So, if you don't want to read about "The Pill", IUD's and other female related topics you may not want to read this post. This one is for the Ladies.
I want some feedback from real people and not just various pamphlets put out by the drug companies to push their products. I am at the choose your birth control stage of postpartum.
I want the scoop on IUD's Hormone and non, nuva rings, or whatever BC you love.
7 years ago
12 comments:
I have the Paragard (non-hormonal) IUD and I LOVE it! The pill made me nuts, and I had a hard time remembering to take it regularly. The IUD is great because you never have to think about it. Ever. I LOVE it! This is my second time getting it for contraceptive and it has been great for me both times. Highly recommend it!
I made JJ give me the pill every night. I picked up the prescription and he gave the meds. I hated being the only one in charge of our reproductive future.
I had the Mirena IUD for 7 months and spotted the entire time. I finally had it taken out. I think I would have liked it, because periods were way lighter, if I had ever stopped spotting.
We then use the sure fire Christian way of not getting pregnant. Abstinence. And it worked, but made a very anxious husband.
After the period (7 months) of abstinence, I got the copper IUD. I liked it and it worked. My periods were 10 days long and a lot heavier. It wasn't 10 days of heavy period though. Just heavier for like 4 days instead of 2-3. Also when I got it in, I thought I was going to bleed to death. I really was scared of the amount of blood I lost. I didn't die though and it worked very well.
And now someone in our family is getting a vasectomy. And I am so grateful. For thanksgiving, I will put on my paper in the thankful turkey, I am thankful for urologists.
I take the pill and I am fine. DON'T use the Nuva Ring thing unless you like yeast infections. How can you POSSIBLY keep that thing totally clean? YOU CAN'T! I used it for about 6 months and had 3 yeast infections (the only ones I have ever had). I hear good and not as much bad about IUD's which is what I am getting after my next kid. :)
I was on the pill for 3 years, from when I was about 20-23. During that time I got a lump in my breast. I am now against hormones of any kind. It seems so wrong for a woman to take dangerous hormones for no medical reason. I think there has to be a better way. I currently do nothing.
I'm like most people who've commented already. Like Cassie, I am anti-hormones. I took the pill for about 1 year when married and then noticed (actually Stu noticed - tmi?) a lump in my boob. I went to the doc and he said it was indeed a tumor and to be specific a tumor caused from too much estrogen from birth control pills (I was on either Yaz or Yazmin, can't remember which). I got the tumor out and stopped the pills. The tumor was benign, thank heavens, but now it puts me at a greater risk of having breast cancer in the future.
We did condoms for awhile until I decided to get the Copper (Paragard) IUD. It hurt like HELL. I've never felt anything so miserable in my life. If that is what labor is like, I will die. I seriously puked my guts up after getting it because of the pain, and learned that I have like zero pain tolerance. Anyway, the dr said it hurt me so bad because I've never had kids. Everyone else I know who's had a kid said it hardly hurts at all when inserted. Plus, you can keep it in for about 10 years before getting a new one! I think that makes it the most cost efficient BC out there. I think it costs anywhere from $150 (that's what I paid) - $500 depending on insurance, etc.
My periods were the same (I'd spot once in a while on random, but rarely). Before I got it, I worried that maybe one day it might like puncture my uterus. But Aubrey had hers in and got hit by a car and it didn't puncture hers so I figure we are good.
Finally, again like Cassie, I just think the side effects/cons of taking hormones are much worse than the ONE pro of taking them. I think it is better for your body, mind, etc if you don't give yourself more hormones than your body is producing, ever.
Good luck! Now you have to tell us what you end up deciding!
I too am against taking hormone based birth control. I want to get an IUD with no hormones, like the one Aubrey talked about. I'm against hormones because for the little time that I was taking birth control and mine was Apri, I developed severe pain in my ovary area. It was like having cramps every day but 10 times worse. I could hardly do anything but moan and lay in bed. When I stopped taking birth control the pain went away and hasn't been back. So I'm completely against hormones now.
Obviously the methods we have used in the past haven't worked so well, since 2 out of our 3 kids weren't planned.
Okay, so here is my story. I took the pill for the first bit of our marriage and turned into a crazy lady. I would cry and yell and cry some more and John would say, "You're on the green pills, huh?" (The greens were the placebo when you're supposed to have your period.)
So, no more pill and I can't remember to take them anyway. I was not keen on hormones to begin with.
Next up, condoms, and then we had Kate.
So we tried the diaphragm. I know that women haven't used them since the dawn of time and my Dr. didn't even know where the sizing kit was, but I wasn't ready for an IUD. The big D worked wonderfully for a while but then the spermicide you have to use with it started to burn my insides. It was like having a crotch full of fire ants, burny and itchy.
Back to condoms and then came Ben.
My one issue with the IUD is that it doesn't always prevent fertilization. It keeps a fertilized egg from attaching. So, the question for me is a moral one. At what point is that glob of fertilized cells a human life? As it appears to be a non-issue for everyone else, I think I am probably being a little over crazy.
Try the Ring... its like nothing is there. I loved it, you wont know if you will unless you try it. Had zero problems with it...
And since you are looking for the most moral way... why not try abstinence, If you think about it.. there are no hormones, and its 100% safe... well try them both and see where they take you..
Good luck on your search!
I agree with the anti-foreign hormones concept. It's scary and maybe not all that bad, since millions of women do it and are just fine, but it sucks. The IUD is perfect, unless something goes wrong, and sometimes it does. I was considering the IUD (or was until I found out our insurance didn't cover it), and I backed away when I heard the scary stories of perforated uteruses and babies born with the IUD embedded in their head because it can't be removed if you ever do get pregnant with it in. The moral issue is also big, but the scary got me before the moral did. ANYWAY, you can make your own contraceptive jelly to use with the diaphragm. Lemon juice + aloe vera gel (pure, from Sprouts, not the after sunburn crap). Or lemon juice and just about any carrier gel. The acid kills sperm. The end.
I need to edit my comment...The DIAPHRAM was the nightmare...the Nuva ring was, well lets just say...not built for every kind of body. I did both. Nuva ring was hard to keep in. Abstinence is good if you aren't married, but if you want to STAY married, not a good idea. :)
I never ever ever thought about fertilized eggs not attaching to the walls of my uterus with the IUD. Not saying you shouldn't think about it, I am just saying you made me think of something I have never thought of before. I wonder if I ever had any fertalized eggs. Hmmmmm. Interesting.
Anyway, I swear I've heard before that each woman is kind of in a way technically pregnant for 2 weeks anyway every month (the egg gets all pampered and beautified by the body until period time starts and then it gets kicked ou), which is why they add 2 weeks before conception actually occured. I think it is still just an egg if it doesn't attach to the wall. But that's me.
And really, I guess there are horror stories with each and every type of birth control, it all comes down to which one works best for YOUR body and also what works best with your lifestyle.
I've tried and tried to convince myself to get the copper IUD but I can't.
I never thought of the moral issue you brought up. My problem is, if an egg get's fertilized it can't attach inside the uterus but it can attach outside, so if you happen to get pregnant, chances are it will ectopic.
My sister had an ectopic pregnancy after having an IUD so even though the chance is low and even though nobody knows if my sister's was caused by the IUD (She's had another since with no IUD involvement) I can't convince myself to try it.
We use condoms they've been effective thus far though, I guess we're just lucky that way.
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