For 50 years women have adjusted their hormones to prevent pregnancy with a variety of birth control pills. Now, for the first time, it looks like men might have the opportunity to do the same.
Over 1,000 Chinese men between the ages of 20 and 45, who had fathered at least one child within two years of enrollment, took part in a study that involved monthly injections of a testosterone-based contraceptive. The injections were found to be 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy in their partners, similar to the female birth control pill. Within six months of stopping the monthly injections, which reduce testosterone levels in men, all but two men returned to normal fertility.
There is no set timeline for the male hormonal contraception to be available to consumers, but would you ask your partner to get the injections?
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we have already discussed this.
1I wouldn't use this for a while. I'm just too afraid that it could have an impact on his long term fertility and would want to wait until there are more studies done after the injection has been on the market for a while.
Once we're absolutely done having kids though, he'll be getting the snip.
2I kind of like knowing that I'm in control. Plus, I find I'm a much happier person when I'm on the pill...
3not right now. maybe after we have kids which is in the later in the future. right now i'm taking the pill and that's working fine for us.
4I like the sense of control, especially since my husband isn't as eager to have more children as me. I think that if he had the chance to stay on birth control longer, he would probably take it!
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