IUD: Part 2
Thanks for your comments on the IUD!
LL - interesting; We haven't had sex yet, so I'm not sure yet if D will feel it... but I'm sure he'll tell me.
Kaitlyn, I do get the implantation concern as well. Even though I am very pro-choice and pro-legalisation of the morning after pill, that did give me pause for thought. But the IUDs do also affect conception by affecting ovulation or sperm depending on the type... I'm not sure why that makes a difference for me, but it does. I do find it interesting how many descriptions of IUDs skirt around this issue - for example this one which says sperm "cannot get to the egg to fertilise it", but also that it prevents implantation. Well if sperm cannot get to the egg, how would there be a fertilised egg? The word "cannot" is a little too absolute given the context.
As for risk of infection by the IUD, recent studies have found them to be very safe even in populations at high risk for infection, so I am not concerned about that issue.
One side-effect I'm not looking forward to is potentially painful periods. A friend of mine who I was talking to today (don't you love that I can't resist discussing my birth control methods with everyone I hang out with?) said hers were awful while she had an IUD. I'm hoping that isn't the case for me, but hopefully I won't find out for a few more months.
I do think one reason that they're not very popular is that they're not particularly profitable. In fact, the one I got is not approved by Health Canada, but was legally imported by the doctor from the EU. I have to look into that regulatory model. I did say to D last night that it felt a little strange to have something in LM's old abode... feels kind of sad! And I love D, because even though that's an insane thing to say, he got it.
I have a couple of other posts brewing - one about LM's sleep, which is getting much better thanks to some new strategies, and one about career direction. But since it's twenty to eleven and I can't take it for granted that good sleep will continue, I'll save those for another time.
LL - interesting; We haven't had sex yet, so I'm not sure yet if D will feel it... but I'm sure he'll tell me.
Kaitlyn, I do get the implantation concern as well. Even though I am very pro-choice and pro-legalisation of the morning after pill, that did give me pause for thought. But the IUDs do also affect conception by affecting ovulation or sperm depending on the type... I'm not sure why that makes a difference for me, but it does. I do find it interesting how many descriptions of IUDs skirt around this issue - for example this one which says sperm "cannot get to the egg to fertilise it", but also that it prevents implantation. Well if sperm cannot get to the egg, how would there be a fertilised egg? The word "cannot" is a little too absolute given the context.
As for risk of infection by the IUD, recent studies have found them to be very safe even in populations at high risk for infection, so I am not concerned about that issue.
One side-effect I'm not looking forward to is potentially painful periods. A friend of mine who I was talking to today (don't you love that I can't resist discussing my birth control methods with everyone I hang out with?) said hers were awful while she had an IUD. I'm hoping that isn't the case for me, but hopefully I won't find out for a few more months.
I do think one reason that they're not very popular is that they're not particularly profitable. In fact, the one I got is not approved by Health Canada, but was legally imported by the doctor from the EU. I have to look into that regulatory model. I did say to D last night that it felt a little strange to have something in LM's old abode... feels kind of sad! And I love D, because even though that's an insane thing to say, he got it.
I have a couple of other posts brewing - one about LM's sleep, which is getting much better thanks to some new strategies, and one about career direction. But since it's twenty to eleven and I can't take it for granted that good sleep will continue, I'll save those for another time.
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posted by grass @ 10:33 PM
2 Comments:
At 3:30 PM ,
kaitlyn said...
That's really good about low risk for infection. I hope your periods (may they not resume too soon!) are normal and not painful!
At 11:51 PM ,
linds said...
I think the IUD sounds like the way to go for you and I always talk to my friends about birth control as well. I am on the pill and have been for years and i am looking forward to going off of it at some point in this year hopefully. I would also worry about heavy periods, especially because on the pill your period is on time and pretty light for the most part. That is interesting about the whole, kills sperm, but also stops implantation. Obviously it would see the whole killing the sperm thing is not 100% or they wouldn't have to have the part about preventing implantation. Thanks for the heads up and info, you'll have to let me know how end up liking it and all that kind of thing. I am not sure there is a TMI on this for me.....lol! Knowledge is power. Happy Weekend!
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