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post #1 of 13
1/8/07 at 4:13pm
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In order to not hijack Jen's thread - thought I'd start a new one. Okay, so I absolutely, positively cannot face dh having a vasectomy. I know he does not want more children, and I agreed to four, but I just can't make it permanent, yk? So now I have to figure out what to do about birth control. Ugh. I really, really do not want to take hormones. I have a serious reaction to depo provera (thought we'd even have trouble conceiving), so that is out - no questions asked. I was on the pill when I was younger to help endometriosis, but like I said, I don't want to use hormones. I don't know a whole lot about IUDs, but honestly, the thought of having someone put something inside me freaks me out a little. I'm thinking about taking an NFP class - I think dh would be okay with that along with condoms. Blech - I just don't know what to do. I just can't do something permanent right now - WAY to postpartum for that! I don't want to be done - I don't want to be done - I don't want to be done!!!! Gosh darn it. I look at Louis, and it breaks my heart to think me might be my last - I'm too young to be done. Argh. [banging head on table over and over and over and over and...]
post #2 of 13
1/8/07 at 4:58pm
I the pic in your siggie!!

Anyway, I just wanted to throw out the copper IUD as an idea. I got the Mirena simply because I didnt want to deal with a heavier AF.

So, from my experience, (which is only 3mos ) the IUD has been great. My dr told me to expect bleeding off and on for the first 3 mos (and it did last about 2 mos), but now that has stopped, it's just great. No worries and I can't feel it at all (I was also super freaked about being able to feel it.)

GL making the decision. It was really hard for me this time around because I knew it would be awhile before we're ready to have more...
post #3 of 13
1/8/07 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by peilover010202 View Post
I the pic in your siggie!!

Anyway, I just wanted to throw out the copper IUD as an idea. I got the Mirena simply because I didnt want to deal with a heavier AF.
Thank you!

Here's the thing though - I WANT to have an oops baby. I mean, I wouldn't try to, but if it happened - I would be absolutely over the moon. So, I think that leaves IUD out, doesn't it? Can't they cause problems if you get pregnant while they're in? If I got pg, and then lost the baby because of a problem caused by the IUD - I would be unconsolable, yk?
post #4 of 13
1/8/07 at 5:25pm
If you want to have an oops baby and don't want anything hormonal, condoms are a great option.
post #5 of 13
1/8/07 at 5:30pm
Doesn't it just make you so mad that there are so few good methods of BC on the market? There was a great article about this in Brain, Child a while ago and it was right-on. The options we have available to us just boggle my mind, as they range from basically bad to worse. Sigh.
post #6 of 13
1/8/07 at 5:51pm
After all I've had to go through, I don't want to do anything...I want male birth control darn it! It's soooo not fair!!!!
post #7 of 13
1/9/07 at 12:18am
What about contraceptive foam? That is what we used after DD was born and what we will use until the snip.
Sadly for many reasons we are done, but I am still sad thinking this is it sigh,,,

tara
post #8 of 13
1/9/07 at 10:44am
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Originally Posted by taradt View Post
What about contraceptive foam?
I hadn't thought about that.
post #9 of 13
1/9/07 at 11:20am
Hope you find something that works for you. My dh had a vas before Christmas, but we both agreed that we were done. It wasn't too bad for him.
post #10 of 13
1/9/07 at 11:22am
FemCap, Lea's Shield, the sponge, condoms...along with NFP. Those are the options I am considering.
post #11 of 13
1/9/07 at 11:27am
There are also diaphrams and cervical caps. Both need to be used with contraceptive gel or foam, but are "reversable" (i.e. not permanent).
post #12 of 13
1/9/07 at 2:09pm
Ah, well, if you want an oops, then yes an IUD would be completely out of the question. And, if you do get pregnant (which is *very* rare, it can be dangerous.)

I would go for NFP if I were wanting an oops baby (only because I have no discipline about temping and avoiding, I couldn't even get it right when we were TTC so I bought a fertility monitor. )
post #13 of 13
1/9/07 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by peilover010202 View Post
I would go for NFP if I were wanting an oops baby (only because I have no discipline about temping and avoiding, I couldn't even get it right when we were TTC so I bought a fertility monitor. )
: me too!
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