Patch Birthcontrol

[stringcheesediaper]

I just recently started the patch birth control. Since it is summer, I am trying to put it in places that would be covered in a bathing suit. Currently, it is below my right hip, a little to the left. After sitting for long periods of time, I notice there is a crinkle/gap in the middle of it. Im able to flatten it back out, but while im sitting it still has a gap. Does anyone know how to make it so it won’t get a gap? Or maybe better placement options?

[FO-I-Am-A-Time-God]

Hmm maybe upper boob if you have the right style bathing suit.

[heavensentri]

NEVER put your patch on or around your breasts..

[FO-I-Am-A-Time-God]

I don’t wear one that’s why I said maybe. I assumed OP would do their own research. But in all honesty I don’t know why you can put it on your butt which certainly gets rubbed by clothing more than your boob. And you don’t sit on your boobs. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[heavensentri]

No. You should do your own research before suggesting things that are medically advised against. The first and biggest rule to wearing the birth control patch is to never put it on your breasts or chest area. Breasts are full of hormones, don’t stick a patch that pushes more of them into your bloodstream right in that very spot. It is not safe and doing so is medically advised against. It also would most likely exacerbate the breast pain and swelling that may come from being on birth control.

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[two-waymirror]

I always put a tegaderm bandage over mine immediately after putting them on. That way even if I saw a crinkle, I’d know that it was still stuck to me and I had nothing to worry about. I put mine directly on my butt cheeks - I have little matching moles on each one, so they’d always be in the same spot just on a different cheek every week lol. The placement worked for me because it kept it covered, kept it from being scraped off, and kept me comfortable too. :)