My boyfriend suggested I start going on the pill, but I'm unsure?

get on depoprovera. Depo is 99.9%. The pill is only like 92 and there's two weeks when the pill is only sugar pills that you take. Depo works immediately the pill takes a month to start working. Depo is a shot that you can get every 3 months. The pill youhave to take everyday. They both will make you get fat but if you already are who cares right? Or if you got knocked up you'd get fat.

I never had any side effects with the pill. Some women do, some women don't -- but there are plenty of them to try so you'll likely be able to find one you can live with. I enjoyed taking the pill because my periods were less heavy, regular, and I didn't have as bad of PMS and cramp symptoms.

(With a pack of pills -- and again, this is a certain type of pills, not all are like this -- you get a dose of hormones every day with each pill you take. There is one week where you do not take any hormones, or take a much smaller amount of hormones, with the placebo pills. The reason for these placebo pills are so your body sheds your uterine lining, causing a period. You didn't ovulate, so it's not a "real" period, to an extent, but a lot of women prefer this so they know they are not pregnant. The placebo pills do NOT alter the effectiveness of the pill at all.)

If you're bad at remembering to take pills (they only work if you take them), there are IUDs (you may not be able to get one at 18 because there is an increased risk of not being able to have children ever), non-hormonal IUDs, shots, patches, etc. So there are a lot of options.

Talk to your gynecologist about your choices. There are a lot of them, some better than others, and I think he/she can help you make an informed decision.

You should see your doctor.