GP advises Contraceptive Implant or Mirena Coil when I'm happy on the pill

[pumasalient]

Hi
I went to see my GP this morning for a prescription review and he asked me why I am on the combined pill when it would be better for me to be on either the contraceptive implant or the Mirena Coil. I am 34 years old, have low blood pressure and am very happy on the pill. He started citing that pill users have a higher increase of breast cancer and blood clots etc etc. It took me by surprise and made me a bit worried. I have no problems being on this particular pill (others in the past haven't suited me) and I REALLY don't fancy either of these alternatives. In the leaflet he gave me it said that 1 in 20 women suffer from displacement with the coil and may not realise which of course could cause pregnancy. Has anyone else been to their GP and had a similar experience? I wondered if Drs receive any kind of payment when women have these fitted?
Thanks

[PrematurelyAirconditioned]

But sum, there is no such thing as a method which offers good protection against pg and STIs, apart from mutual masturbation or total abstinence. Either you pick one over the other or you double up - that's just the way it is. If a teen is advised to use reliable contraception plus condoms for STIs then she may not bother with the condoms but she shouldn't conclude that adults don't care.

[sumsumsumsum]

IMO if they are persuaded to have an implant, they will get the impression that grown-ups aren't bothered about STI transmission either.

[expatinscotland]

There's also, sadly, a shocking percentage of young people who have a very cavalier attitude towards STI transmission.



Again, it's a self-esteem issue, to have so little regard for your own health.

[PacificDogwood]

Oh gawd, I really, really need to go to bed, but here goes:

I advise teens to think about whether they want to engage in sexual activity. I think a lot of girl (and boys) have a huge amount of peer pressure to deal with because 'everybody is doing it' - when they are not. Or at least not as many as would like to make you believe they are.
I do NOT advise anybody to say anything specifically, but one of the advantages of the implant is that it is discrete. I would advise to walk away from anyone who'd refuse to take a simple precaution that, let's face it, also protects him, when asked by a person her allegedly loves, or at least fancies.

Our girls need their self-esteem boosting and their respect for themselves.
Don't get me on my feminist soapbox.
I despair about some of the things I hear: 'He'll leave me if I don't sleep with him' said today by 15 year old girls who'd been 'going' with her boyfriend for 2 weeks. 'You cannot get pregnant when you do it standing up/the first time'. 'The pill makes you fat' - yes, sometimes it does, but so does pregnancy. And so on, and so forth.

[sumsumsumsum]

So do you advise teens not to tell?

[expatinscotland]

Night!

Owners of pre-teens, invest in a stack of condoms and a bunch of bananas. Get those kids rolling 'em on to practice!

Cover your stump, before you bump.

[PacificDogwood]

Ah, no need to let known that she has an implant is there?

Oh, what loving trusting young adults we are forced to raise .

[PrematurelyAirconditioned]

Let's face it, abstinence has its fair share of user error too .

[PacificDogwood]

Oh yeah, the joy that is STIs. In teenagers .

My boys will be welded into condoms from oh... say 12 til they are 85 35 which is when I think male puberty ends. Maybe.

Over and out, night, all.

PS expat, I've pm'd you x.

[sumsumsumsum]

Yes, I would say a girl with an implant is more likely to contract HIV. Because it will be hard for her to argue to a man that he must wear a condom. He's just not going to.

[expatinscotland]

Or STI's, PD :o.

[PacificDogwood]

law firms, btw, not low firms

[PacificDogwood]

Funny, how big low firms don't go on about the health implications of pregnancy, nevermind unwanted pregnancy, never-nevermind unwanted teenaged pregnancy .

Truly, the only method of avoiding unwante conception is abstinence. Which may have serious sideeffects on a relationship... So by all means, be as well informed as you can be, then take a leap of faith and go with whatever method you are most comfortable with. Which may change over the course of a lifetime.

Google will tell you not a lot about what might be right for you or your DCs.

[sumsumsumsum]

It's the site of a law firm, though. It's not totally random.

[expatinscotland]

You can find a lot of stuff on Google.

[sumsumsumsum]

Oh dear, also found this by googling.

[expatinscotland]

I prefer vasectomised husband. :o

[sumsumsumsum]

Some interesting points made here.

(I found that site by googling - it's nothing to do with me.)

[PacificDogwood]

That's why a good GP should offer options. And then it's the woman's/girl's choice.

I get a lot of teenaged girls who come in wanting 'the pill'. A lot of them have no idea that there are other options. And pills only work if taken...

Different methods agree with different people. Sometimes you just have to try them out. I liked Implanon aka Nexplanon (new name). And I liked combined pills. And now I am liking a good old-fashioned copper coil .

[sumsumsumsum]

Yes, it's the teen dc I'm worried about. Much harder for them to say no to a GP.

[expatinscotland]

Then it's a simple matter of, if you don't want it, say NO. They can't force you to get one.

I had the hard sell with the Mirena. It was a disaster for me.

So was Cerazette.

Progesten-only contraception and I are not a good mix.

[sumsumsumsum]

Think the PIP implant scandal has shown that we should try to find out what's being implanted in our bodies?

[PacificDogwood]

Nope, just radio opaque. Personally, I'd not worry about it (and haven't in the past )

[sumsumsumsum]

I thought it was radioactive.

[expatinscotland]

Just say no if you're happy with what you are using and you do not have a medical condition which makes you unable to use it any longer.