/r/birthcontrol/

r/birthcontrol

199k members
r/birthcontrol is a subreddit with 199k members. The community frequently discusses birth control, pill, iud, period, and bleeding, and they frequently recommend/review birth control, iud, and birth control options, and the most common flair used is experience, side effects!?, mistake or risk?, which method?, and how to?.
A place to discuss birth control methods.

Popular Topics in r/birthcontrol

#1

Birth Control

183 posts
#2

Pill

91 posts
#3

Iud

85 posts
#4

Period

47 posts
#5

Bleeding

45 posts
#6

Side Effects

44 posts
#7

Struggling

22 posts
#8

Hate

22 posts
#9

Spotting

20 posts
#10

Pregnancy

18 posts

Products Discussed in r/birthcontrol

Birth Control

146 reviews
#1
Slynd
4.2 from 12 reviews
#2
Nexplanon
3.6 from 11 reviews
#3
NuvaRing
4.5 from 11 reviews

Iud

77 reviews
#1
Mirena
4.2 from 24 reviews
#2
Kyleena
4.3 from 14 reviews
#3
IUD
3.9 from 7 reviews
#1
Nexplanon
4.1 from 9 reviews
#2
Mirena
4.3 from 7 reviews
#3
NuvaRing
4.0 from 3 reviews

Flair Used in r/birthcontrol

#1
Experience
: "IUD Insertion….pain vastly downplayed by doctors"
61 posts
#2
Side effects!?
: "Mirena IUD"
46 posts
#3
Mistake or Risk?
: "Mistakenly put condom on the wrong side"
27 posts
#4
Which Method?
: "If you’re on birth control, do you still use condoms, have your partner pull out, or do you let him finish inside?"
24 posts
#5
How to?
: "Anybody know where to get the new Miudella IUD in SoCal?"
17 posts
#6
Rant!
: "my boyfriend wants to cum inside me ¡help!"
16 posts
#7
Educational
: "2026 study with more than 50,000 women with migraines with aura found no difference in stroke risk between COC users and POP users and was considered overall low"
9 posts

Member Growth in r/birthcontrol

Yearly
+24k members(13.6%)

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Last updated: September 4, 2026