician until she talked to one of her friends.

Her friend had told her it caused her uterus to swell and it caused bleeding. After that, she is scared of going on the pill, although, most of the people we've talked to have told us that the pills is very effective.

I understand that I can't force her, and I don't want to, but I at least want to get a professional opinion. I also understand that this would be a whole new burden for her, and to make it worse, she has to hide it. That makes things very difficult. We hide our sex life from her family, although, her mom has questioned her on one occasion.

How should I discuss this with her, so I can at least get her to talk to a doctor? Even if she says no, at least she's getting a professional's opinion.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions for alternatives to condoms, then maybe that will solve some of the issues. Thanks in advance.

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<bot>: My girlfriend is scared of birth control because of one bad review of a friend, and now she is no longer willing to sit wiht a doctor and talk about it.