Arrrrgh. But the whole point is that I am trying to AVOID having a child. How obnoxious. I am going to have to call and pester every doctor in a fifty mile radius.

Well, if it doesn't physically work, than it doesn't do you any good.
It's designed for people who want to space their kids out.

I think you have to remember its all relative and every female reacts differently to bc pills. I was on Yasmin for awhile and had really bad experiences with it so now I'm on Ortho and while Ortho works for me, I know several women who havent liked Ortho.

Buahah I thought the same thing--I'm sure some of us WISH our birth control did that to us. :D

LOL. We must all have the same reading problem.:p:o

My Dr. said that is a common misconception about IUDs. It is for women in committed relationships (preferably married), but I have heard of single women getting them after STD and other testing.

Also, you can have one if you have never been pregnant. I am married with no children and have one. The reason they say this is insertion can be very painful. Check out their website...they have some pretty good info on there www.mirena.com

Dude, I finally figured out why I'm so forgetful?

Haha dude, where's my car? Stef, that was silly. :p

I just had a "Dinosaurs" flashback...the episode where Robbie is learning about "The Mating Dance". :D

Seriously, though, the "commited relationship" thing is because it's easier to contract an STD with the IUD in. The woman would not need to be tested for STDs before getting it inserted, because the STD she already has wouldn't affect the IUD.

Single, non-committed women are at high risk for STDs with the IUD, and it wouldn't make sense for them to get one, unless they were planning on having every sexual partner they have getting tested prior to sex.

Ok, I guess I am being naive on this one. We waited until we were married "to seal the deal" and even so, we still thought it would be a good idea to get blood work done. I would hope that people who are not using condoms would have testing anyway :confused:

Well...to me, it seems like the only reason that single women would be getting IUDs, would be that they were planning on having sex frequently. I guess it could be a "backup" used with a condom, but if you're going to use the condom every time, why go through the pain/$$ of an IUD? There are other, cheaper methods. I know condoms aren't 100%, but they also aren't 100% against STDs, either. So with the IUD, you're lowering your chance of pregnancy, but raising your chance of an STD. To me, I'd be more worried about AIDS than a baby. With the baby, there's always adoption (I'm against abortion, for the record)...there are no options for AIDS.

I think the thing about an IUD only being for women "commited relationships" is a crock. Women get IUDs for several reasons. I'm single, and I would get one if the $$ was right. And from what I've researched, its not right for me nor my insurance. The frequency of sex isnt the issue, its the increased ability to prevent pregnancy that attracts most women to IUDs use.

Just my opinion.

I'm on Ortho Tri Cyclen.

I was on Estrostep for years.

I tried Yasmin (only for a month) but I stopped taking it due to mood issues... it was so bothersome, that I didn't want to wait to see if it would get better.

I briefly thought of trying an IUD...that was until I took my Humans and Sex class. During that class, we had a survey about birth controla nd pregnancy prevention. Out of 100 people in the class, roughly about 10 were concieved even though the mom was on BC....BUT 8 of the 10 kids were IUD pregnancies (meaning the mom had an IUD when she concieved).

One girl told a horror story about her sister (who used an IUD) who concieved a child, and by the time they found out, the doctor's couldn't get the IUD out. It scared me (and my sorority sister who took the class w/ me) enough to never think of an IUD ever again! haha.

Right now i'm on Apri, which is the "generic" brand that the school clinic gives out.

It's not a moral judgement. Drs aren't saying that they only use them for women in committed relationships because that's what's morally right - it's a health issue. It's not SAFE for women to be using an IUD and have sex with a man that has any possible risk of an STD. I don't think any Dr is going to outright deny someone who is not in a committed relationship an IUD (short of marriage, it'd be hard to prove anyway), but those women have to know that they are taking a HUGE risk of getting an STD.

Once again:
Pregnancy = options (adoption, etc)
AIDS = dead

Which would you rather have happen to you?