I got the IUD 4 years ago because of fibroids and pain. It helped a lot. I'm hoping to be well into menopause before it gets uninstalled next fall.

My IUD has made my life so much better. The crazy bleeding is gone. The horrific cramps are gone. Even the PMS is gone. I wish it had been suggested earlier in my life.

I hope yours helps you.

My Best to you Consuela

Here's to your soon-to-be-improved health, Consuela!

Here's to the IUD doing its job. May you have quick and effective relief.

My mom and both of my sisters had hysterectomies. I was spared those issues and had an uneventful and early menopause.

I stopped getting a period altogether after I got my IUD, which is fantastic.

I am amused to see that Bitches has become an IUD fanfest all of a sudden.

So hey, I've an appropriate topic for Bitches, namely make-up. It has taken me a few years to come around to forming clear opinions about some of these things -- because I am slow I guess? -- but I've been frustrated with all the facial moisturizers I've tried because they were either too greasy (so I just use them at night) or too light to make a difference. And then whether the 1-2 punch of losing Liz and then ita, or just aging into perimenopause, my face has begun showing it's age in terms or crows feet and such and I find that a good moisturizer is an absolute necessity. I think it was Jilli who mentioned Weleda Skin Food? Anyway I'm finally seconding that rec as it is pretty amazing and actually absorbs and works.

Second firmly formed opinion is on foundation options, and I guess that one has only taken me 6 months or so, so a bit more timely in my decision-making process. For me at least Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer comes out ahead of Smashbox BB cream although I like them both. But the tinted moisturizer gives me more moisturizing and more subtle coverage. The BB cream looks like I'm wearing foundation.

I've had some Tarte BB primer cream stuff, which I've liked, but lately been enjoying a couple samples from Sephora, some kind of watery stuff, which doesn't feel/look so thick though of course is not as covering. But I keep forgetting which color of it works better! If I want more coverage I like the Urban Decay Naked.

Unfortunately as I get older I need more coverage to cover up the redness but if the foundation is too opaque it accentuates my wrinkles and that's also no good. Getting the balance right is key IME. Also key is getting over the fact that I have wrinkles now. I earned them dangit, I should learn how to own them.

All sympathies and ~ma, Consuela. I am sorry that you have to face this decision.

I get that, but I also think there's such a thing as modeling and ways of engaging that aren't confrontational. I admit FB is not my zone for engaging pretty much at all, I tend to leave that to the classroom, but teaching is all about letting students voice their opinions and directing them to resources where they might find the kinds of facts and information that might change their opinions. And then forcing them to analyze all of it. Only really die-hard wrongheadedness usually survives that, but trust me, it can and does. But most of the time, they come away from a paper with a much more developed understanding of things.

I really do love that statement. Thank you.

What helped me and my friends survive comments on social media was the development of The Capybara Protocol. Which is, whenever one of us reads a really nasty comment, they have to post a picture of a capybara and tag me on it. The other day, a friend brought up (shocked, I have a add) Psalms 137, 7-9. Long story short, I think God owes me at least one good picture of a capybara.