Contraception - coils (IUCDs)?!


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Contraception - coils (IUCDs)?

did anyone, before getting fitted with a IUCD feel really worried? or was it a case of, this is the protection you wanted, and you knew you didnt want to have children?

i am really getting worried about this, but we (my husband and i) have the 2 children this now, and have come into bad news, which is making us change our minds about having a 3rd little one, so i would really prefer to have contraception that i did not have to worry about missing etc.

also, which coil (etc) did you have, or about to have?

is it painful getting inserted? etc.

thanks to any genuine advice

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3 weeks ago
thanks very much Sharon for your reply, it was very clear to :)
xx


Answers:

I'm not familiar with the coil, but I just got fitted with the Mirena IUD. It lasts for five years and is just about the most effective birth control on the planet. Added benefit is significantly less bleeding on your period, with up to 20% of women having no period at all after a few months.

I was a little concerned going in, but my nurse practitioner answered all my questions and some I didn't even know I had. You have the speculum inserted just like if you were having a pap smear. She measured my uterus to make sure it would fit and that was the first time I felt a little cramping. That cramping went away but there was a little more when she actually inserted the device. It wasn't painful, just a little crampy. After two days, I can't even tell that it's there, aside from a little spotting, which is normal the first 6 weeks.

My advice would be to get all your questions answered and then just stay really calm. I've never had children, but you've been through a whole lot more than this little, 30 minute appointment will entail.

Good luck with everything!




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