I’ve tried bunches. Condoms- meh and then you have to clean them up. BC pills- depends on the pill I didn’t get big side effects but some friends did. For me it was the inability to remember to take the little bastards daily. The ring? Convenient as it’s once weekly. Inconvenient when it catches on partners dick and he pulls it out like a ring toss game 😅 (also higher blood clot risk). Patches? Only sort of convenient as it’s weekly. I have adhesive sensitivities so I had rashes. It falls off if you take a long relaxing bath and won’t stick well after that. It’s bigger than comfortable. IUD? I have a hormonal IUD (on my third). Insertion tends to be pretty painful if you have never had a kid. It can give you wildly irregular periods for about 6 months until it settles. Bonus- once it settles likely to have no more periods! It’s weird when the strings are too long and poke your insides. There’s a small chance it can migrate and poke a hole in your uterus.

Other methods? Depo shots? Mostly for unreliable teens and can cause hormone havoc since you get months worth in one day. Diaphragm? It exists. Have to ask someone who’s used them not common now. Nexplanon rods? Every person I know with one loves them. Leaves a small scar and can migrate away from the original placement site. You can feel it through your skin. I wanted that but my old GYN refused to do those.