Comments on: My Thoughts About Birth Control

By: Andrew Smith

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By: Video before my ParaGard IUD insertion @ Kaiser | A Childfree City

Video before my ParaGard IUD insertion @ Kaiser | A Childfree City — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:18:52 +0000

[...] of my thoughts about the non-hormonal IUD and the troubles I went through just to get it. Since I've use numerous birth control methods, I am so glad I was finally able to get this IUD as an alternative to female [...]

By: jess

jess — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:03:38 +0000

This is very interesting. I have had a lot of problems with bcps due to side effects from them. My own doctor was the one who suggested that I try an IUD even though I’ve never had kids. I had heard that you shouldn’t if you haven’t had children, and she told me it’s more painful if you haven’t had children but it’s not a reason to not have the IUD if you want one. I opted not to do so, because my husband instead offered to have a vasectomy (and was given one with no questions or issues at age 30, which just showed me how different it is for men to request sterilization than women. Neither of us wants kids, or I wouldn’t have married him!) I’m not sure if this has anything to do with the fact that my doctor was fairly young and very open-minded (she knew we didn’t want kids and was trying everything in her power to help me figure out birth control when hormonal replacements gave me so many problems), but maybe you could find a younger doctor who is understanding. (I never asked, but maybe my doctor was childfree as well, because she was so understanding with me and my husband when we came in together to talk about our options. Maybe it was just this particular practice, since my husband’s doctor was there, too, and he didn’t have any eyebrows raised about his vasectomy request, even though I was in my late 20s and he was 30. I didn’t have to sign anything either, which is a ridiculous thing to require anyway. If my husband goes behind my back to have a vasectomy, there are worse things going on in our marriage than whether or not we have kids…)

By: Aimee

Aimee — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:38:10 +0000

I got my Paragard IUD at age 24. I wasn’t married yet at the time or even dating the man I did marry, but I did have an established gynecologist who I convinced to do the procedure. A doctor should advise you and make you aware of the facts and potential dangers but they shouldn’t deny you treatment. If they do, find a new one.

When I got my IUD I had an HMO but it wasn’t covered under them. I purchased it online directly from the Paragard website and the IUD was shipped to my doctor’s office. He charged me a very low insertion and follow-up fee of $25.00 because the visits having to do with IUD placement weren’t covered either. My doctor is very open-minded and I wouldn’t really want to see anyone else. Again, if yours is pressuring you to conform to their beliefs rather than simply advising you about complications it’s definitely time to move on. This is YOUR body you are dealing with.

By: Patty Mooney

Patty Mooney — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:04:33 +0000

I tried everything, too, until I got a tubal ligation in my 30′s (at which time I was like – Wow, I wish I had done this a LOT sooner.) I tried an IUD at about your age and it caused all kinds of horrible complications including a bladder infection, which I would not wish on my worst enemy! I hope you can get it all worked out so you are happy with whatever method you use.

By: childfreecity

childfreecity — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:15:52 +0000

I’m curious if knowing that you want to live a childfree life early on has an coloration to upbringing?

By: CactusHeart

CactusHeart — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:12:13 +0000

Wow LadyJaneWriter…19??? Can you refer me to that doc? *lol* Seriously…Damn!!! Actually, when I look back on my childhood, I keep uncovering memories that show me I was a CF even when I was a child… I recall when people would announce when they were expecting a baby, I would ALWAYS be the one to NOT congratulate…even ask WHY congratulations were even in order??? And when I was 10, I remember scrounging for change to start a savings to get myself a hysterectomy as soon as I turned 18…Yeah, that’s freaking hardcore *lol*. Of course, I know now how extreme that is…but it goes to show that being CF is just part of who I am and always will be…

By: CactusHeart

CactusHeart — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:05:45 +0000

Maija, not ALL IUD’s are hormonal… I just battled with some hormonal issues of my own and know that hormonal b/c (outside of depo shots) would just aggravate things for me and put me in a world of pain all over again. Paragard is a non-hormonal IUD. That’s what I’m on now… True, I don’t much like the idea of having a foreign object in my body, but then again, I’d feel even MORE opposed to it if that foreign object was a fetal growth, you know what I mean? *LMAO* If I HAD a CHOICE…I WOULD BE STERILIZED! I WOULD HAVE BEEN STERILIZED YEARS AGO if I had my way…But EVERY TIME I’ve ASKED for a doctor’s help, I get turned away…bitches…

By: livingchildfree

livingchildfree — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:50:18 +0000

Thank you Elisa for sharing your story. I am hoping that I will have better luck with getting an IUD since I am going to be seeing a PAID obgyn and not the Planned Parenthood’s anymore (now that I got my promotion and medical insurance).

By: elisa

elisa — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:48:08 +0000

I had the Norplant (two times) for a total of 10 years and I LOVED it. That was from 3-0-40 because they wouldn’t do a tubal OR let my husband get a Vasectomy because we “might” want to have kids adn that is permanent. We both knew early in our relationship that we agreed that we didn’t want children, but our desires didn’t matter.

And even when hubby finally was able to get a V, I had to sign off because we didn’t have kids. I was FORTY years old, he was forty years old. But it’s all about people suing Dr’s because they changed their mind.

Good luck with your choices. The IUD’s they offer today are much better than the old ones and are as safe as BC Pills, Implants, Nuvo Ring, patches, etc. They all have their side effects and you can find negative info on all of them, but if you really want an IUD, tell your OB that is what you have decided and that you insist. YOU are the patient/customer.

Good luck.