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[turnonmyheels]

Happy birthday winterlive!

A question and poll about birth control! Please, note I'm not asking about STD protection.

[Poll #1526251]

ETA I accidentally left off condoms erroneously thinking people wouldn't use them as a primary form of birth control instead of as protection from STDs. Oops!

I recently quit taking the pill after being on it most of my adult life. I never had any problems with it, I just decided I wanted to see what life was like without it. It turns out, my periods are shorter, my PMS is less severe, and the sex drive I thought I'd lost around the age of 27 returned with a vengeance. Needless to say, I don't want to go back on it. I've thought about getting an IUD but read on the Blue Cross Blue Shield website that failure rate in women who have not had children is upward of about 30% I find myself doubting that statistic because Planned Parenthood's website doesn't state it. I think BCBS just doesn't want to cover the cost of doing them on people who aren't married.

But I may be more than a little paranoid too.



I wiped myself out yesterday. P90 Chest, Shoulders, Triceps + ab ripper, then Zumba at 5 *and* 6. In the first class I had 54, in the second 45. When I finally got home I fed my cat, downed a yummy-licious bowl of pintos that had been simmering in the crock pot all day [with a huge chunk of country ham "ends and pieces"], collapsed on the couch and cuddled my cat, read fic, and quasi-watched the Olympics.

I headed to bed around 9:45ish. I knew there was no way I was going to make my P90 alarm call so I made a mental deal with myself to move that work out to Saturday morning and passed out. I slept the sleep of physically exhausted and babies. I woke up late, used yesterdays snow and ice as an excuse to go into work about an hour late.

This is my Monday schedule for the foreseeable future. I'm supposed to getting help next month for Zumba, but I'm not sure yet if that's going to happen since we added an extra class. I've either got to get more rest on Sunday or go straight to bed after dinner when I get home.

I was up past my bed-time with Z Sunday night and I'm sure that had a big influence on how sleepy I was this morning.

Comments

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

Um, there are several women on my flist who swear by their IUDs, and that failure rate sounds crazy. Also diaphragms have a big following. I've known people who rely on condoms for, like, their entire marriage... I'm glad they can? But I would never be as good about it if I had to remember every time. *g*

I'll try to see if I can find any of the Hell to the Yes IUD posts, as the comments might be helpful to you.

Yay for Sunday night fun! And crazy popular zumba classes and working out like a slightly crazed weasel! Good to get the sleep, though, too!

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I swear to you I do not believe a word BCBS says about IUDs SERIOUSLY. 30% failure rate in women who have never had children. WTFF?? That sounds to me like some sort of whacko 'don't let single women have reliable birth control' bullshit. I spent some time on Planned Parenthood this morning and they say the failure rate is 1 in 100 in failure to prevent pregnancy and did note that the IUD needed to be checked within a period or two of insertion, as well as checking for the string after each period but did not say ONE WORD about failure in women without children.

Wouldn't you think Planned Parenthood would be more reliable? I've got an appointment with an honest to god ob/gyn instead of my general practitioner on March 2 and I'm absolutely going to ask her. I'm hoping I walk out of there with an IUD.

About the Diaphragm and Cervical Cap - BCBS says these methods of birth control can increase chances if UTIs in women who are susceptible to them. I'd rather not have any more of those than I already do, but the diaphragm statistic makes me wonder about this too.

I really want something non-hormonal and while I can't afford sterilization, it's actually what I PREFER to do. Planned Parenthood gave it to me as option 2 when I took the 'what method is right for you quiz'.

God the sleep was SO GOOD. SO GOOD.

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

Yeah, seriously, that failure rate has to be some skewed version of "people for whom they don't take/suit/etc." And, yes, that is PP's JOB, whereas BCBS' job is secretly to prevent people from getting healthcare. Ahem.

It's weird to me that insurance doesn't cover sterilization. Cheap and effective in the long run! Ah well, here's hoping the IUD works for you!

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

Aaaand, here's the IUD post I remember most recently:

http://lyra-sena.livejournal.com/200260.html

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

thank you, that was very informative. And backed up my belief that single women aren't "allowed" to have them without a fight.

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sounds like the 30% thing might because they get expelled? But, sheesh, sounds like they work Dang well for lots of non-baby-having women, so I hope it works for you!

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

It is due to expulsion, but 30% and PP doesn't even list it at all?

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's Weird about PP.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

LOL, I just commented with a HELL YEAH! to my IUD. :D

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

:D! Fangirls represent!