Oooh! IUD *is* covered under my insurance!! $10 office co-pay is it.
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
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Aims - May 30, 2006 10:27:01 am PDT #6747 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Nora Deirdre - May 30, 2006 10:28:29 am PDT #6748 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
"Well, in cases of women who've not given birth, it can slip out."
Huh, what? Why come?
P.M. Marc - May 30, 2006 10:28:30 am PDT #6749 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So, I don't know if I need a new doctor or what.
Yes.
I think they prefer it if you've already given birth but there's no reason you can't have one despite that.
IIRC, it's easier to insert if you've given birth (esp. if you're freshly post-baby!), but I know my OB/GYN uses the Mirena all the time on nulliparas because it can help with some types of pelvic pain.
Me, too. They're hella expensive, though.
How much is it for you if you're uninsured? (Mine was covered, and therefore insanely cheap. 5 years of BC in a shot for less than a month's worth of pills. I love it.)
Jessica - May 30, 2006 10:29:26 am PDT #6750 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Well, in cases of women who've not given birth, it can slip out."
And she thought this was relevant because...? [eta: DUH, nevermind. I missed the "not" in there. Still an odd thing to say. I mean, so can a NuvaRing.]
P.M. Marc - May 30, 2006 10:30:15 am PDT #6751 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Huh, what? Why come?
Jen can answer the why come, but that is mentioned in the lit for it. Though it's a SMALL chance, and you're supposed to spot check the thing.
Amy - May 30, 2006 10:30:38 am PDT #6752 of 10002
Because books.
How much is it for you if you're uninsured?
I was quoted in the neighborhood of $500, with office visit (I think). Good news is, with Stephen's new job, even if the new insurance doesn't cover it, we can think about doing it in a few months.
esse - May 30, 2006 10:31:19 am PDT #6753 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
And she thought this was relevant because...?
No idea. Boy was it annoying though. Maybe that's something I'll do this summer.
Nora Deirdre - May 30, 2006 10:31:46 am PDT #6754 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
my doctor's thing was, why be exposed to the risks when the Nuva Ring works fine without them? I didn't have an answer to that, then. Now I think I will just tell her that I want the IUD and not back away from it, see what she does. I don't want to have to change doctors again... I'm already on my second one in this practice (it's inhouse at the university)
Trudy Booth - May 30, 2006 10:33:11 am PDT #6755 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
As far as "grow a spine"...
That is really easy to say. And I've probably said it (or come close) myself. It is simplistic and basically unhelpful.
And you HAVE stood up to them. You changed careers, you chose where to live, etc. And its a good thing you've asserted your wishes.
Because even if you DID do every single thing they wanted -- married who and when and where and why you were told and raised the children how they wish and got THEM to be doctors (or whatever), your parents would STILL hold the "don't you love the family??!?!?!?" thing over your head constantly. And they always will. And culture schmulture, it seems a little mean of them.
Steph L. - May 30, 2006 10:33:47 am PDT #6756 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The older I get, and given all the heart disease in my family, the more I'd rather avoid hormonal birth control (I realize there are both hormonal and non-hormonal IUDs), and as I'm going to be 35 in just about 3 weeks (there! I said it! MY BIRTHDAY APPROACHETH!!!), I really need to talk to my OB/GYN about an IUD.