Sunday, July 27, 2008
Birth Control
Since we've stopped ttc I have had to get back on BCP b/c my stupid body can't seem to work correctly without it. For the first couple months I took oral pills, but I just didn't want to take a BCP every day for the rest of my "child-bearing (*snicker-snicker*) years. It's bad enough that I can't have kids, but to have to wake up every day and take a pill that will keep me from having children when all I want is to have a child just wasn't something I wanted to do. So I talked to my OB, wonderful Dr. K, about something that wasn't an every day thing. He suggested Mirena, a five year IUD. I was a little freaked out by having something foreign in my body for the next 5 years, so I asked about The NuVa Ring. He wrote the Rx ,and I've been on it for about 4 months. And can I tell you...I HATE IT!!!! My periods are so LONG and drawn out. I'm used to 2 days (tops) with a pill, and now I'm going 5-8 days! And it's 5-8 days of light, annoying flow. I'd much rather have 2 days of heavy flow than 5-8 light flow/spotting. I'm sure some of you are laughing at me here, but for 12 years I was on BC, and I had 2 day cycles...it's what I'm used to. So now I'm beginning to rethink the Mirena. I don't know what my cycles will be like on the IUD, but I'm willing to give it a try even if it just makes my cycles a couple days shorter. Anyone have any experience with Mirena or another IUD?
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3 comments:
Thank you for the sweet comment that you left on my blog with some insight and encouragement.If I might ask how did you get through it? I am so frustrated with God with so many questions. I pray and talk to him,letting him know how I feel. I am sure that God knew what he was doing, I keep telling my self that the babies were sick since they were conjoined, not knowing what the future might have held from them and us,I would have loved them no matter what.I am trying to take each day at a time.
With the BC not sure sorry hun.
I'm so not the person to be able to answer this question. But I wish you tons of luck!
Have you looked into Implanon? Back when I was using contraception my doctor suggested it as 1/3 of women have their periods stop completely when they're on it. It lasts for about three years I think.
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