just curious how much a month do you pay for birth control?

[AnnieW625]

Don't want to cause a debate here, but just really curious. My DH had a vasectomy so we now pay nothing now.

When I did have to use the pill I paid somewhere between $5 and $25 for it monthly depending on what insurance I had. I would have given up a lot of monthly expenses had I had to pay really high oop costs for birth control. DH used to spend $10 or $15 a month or two for condoms until we got married (I could never be too careful).

[DebbieJ]

$0 for the same reason :yay:

[missliss55]

I am on the pill and with our insurance I get a 3 month supply for $20.

[mjs64]

$0 now with an IUD. Used to be $10 for BCP.

[essnce629]

I'm on the mini-pill and with our new insurance I pay $0 each month. Yay!

[misshollygolightly]

My grad school is Catholic, so we pay out of pocket. About $60/month usually, but now $75/month b/c the bf-safe pill is even more expensive. It really sucks :( We're living on DH's salary + my fellowship, so this actually does mean a not inconsiderable chunk of our monthly income. But it's less $ than getting pregnant now! I understand why they won't cover it, but it does eat into our budget.

[wellyes]

Just started nuvaring which is a disgusting $80 month.
Insurance will cover, eventually.

[lowrioh]

Right now we are using natural family planning until DH goes for his snip. When I was on the pill it was $7 for a 3 month supply of generic through my health insurance.

[Dream]

Insurance paid fir the IUD, no monthly costs now.

[larig]

insurance paid for IUD.

[hillview]

Gosh I am not sure what we pay in condoms but have to assume it is <10 a month. Um yeah I just looked it up. 144 condoms for 21 dollars. We are NOT using more than 70 condoms a month! HA HA HA HA

[wildfire]

If you are paying out of pocket, have you tried Walmart or Target? In the states where it is allowed, they have some BCPs for $9 a month.

[misshollygolightly]

If you are paying out of pocket, have you tried Walmart or Target? In the states where it is allowed, they have some BCPs for $9 a month.

I've checked into several options, but what I'm paying is really the cheapest I can find my prescription right now. For various reasons, this is the kind of pill I need to be on (Target and Walmart only offer a couple of kinds of pills for that reduced rate). And it's just $ without insurance.

I have considered trying to see if I could fill my prescription less expensively through Planned Parenthood, but we can *technically* afford the expense right now and I don't want to take resources away from those who truly can't (and there are plenty iin mycommunity). If I don't get a full-time job or adequate funding for next year, though, I'll definitely be heading over there.

[MamaMolly]

Zippo. We have fertility problems. ;)

[malphy]

well, bcp's could kill me and i am allergic to latex and spermicide so i guess my unexplained infertility was a blessing??!! lol

[Kindra178]

Gosh I am not sure what we pay in condoms but have to assume it is <10 a month. Um yeah I just looked it up. 144 condoms for 21 dollars. We are NOT using more than 70 condoms a month! HA HA HA HA

Do you get your condoms from Amazon? IF yes, what a great idea.

[mom2binsd]

Well I guess I could count my divorce attorney retainer as birth control!

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[speo]

We are self-insured. I pay $43/month for my pill. It is worth every penny!

[Indianamom2]

$45/every 24 days here. I take it continuously, so I don't take the 4 pills at the end. That's with a co-pay.

Wish I could get it cheaper, but it's worth every penny. It also helps with my migraines.

[MelissaTC]

$24 for a 3 month supply with my insurance.

[edurnemk]

Back when I went on the BCP I think it was about $10 a month through my insurance (I forgot to check "we have insurance" on the poll). We mostly do NFP (and we'd been TTC for a while), but DH was a little freaked at the thought of another baby when he was finishing grad school and then was unemployed for 7 months, so he asked me to go on the BCP for his peace of mind (I don't do well with it) so I told him OK but only for a few months.

[AshleyAnn]

Currently I am using condoms but am looking for something more effective. I called to schedule an IUD with my OB, my insurance deductible is not met so i would pay 100% just the IUD itself is $860.10 not including the doctors bill to install it. BCPs are covered at 100% but I hate taking them.

[pastrygirl]

I was about to say $0 because we use NFP, but then I remembered one of the methods I use requires the Clearblue monitor testing sticks. One box of 30 sticks for around $35/box lasts me 3-5 cycles.

[elephantmeg]

we had health insurance that does not cover contraception and paid $800 OOP for a mirena 5 years ago. Our current insurance covers it so when I have it replaced (maybe?) next year or make another decision it will be covered

[Liziz]

I'm on the mini-pill right now and our insurance covers it 100%. I was using the Nuvaring before we got pregnant, and that was also covered 100%. Thank you Tricare...

