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Ok i might have to come off the combined pill, can't go on the mini pill as it never worked before.
What i want to know is who has experience of any other form of contracetion without the injection ect. Maybe the coil, cap ect. I'm after first hand experience & what it was like.
Ta
And i don't mean condoms.
What i want to know is who has experience of any other form of contracetion without the injection ect. Maybe the coil, cap ect. I'm after first hand experience & what it was like.
Ta
And i don't mean condoms.
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And it should hurt you less as you've had a kid.
Yes. It does hurt like hell, though apparently much less if you've had children. And i love it, it's 99.8% effective, once it's in, it'll last for 5 years and i haven't had a period since last december which is when i had it inserted.
Big thumbs up for the Mirena :thumb:
Without wanting to sound all in detail, i never had James the natural way so i am not erm stretched:o so i am guessing it will hurt me as much?! Ah i dunno.
So how does it work?
Yeah i meant he never actually came out that way so the way in is not stretched lol.
I had a c-section too, one of the midwives said "the baby came out the sun-roof"
hehe yeah. Well at least if James asks if he came out of mummys tumy when hes older i can say yes.
FYI, 2 caesareans = 1 vaginal birth in terms of stretching (and damaging) the birth canal, apparently.
And I'd have thought that it would be the stretching of the uterus whilst pregnant that would be more important than stretching of the vagina. Although I guess the cervix is a grey area. Dunno.
How much it stretched will depend how much less it hurts, but anything is alright :yes:
Oh and it's progesterone only and lasts for 3 years. It goes in the underside of your left arm - I can feel it if I press quite hard but it doesn't show or anything.
The benefits of mirena are that it has a small amount of progestogen in it, which is the same hormone as the mini pill, but its more effective than when taken orally, because its in exactly the right place. This means that you have the contraceptive equivalent of having a normal coil, and the mini pill at the same time, so very very effective. Second only to sterilisation. Other benefits are that it tends to stop periods, which can be very liberating, and it can be left in place for up to 5 years. So, for a bit of pain during insertion, you dont even have to think about contraception for 5 years, although no protection from STDs.
I Have the copper coil, which has the benefits of being a long term contraceptive, but its non hormonal. I chose it because I didnt like the pill, as it tends to make me put on weight (as did the mirena a bit) I also felt like it flattened my moods. With the coil, im my natural self. It doesnt stop periods though, if anything Ive noticed them lasting about a day longer than they used to, but thats the only side effect ive noticed. Im now a 5 day girl instead of a 4 day! no biggie.
You may have to blame something else.
It may not be the same for everybody, and of course what im saying is purely anecdotal, but it was true for me