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CONTRACEPTION

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corrina28 · 06/12/2006 18:16

Can anyone help me? We are currently using condoms and i am soooo fed up with them, have had depo injection in the past and it doesnt agree with me, and i cant have the pill as i suffer with high blood pressure. I dont like the idea of pumping too many hormones into my body as i find it just affects me too much (depression, weight, dryness, no sex drive etc etc). Any ideas?

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santasbaby · 06/12/2006 18:27

After years on the pill, I am now using the coil following dd's birth. It was quick and easy to get fitted and I have had no problems whatsoever with it. I use the normal one, not the mirena which has hormones in it as I too didn't want any more hormones inside me!

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corrina28 · 06/12/2006 18:32

did u have it fitted at doctors surgery?when i came off depo injection i said that i was gonna have the coil but havent been able to bring myself to go and have it done, does it hurt??

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santasbaby · 06/12/2006 18:53

Yes, fitted at gps - your surgery will tell you which docs are trained to fit them. It took about 5 minutes - you adopt the dignified 'smear test' position and the coil is inserted and the threads which hang from it are cut to a length that is out of the way, but long enough so that it can be removed in the future. You are also advised to check that you can feel the threads each month after your period to ensure that it hasn't fallen out! If I'm honest, I only check mine every few months . It didn't hurt - all I felt was a short scratch when it went in!

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corrina28 · 06/12/2006 19:36

maybe i will be brave and go see the doctor, i would really like to have it, i know so many people that have had it and had no problems ( and the same the other way as well, my aunt got pregnant with twins using it), but just think it would be so much easier then condom problems ie has it split, come off, got carried away and forgot etc etc.

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santasbaby · 06/12/2006 20:34

Good luck with it - its really no probs at all! It's a bit uncomfortable getting it put in (but if you've had a baby then you won't be bothered at all!)

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corrina28 · 08/12/2006 16:29

ok ive been really brave and made the appointment, its not til the end of january tho, but they did say if i phoned back tomorrow that they maybe able to get me in sooner.

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McDreamy · 08/12/2006 16:36

I was doing the same as you a few months ago Corrina and had a mirena coil fitted at the beginning of September and it has been great. Good luck

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corrina28 · 11/12/2006 10:11

do you think it makes a difference that i had both of my ds' by c-section??

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