Birth control pill might cause prostate cancer, is the IUD a better option?

I have the Mirena IUD, which does have a small dose of hormones in it. But I really love mine. I have never had children before, and I've never had issues with it. If you get the Mirena the added benefit is that after the first 6 weeks, which you will probably bleed the whole 6 weeks or so, you will not get a period, or if you do the flow will be really, really light. Other IUDs, such as the Copper T, don't have hormones, but I have no experiences with them.

My advice would be to go to your gynecologist with your guy and talk to your doctor about switching from the pill to another form of birth control. Its important for your man to be there too, so he can hear these options. Of course the final decision is up to you, but at least he can hear all the options.

I recently read a similar article and if it is the same one I can tell you that the link between the two is not direct. The piece of research was picked up but the media and published as 'female contraceptives increase prostate cancer'. However, the actual paper from the researchers simply say that countries with high levels of contraceptives also experience high levels of prostate cancer. The only explanation they could think of for this is that hormones are entering water supply chains.