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Who has an IUD and hasn't been pregnant before?
My gyno will not put it in women who do not already have a kid or kids. It's a personal preference for her, because she says there is a small chance it can cause infertility and she doesn't want to be the one to tell a patient that she can't have children because the thing she put in her ute caused it.
I understand. She did say that one of the other doctors at the practice will put it in for me, no problems.
My question is, is there anyone here who does have an IUD and doesn't have children? Am I wrong to be scared about doing it? She has me all freaked out now.
Re: Who has an IUD and hasn't been pregnant before?
Me and it was the greatest decision of my birth control life!
Granted, I don't ever want spawn so IF would not be a big deal to me.
One this though is it is more difficult to insert do to a smaller, unstretch area.
Seriously, I love my mirena so much that if I could buy it dinner I would.
ETA - IF issues never once came up in a sort of conversation as a side effect. Not even on websites I was using as research.
I do, and I agree with Fuss. Most gynos are giving up on that antiquated notion that women without kids shouldn't get IUDs. The chances of it impairing future fertility are minuscule.
Anyway, kids are overrated.
Have you done any of your own research? The chances that an IUD will cause infertility are pretty small.
As someone who has never given birth, the insertion process is a little more painful, but there is absolutely no reason that you should not have an IUD if that is what you want. (Unless you have a history of PID or something.)
FWIW, most complications of the IUD actually occur at the time of insertion, so you do want to go to a doctor that is comfortable and competent with insertion for those of us with a virgin cervix.
She is great, though. She's young and always so helpful. I like her so much. She was not at all trying to tell me I shouldn't get one, just that she wouldn't do it.
She even had me set up an appointment with one of theother gynos at the practice.
Ugh, I don't know.
I do! My gyno didn't care that I haven't had kids yet. It was easy peasy.
Best birth control ever!
My previous gyno didn't want to do it before I had a kid, not because of potential IF, but because it's apparently way easier to insert one for a woman who's had a kid. I stuck with pills, but she still became my previous gyno.
I'll say too, that after I had my kid they recommended I not get KU again for at least a year, so when I asked about an IUD they were falling over themselves to get me to get one.
I have no spawn and I got my Paragard in March. Insertion wasn't even that bad. I mean, it wasn't a party, and wasn't something I'd choose to do again frequently, but the pain was over pretty quickly.
Are you thinking about Mirena or Paragard? I read all about Paragard side effects before getting it, and I was all, "whatevs. I can handle it." It was pretty bad. My periods in April, May, and July were like knives in my uterus. My H and I were joking that they'd accidentally inserted a machete instead of the IUD. The pain was excruciating and debilitating, not to mention the blood. Like, super tampon in under an hour kind of blood. Really crazy.
Things have calmed down a bit. One unusual thing is that my period had become somewhat regular before the IUD (I'd been irregular since my first one). I skipped the third month after the IUD, and then the sixth and seventh as well (negative pregnancy tests, BTW). I'm not complaining though...periods with Paragard are not pretty.
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Best thing I've ever done in my entire life.
My gyno was awesome about it. She did warn me of the risks but she wasn't an alarmist. I actually had a pretty crappy insertion experience (from what I've heard/read on TN and from my friends IRL) and I'd definitely do it again anyway.
I will say that I am not someone who feels my life will be unfulfilled if I can't have bio kids, so the risk was one that I was willing to take.
If you have any specific questions or whatever, let me know.
Paraguard is the one I'm interested in.
Thanks for all of the insight, everyone.
Hormonal BC hates me and I spawned.
This post is irrevelant to your question. I'm just being a hor.
http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general
S'cool. I like hors. :P
Then you may drool over the goodies that I'm making this weekend...
http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general
Oh my. Is that a peanut butter cookie with sugar on top? Or a snickerdoodle?
'Cause either way, it looks scrumptious.
Peanut butter cookie with sugar on top. They're really good.
http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general
I have Paraguard, and I have no kids. I got mine at Planned Parenthood. One of the nurses told me I couldn't have it, but I asked for another nurse, and she gave it to me no problem.
I also got pregnant with it after I'd had it for a little over three years, but that's super uncommon, so I wouldn't worry about that. Other than that, it's really been great.
DH is snipped now, though, so I don't have to worry about BC anymore.
I'll just ditto Katies. I had the Paraguard for 4 years. Periods were super heavy for 2 days and cramps were sometimes bad enough to warrant a standing Rx of vicodin from my PCP. But still - TOTALLY worth it for not having to deal with all the side-effects I get from hormonal BCP (migraines, crazy mood swings, 0 libido...)
I will note that I was originally put on BCP because of heavy periods (when I was 12!) and since having the IUD removed I still have very heavy bleeding and very long periods (usually 8-15 days). So what I'm saying is - I can't blame that entirely on the IUD.
It was offered to me (as a woman with no kids), but I turned it down. There is a risk it can embed in the uterine wall and you need surgery to remove it. I know it's a really really small risk, but I didn't want to ruin my uterus before I ever used it.
Ditto, for me (right down to insertion experience). I LOVE my IUD.
I am actually on my second IUD, as I liked it so much that when time came to take out the first, I knew right away I wanted another one. I have had no problems getting them (and have had two different doctors do the insertion, since I moved during that time) though I have never had children. Find a new doctor, seriously.
When I first got the IUD I thought I would have bio kids "one day" but like BBE did not feel my life would be unfulfilled without them, and now I am decidedly not going to have them, so again, not a risk for me that I am concerned about.
However, I will add that the risks are really quite low of infertility. They generally occur due to an infection/pelvic inflammatory disease, which is why if you are using the IUD it is important to ensure you are protected from any other STI's, and that you do not have a high history of infections, or due to losing a fallopian tube to an ectopic pregnancy - rates of the latter are higher proportionally if you have an IUD, but they still happen less than in the normal non-IUD population since the rate of pregnancy is so low.
Lots of people seem to still think negatively of the IUD due to the OLD 1970's IUD which DID have lots of problems. The newer IUD's are different and much safer.
The only reason I would switch at this point would be if I was getting Essure or a tubal ligation.