More Birth Control Madness...

[eiblyn]

"We don't do IUD's unless you've been pregnant or had a chlid...I'll leave your name with the clinician...the recommendations say..."
I'm so tired of hearing these types of things. Oh what a curse to be born a woman and never want to bear yourself. I called Planned Parenthood in my area today. They'll see about making an exception but basically they don't do them on women who have never been pregnant or had a child. When I asked her if she had a recommendation of another birth control method I could use that was non-hormonal...well, let's just say she came up with lots of suggestions that didn't meet that standard. I hate this....

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Doctors suck

[cathijosephine.livejournal.com]

I used to be in the same boat, since the low-dose birth control pills don't work for me. I've been on an old-fashioned serious dose of hormones since I was fifteen (treating ovarian cysts), and they have never bothered me. Unfortunately the prescription eventually ran out of refills and I had no way to get in touch with my doctor.

I went through dozens - literally dozens - of gyns, clinics, and even pcps who constantly told me that the low-dose was better. They refused to prescribe my regular dose, no matter how much pain I was in. They wouldn't even give me a reason why; they said that they worry about blood clots in the legs of women over forty who smoke.

I feel like whenever I go in to a gynecologist, he or she knows my body is just like every other body that has come into that office, and if it isn't - well - I must just be lying.

Grrrr. Keep trying, hon. Someone, somewhere in a doctors office isn't stupid.

[coderlemming.livejournal.com]

Yuck. The tyranny of fertility. So are they purely refusing on grounds that it's a semipermanent measure and you might want to give birth sometime in the future? Or can IUDs cause damage to your uterus that would prevent you from having kids and they're sure you'll change your mind and regret that...?

Here's a thought... what's to prevent you from going to a different planned parenthood and just plain lying that you've had a kid? Is that fraud or something...? Just a thought on how to get what you want out of the system... probably a bad suggestion.

[eiblyn.livejournal.com]

They told me it's difficult to put in unless you've been pregnant or had a baby. I'm not sure how accurate that is. I do know that IUD's are a commonly accepted method for younger women because they are easily reversible and don't affect fertility after removal. I don't know how comfy I'd be lying to that degree to a doctor. There are times when I'm comfortable lying (such as when they ask me how many sexual partners I have when trying to gauge whether I'm high risk for STDs in regards to birth control because the number of partners I have does not drastically affect that as much as whether or not my partners take the same precautions I do with safe sex). I really want an IUD because it's non-hormonal. My other options are condoms (which I use with anyone I'm not fluid-bonded to anyway), diaphrams (which I don't believe I would be able to use because of some unique aspects of my body), and a cervical cap (which would be even more difficult than a diaphram). So I made some appointments with doc's and we'll see where that goes.

[coderlemming.livejournal.com]

Oh, I take back the lying suggestion. That was only if they were preventing you because they were applying their morals to you, not for mechanical reasons or whatever.

Good luck with your endeavors toward infertility.

[rms-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hi hon. Sorry to hear about the bc problems. I found this page on WebMd, a reliable medical website for information: http://my.webmd.com/hw/healthy_women/hw237907.asp?pagenumber=4

If you read the part in the center of the page, they specificaly mention that IUDs aren't typically a problem for women, even those who haven't had any children. I don't know if this would help you in discussing the situation w/a dr. but it may.

*hugs*
'berta