#iud birth control

[femanthropy]

One of my (least) fav things about women’s healthcare is the absolute flippant nature birth control is peddled.

Aside from the side effects they don’t tell you, why is it something that is expected of women without question. Why is it that the burden of the possibility of pregnancy is on the women. Because he doesn’t like condoms? Because he wants to finish inside (not saying the pull out method is anywhere near a reliable way to prevent pregnancy anyway).

I wasn’t told of literally any massive side effects of birth control. For example, I was on the depo shot for about a year or maybe a bit over and I had spotting for that ENTIRE TIME. Not even to mention that long term use of depo can do irreparable harm to fertility. And I was never told this. And I was on norm hormonal birth control (I think I was on the mini pill) I was put on antibiotics for an ear infection and the doc didn’t mention it could make my birth control fail. And don’t even get me fucking STARTED on my IUD lmao. I mean I’ve posted about it before.

I watched a vid of “why is the burden not equally placed on men considering women can’t get pregnant without them? Considering it’s directly their fault that their partner can even get pregnant in the first place. Well first off, because men would never put up with any form of birth control with as many side effects as birth control. And secondly “why would they sacrifice comfort?” The same way they don’t even wanna wear condoms. Like? All this “baby trapping” bullshit like men are powerless of the consequences of their own actions.

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[reasonsforhope]

"In short: Nine million Canadian women of reproductive age will have the full cost of their contraception covered as part of a major health care reform, the government says.

The reform includes the most widely used contraceptive methods, such as IUDs, contraceptive pills, hormonal implants and the day after pill.

What's next? The government must still win the approval of Canada's provinces, which administer health care."

"Canada will cover the full cost of contraception for women, the government says as it highlights the first part of a major health care reform.

The government will pay for the most widely used contraceptive methods, such as IUDs, contraceptive pills, hormonal implants or the day after pill, for the nine million Canadian women of reproductive age, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Sunday at a press conference in a pharmacy in Toronto.

"Women should be free to choose the contraceptives they need without cost getting in the way. So, we're making contraceptives free," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on X, formerly Twitter.

The announcement fleshes out the first part of a bill unveiled in February that, once completed, would mark the biggest expansion of Canada's publicly funded health care system in decades.

This new regime will also cover the cost of diabetes medication for some 3.7 million Canadians.

The cost of the new system and timing of the launch have not been announced...

The government must now win the approval of Canada's provinces, which actually administer health care, for this new system. Alberta and Quebec have already said they would opt out.

The pharmacare plan — as it is called locally — follows protracted negotiations between Mr Trudeau's Liberal minority government and a small leftist faction in parliament.

The New Democratic Party agreed to prop up the Liberals until the fall of 2025, on the condition that the government immediately launch the drug program."

-via ABC News Australia, March 31, 2024

[my-dark-happy-place]

To all Americans with a uterus: get an IUD before Trump is officially in office. Get your IUD replaced if it would run out during his term.

Protect yourself.

[secsysweetcadaver]

listen to me. every person with a womb who has the potential to get pregnant should deeply consider making an appointment with a gynecologist in the next few months.

there's a decent chance there may be a national abortion ban, and who knows what will happen in terms of contraception access. if you want to get an abortion, an IUD, or a Norplant, or are considering getting your tubes tied, do it NOW. even if you're in a firmly blue or abortion-protected state.

oh and a reminder --- you don't necessarily need money or insurance to access reproductive health care. despite cuts in funding, there are still a lot of title x programs that don't require you to pay or provide insurance. and if you're a minor, in many states, you can access birth control/abortion without your parent's knowledge or consent. oh, and be wary of crisis pregnancy centers. for those of you who don't know, those are religious "family planning" clinics that pretend to but don't actually provide contraception/abortion care.

take care of yourself babes. that's all any of us can do right now. it's going to be okay. we can survive this.

[hellyeahscarleteen]

IUDs are super effective at managing periods and preventing pregnancy⁠, but the procedure to put them in can be painful. Not everyone who gets an IUD⁠ experiences pain when the device is inserted, but many do. That isn’t surprising! The pelvic region is rich with sensory nerve endings, which is why people experience many sensations, some pleasurable and others painful, in and around the vagina⁠, cervix⁠ and uterus⁠.

Medical providers didn’t used to offer pain management for gynecological procedures because of the (misogynist and now debunked) presumption that these types of procedures don’t cause pain. But pain management is now widely available and should absolutely be offered to anyone who opts to have an IUD placed into their body. You don’t have to use pain management for an IUD insertion if you don’t want to, but everyone should be offered the choice.

Queer nurse Sarah Kiser is here to tell you about how an IUD is placed, at which points during the procedure people experience pain, and the pain management options that can be used at various points during the procedure.

[fascistsarefreefood]

So when I wanted birth control pills I went to my local pharmacy and asked for them, I'm very lucky I have this option to autonomy over my body however it's important to note that birth control pills can have a lot of side effects that aren't properly investigated because of how underfunded reproductive health research is. Side effects of the contraceptive pill include (according to the patient information leaflet):

Serious: blood clots (in leg or foot ie DVT, in a lung ie PE, heart attack, stroke, mini stroke, clots in eye liver stomach or intestine, allergic reaction, breast cancer, cervical cancer, severe liver problems

Less serious: feeling sick, stomach ache, putting on weight, headaches, depressive mood or mood swings, sore breasts, being sick, fluid retention, migraine, loss of interest in sex, breast enlargement, skin rash, poor tolerance of contact lenses, weight loss, increase interest in sex, vaginal or breast discharge, bleeding and spotting between periods, chloasma, occurrence or deterioration of movement disorder chorea, crones disease or ulcerative colitis

In the UK if you want birth control you can go directly to some pharmacies and get it or you go to one GP appointment and get it even if you are under 16

Alternatively you might want an iud. iud insertions are painful women are told to just take an ibuprofen (which some research shows is less effective in women but again that hasn't been fully investigated) during insertion women have reported crying and passing out due to pain levels but it is still not advised that GPS use local anaesthetic during insertion. And again since there is no age restriction for contraception in the UK people under 16 also have to go through this. But that's considered totally acceptable.

