IUDs

[NemoAlia]

Just got back from my 'insertion' appointment. Menstrual cramps my ass! Goosebumps all over from the pain. Maybe this is where I need Caroline's advice on using old 'sub' tricks to deal with bad pain. I'm gonna go lie down with as much heat as I can find.

 

[Kirabeth]

Nemo,

I hope you are feeling better soon.

kira

 

[cymbidia]

I had an IUD for a few years at the end of the 70's. I remember the insertions, too, and not with pleasure.

Got any vicodin?




Ummmm...a side note. You know that some men, quite a few in my my sample of that time period, can feel the end of the hard plastic "string" poking into the tip of thier cock as they're thrusting, right? A good thing if they're masochists, i guess...

 

[lilfrk]

Feel better Nemo. A really warm bath will make the cramping better.

When I had mine for a year I liked it because I didn't have to think about birthcontrol. But I hated it for a ton of other reasons like: the monthly cramps and bleeding. My Man couldn't feel it but I could when I had cramps or came really hard. I had it taken out after a year and I had my tubes tied. I've never regretted it.

 

[NemoAlia]

Nothin' but Advil. Gee, I wish I had some of anything else. Maybe something to keep me from having a constant urge to make loud noises.

The doc says she cut the string long enough that it shouldn't poke him, but I imagine he'll be able to feel it anyway. I haven't had the guts to poke around in there myself to get acquainted yet. Too much pain even to think about having nerve endings 'down there.'

Damn. My mama always said, "They'll invent some effective torture like this for men some day... when men can get pregnant..." Maybe a little unrealistic, but I can't help wondering WHY ME?!

Ah, the ramblings of a sad, sore girl. I hear this might have been less uncomfortable if I'd ever had a baby. However, I'm young and unbabied, so ouch!

Back to bed for another movie and some pizza when he returns with a fully-laden car. Please pardon the whole thread devoted entirely to self-pity; I promise to let it die as soon as I'm certain that I won't.

 

[WillowPuss]

Ohhhh Nemo ... you have bought it all back to me! OUCHIE! (Mind you ... I rejected the ****ing thing about 4 days later ... and that .... but we won't go there!)

From memory ... a hot water bottle on the stomach; legs drawn up - and somebody to gently rub your back ....


I am just thankful I don't have to worry anymore about any of that ... total hystoectomy nine years ago! Ohh the bliss!

 

[cellis]

Oh I can sympathize. I had one inserted in the early eighties. It was a nightmare for me. I never stopped bleeding for three months and finally had to have it removed. The doctor said that my body would not accept it.

Today I use a new birth control devise called a nuvaring. It is a small jelly ring that fits into the vagina. You wear it for three weeks, remove it, have your period and then replace it after a week.

I have been using it for four months now and I love. I don't feel it, He doesn't feel it and it releases just the small doses of estrogen I need as I approach menopause.

 

[pierced_boy]

Fuck the little horror off!

I have only second hand experience with these little horrors but none of it is good. Fuck the little thing off ADSAP!! It is potentialy dangerous. Whats worse for some they don't work so you can have the problems and still get pregnant. urk

H

 

[Sandia]

Pierced

I thought that AV was a little animal, at first
with bright shining eyes... Yikes!

 

[WillowPuss]

Re: Pierced

I thought that AV was a little animal, at first
with bright shining eyes... Yikes!

*sigh* I must get my eyes checked ... I had to go into psp and adjust the brightness before I could work it out!

 

[lilfrk]

hmmmm...I had no trouble what so ever figuring out his AV. Then again I tend to be odd anyway.




Are you feeling better today Nemo?

 

[NemoAlia]

Yes, thank you. Much better. But my computer has been sick, so I haven't been able to read all your well-wishings.

IUDs have improved in quality since the 70's and 80's, I hear. Planned Parenthood calls them the most popular form of birth control in the world. And they're very effective (more effective than birth control pills, with typical use). The risk is this: if you get an infection (like an STD), it may spread easily to your uterus and your Fallopian tubes, causing scar tissue to form and thus impeding an ovum's progress and one's ability to get pregnant. However, if the woman is in a monogamous relationship in which both partners have tested negative for that sort of infection, the risk is extremely low. (I've spoken with three different doctors about this. They all agree.)

It has been a 10-month-long decision-making process for me. However, I finally decided that my nasty response to the hormones in birth control pills (breakthrough bleeding, loss of libido (I couldn't even get wet, let alone climax!), depression) and my ultra-sensitivity to latex (let's talk bi-monthly urinary tract infections, folks!) merit a new approach to birth control. I hope it works! Thanks for your concern.

 

[WillowPuss]

Fingers crossed for you Nemo ... hope it works for you.

 

[cellis]

Nemo,

I am wishing the best for you and I hope this works for you.

 

[NemoAlia]

Thank you both!

Now for my next trick, I will disappear for the weekend into the world of very small towns and farming communities. (Within an hour's drive to a hospital, in case my body goes nuts rejecting this IUD -- doesn't an hour seem like a long time when you're worrying about your health, though?)

See ya next week!