[SnuggleBuggles]

I paid $600 OOP for my copper IUD. Good for 10 years so a pretty good deal.

[newnana]

When I was on it, $50/month. DH vasectomy $2000.

Catholic organization.

[tmahanes]

NuvaRing and I pay $60 for 3 months


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[hellokitty]

I've never been on any BC, except using condoms (and they weren't cheap, b/c I'm allergic to latex, the non-latex ones are super expensive). After DS3, DH got a vasectomy. It was 100% covered on our plan, since he had it done at the hospital he works at. I'm afraid to take BCP or any other hormonally controlled BCP, I just have a bad feeling that my body wouldn't handle it well, so have been able to avoid it.

[Green_Tea]

$43/month after my insurance offsets the cost (not sure what the before-insurance rate is.) And that's for the generic version of my script.

[MontrealMum]

When I was taking the pill and living in the US my monthly cost was $5 thanks to insurance. However, the actual cost of the pills was $55. And I was more than surprised to find out upon moving to Canada that those same pills cost only $15.

[crl]

Well one side effect of infertility is not needing birth control. Back when I took the pill, first I got it free at a military pharmacy. And then after dh became a civilian, I paid whatever my insurance didn't cover. I honestly don't remember, but I am sure it was minimal.

Catherine

[katydid1971]

I don't pay anything now because I have had my IUD for 3 years but when I had no insurance and a very low paying job I paid $60 a month for birth control. To put that into context I was paying $450 a month for rent and made less than $1000 a month gross. So more than 5% of my income at the time.

[LexyLou]

I have the Mirena, but even with (good) insurance, I paid $500 out of pocket.

I about fell out of my chair when we got the statement but if you break it down to the 60 months the IUD is good for, it works out to $8.30 a month.

[niccig]

It's cost me between $4 and $25 a month for the same type of birth control pill - it depends on what our insurance plan has been.

[lalasmama]

I was going to say $0, since I haven't had any type of fun in ages (seriously--a year or so now), and like some other women on here, I've got some fertility issues (PCOS). However, I do spend $10 a year for a diaphragm, and another $10 a year for a tube of (continually unused) spermicide.

Interestingly, I do have insurance--through my Catholic-ran employer and insurer.

However, when I was going to go on something to make my periods better (like the patch or the ring), and I got the shock of my life... $80 or so a month. No thanks, regular periods aren't *that* important to me, LOL.

[hillview]

Do you get your condoms from Amazon? IF yes, what a great idea.
yup! works great.

[georgiegirl]

Very little. We use condoms (huge box bought a long time ago...I extended nursed both kids, so I didn't get my period back until they were 18mo-2 yrs old.). Dh works for a catholic hospital, so it wouldn't be covered.

[secchick]

We have a HDHP, so it is either $73 for 3 months (mini pill for now, my regular ones are cheaper) or I pay nothing, depending on whether we have hit the deductible, but it comes out of my HSA, so the real cost is about 25 percent less.

[candaceb]

DH works for a drug company and all of their drugs are free for employees - so as long as I stick to a BCP that they make, it's free. Otherwise it would be $10/month for BCP. When I got a Mirena (had to pull it so that I could have a test done on my uterus), it was covered with a $20 copay.

[shawnandangel]

We use natural family planning and so pay $0/year.

[ast96]

I'm pregnant, so... no birth control for a long time. My DH will get a vasectomy in the fall (he wants to wait for football season).

When considering how much I paid for the pill, I factor in that I pay for health insurance. Yes, we have it through DH's work, but we still pay. A lot.

[MamaSnoo]

I am currently pregnant, but voted accordingly to what we were doing before TTC (<10$ /month on condoms).

Prior to having DD in 2008, ie the last time I was using any hormonal BC, it would have been approx $15/month on OCPs (insurance copay).

[Cam&Clay]

Free vasectomy through the military!

Before that, I was on the pill and it cost about $20 a month with insurance.

[mariza]

Just started nuvaring which is a disgusting $80 month.
Insurance will cover, eventually.

Wow! When I was on Nuva Ring I thought $40 was expensive. Now we use condoms. I bought a huge box on sale at Drugstore.com with a coupon code so it was maybe $10

[Nyfeara]

Tubal during my 2nd c-section, so $0 now. DH was also going to get a V, but that's on hold for a little while due to his upcoming surgery :(

Just a note: We had friends who had fertility issues and thought they were done after DC2 b/c they didn't have any embryos left. Well, she's pregnant again, this time without assistance... They really didn't think it was possible.

[DietCokeLover]

$0. We used Natural Family Planning until I had my tubes tied during my 2nd c section.