What isn't acceptable according to the labour party, are puberty blockers which were obtained by first having a referral to a GP followed by appointments with a multidisciplinary team including a clinical psychologist, child psychotherapist, child and adolescent psychiatrist, family therapist and social worker over three to six months where their then mainly offered psychological treatment finally if your very lucky and also haven't already finished puberty by the time you get to this stage (because NHS waitlist are crazy) you might be sent to a hormone specialist where you might have been given puberty blockers which yes are indeed reversible (the onse that cause irreversible change are oestrogen and testosterone) you can read more about this topic here but this is no longer a possibility because puberty blockers are now considered too dangerous and why is this? What side effects could be worse than the ones caused by contraception that is also available to understand sixteens well apparently puberty blockers are oh so dangerous because they affect bone density. So AFAB people both adults and minors have to suffer from lots of side effects from birth control and no one ever once thought to try create a better version of the pill or they suffer large amounts of pain during iud insertion where again hardly anyone will get anaesthetic however puberty blockers are these terrible things because they may cause bone density issues if that were the case for contraceptives we'd be told to take some calcium and stop whining. Both contraceptives and puberty blockers perform essential functions that save lives and both deserve to be made as safe as possible but this is not about safety this is about hoping trans people will just disappear.

[macgyvermedical]

Hi , I want to get an IUD that would last for a long time becuase idk what the fuck admistration would do with some of the contraception laws and I am just afraided because i just have some weird instances of groping and I am just thinking the worst and want to protect myself at all cost for not having a baby yet I am 21 and I don’t see hat for myself right now. I made th mistake of bringing it up to my mother and she just deduces everything to if you do not have a boyfriend then don’t get one and don’t artificial chemical in your body so idk man should I get one or not

Everything in medicine is a balance game. When we give a medication or therapy, our hope is always that the benefit outweighs the side effects. That being said, there is no medication or therapy that will be 100% good for everyone who takes it. And that's just where we are right now in technology.

When it comes to birth control, there can definitely be side effects. The copper IUD causes heavier and sometimes more painful periods and the hormonal IUDs can cause cramping, spotting, and acne (especially in the first 3 months). But these pale in comparison to the medical risks of pregnancy, which include preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta previa, hyperemesis gravidarum, and many more problems that can happen to the mother or the fetus and can be life threatening.

Some people are willing to knowingly take the risks of pregnancy because they want a child, and that child it worth it to them. But if you don't want to be pregnant and there's a chance you might become pregnant, even if it's slim, the case literally comes down to would you prefer the side effects of a long term reversible birth control option like an IUD, or the risks associated with a pregnancy (plus, you know, the kid that comes with it).

If you're worried about chemicals (which is a whole other topic), consider a non-hormonal method like the copper IUD (you can get it even if you've never given birth). It's literally a piece of copper that creates a little bit of inflammation in your uterus that is toxic to sperm and eggs. It can work for up to 12 years and is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy.

All of that to say, you're 21 years old. Legally you can make your own choices about your body and as long as you can get a ride and pay for the procedure (or have it covered by insurance), your mom doesn't need to know.

[lifewithchronicpain]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated recommendations for doctors offering birth control to their patients, including a new plea for doctors to give women more options of getting relief from the often painful insertion of intrauterine devices, or IUDs.

Doctors should tell their patients that the local anesthetic lidocaine could be useful for reducing the pain of the procedure, the CDC now says.

Evidence suggests lidocaine can reduce patient pain given either as injections, what doctors call a "paracervical block," or applied to the area as a gel, cream or spray. (Read more at link)

I can’t believe it took this long but I’m glad the CDC finally did this.

[wikipediapictures]

Copper IUD

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hospital tim

[femme-dyke-lesbian]

I don’t want an IUD. I don’t want to be on birth control.

I am a lesbian. I am only attracted to women. My girlfriend and I do not want children.

But fact of the matter is, men are becoming more and more dangerous in the United States, especially post election.

I’ve been sexually assaulted before, back when I was too young to get pregnant. I don’t trust anybody enough to ensure it won’t happen again.

Even if I’m surrounded by people who promise to keep me safe, it’s not unlikely that some of us will be overpowered. And it’s not unlikely that something might happen when I have no choice but to go somewhere alone, even if it’s a place usually deemed safe.

The fact that I am being pushed to make a decision to protect my reproductive autonomy is nothing short of evil.

The fact that I feel the need to stock up on my birth control and emergency contraceptive is nothing short of evil.

All of you who voted for Trump or didn’t vote out of protest, blood is on your hands. You’re going to get someone seriously hurt and killed. You’re going to force people into relationships and situations that are dangerous.

Not that any of you care, but fuck you for doing this to us.

[andromeda3116]

If you don't want children, you know you don't want children, here is a list of gynecologists who will do a tubal ligation or salpingectomy for you without asking questions or insisting that you be a certain age or already have had kids, etc.

[babybabymerrychristmas]

technically my IUD doesn't need to be replaced for another 4 years but i think i might get it replaced before january just in case i would advise anyone who is unsure if they will have access to theirs after trump is done fucking us to do the same.

[foryouthegays]

im having such a shit time recently that driving home today to keep myself from driving directly into a wall i was just chanting Become Nico Robin. I Want To Live. in my head and i think thats really normal and a healthy way to live my life