Contraception: The Poll

but i like the stoned

I have never taken either/any. I used to have a friend who was prescribed Klonopin for anxiety attacks and he was a big person but whatever dose his doc recommended, it made him S-P-A-C-E-Y. Like, scarily spacey. Like high and about to pass out. I would not like to be that way.

when my bf was researching IUDs for me, he read some stuff about how even the non-hormonal ones (copper) can have weird side effects, like decreased libido (anecdotal evidence). the copper ones can also cause severe period pain/heavier periods.

They do say that about heavier periods, mine's quite light so that wouldn't be a big concern for me. More importantly some people are allergic to COPPER -- and I'm not sure if you'd be likely to know that before going in. You could see an allergist, I guess. Or eat a penny.

Read that as eat a pussy, had to come back and re-read. Nice!

A fair alternative to contraception, but not precisely interchangeable.

It all comes back to C on Ts

That worked out really well for you, did it?

I have had a Paragard IUD for two years (copper non-hormonal) and I fucking love it.

Pretty much everything Laurel has said in answer to people's IUD questions is 100% OTM. The having to have had babies first thing is BS and pisses me off that the Mirena commercial says that. Yes, nuliparous women are more likely to expel but the risk of expulsion is not that much greater. The my cramps hurt more for about 6 months after insertion and have now leveled off but I do get cramps mid-cycle which I've never done before. It's nothing that some Advil can't solve.

Re insertion: I didn't know I was going to have one inserted until about an hour before my procedure. My NP gave me 800 mg ibuprofen and made me wait 30 mins. I did get a cervical anesthetic which def helped some. It still hurt as hell but as Susan said it was very quick and TOTALLY worth it.

I haven't spent a single second thinking about BC in over two years (my own - I think about others for a living lol) and the whole thing cost me $50 thanks to my insurance.

I <3 my IUD.

hey ENBB, what's your job?

no option for "anal only"?

nuliparous

I love this word.

seriously (XP)

yeah, why not just find a nice bottom and settle down then? way less hassle.

Roxy - I'm in my last semester of MA program in Women's Health and I'm concentrating in sexual and reproductive health of young women. I used to work in a family planning clinic and am now interning at an organization that provides sex ed program TA and runs support programs for pregnant and parenting teens.

What about you?

That's awesome! I'm no longer in the field, but I worked as assistant director of a women's clinic from 2000-2005. Best job I ever had.

jw, "anal" is a situation that requires no contraception, not a mode of contraception itself

haha "anal"

i meant "anal only"

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I always thought it would be cool if somehow IUDs came in custom shapes and so when you got an x-ray it would be 'whoa cool 45-adapter in your inguinal region.'

jw, "anal" is a situation that requires no contraception, not a mode of contraception itself

tell that to millions of apocryphal Catholic teenage girls

xpost, haha. I think I'd opt for a pair of crossed knitting needles.

i would have a cupcake

thats probably another reason they do it! xxpost

Abbots: Awesome only if the custom-shaped IUD could be scientificologically beamed into my uterus rather than inserted the normal way.

Yeah, therein lies the rub: getting a rad shape into one's cervix. Unlikely.

dudes my obgyn showed me on an ultrasound that i have an ovary shaped like a heart

that was my TMI of the day

That's sweet!

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Withdrawal rockin the bronze wooo!!

Like a real heart or a drawing of a heart?

it looked like this:

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those are future babbies hiding coming out of it

sunny, yr somethin special.

wonder who voted for the patch

WOW, AWESOME

i voted for the pill fwiw, not sure my vote shd count but it's what my gf does, she had a uterine tumour at 16 and has had to have been on it since for health reasons

how the fuck did the sponge get zero
this is about as bad as the coaches poll on ILNFL

"Bill Belichick" and "Andy Reid" would also probably be good contraceptive options

Who is my brother in vas-snippage?

i have no idea what a sponge is except for the whole "sponge worthy" seinfeld joke

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Man, how did I space the thread? I love contraception! I was on Depo for 7 years, then Nuvaring for a few, and I just got my Mirena IUD four weeks ago (and I've never been pregnant). I love them all.

sponges are just tough to come by these days

its tough to vote for something as practical as BCs on nostalgia alone

tell that to millions of apocryphal Catholic teenage girls

oh, they're a little less apocryphal than you might think...

also, IUD wins this hands-down, at least for those women who can tolerate it.

IUD = awesome, so far. I had a bad few minutes in the stirrups, a bit of cramping for a few days, now I'm wonderful.

^^ Yes! As much as the insertion hurts it's totally worth it. Like I've said before, I'm a total wuss when it comes to pain and if I got through it then I think most people can!

tell that to millions of apocryphal Catholic teenage girls

oh, they're a little less apocryphal than you might think...

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unregistered t-bombin' it real style

wonder who voted for the patch

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