For almost a year I have been the proud owner of an IUD. And mostly things are great. Mostly. There are still times where I can feel the sucker in a very uncomfortable manner. But those times are less and less frequent as time passes. Almost all of the time I don’t notice a thing. My periods arent’ gone, but they are less. Sort of. I wish they were gone all the way.
Over the year I have recommended an IUD to many friends and family. All in all, I really like mine. I don’t need it for birth control so I can’t comment on how wonderful that aspect of it is. I do have an abnormal bleed issue and it has helped tremendously in that regard.
When I was younger I never considered an IUD as an option for birth control. Mostly because the whole idea of an IUD was sort of creepy. Always the image of a baby with a wire thing growing in its skull. Yuck. I asked for the pill. And the pill is what I got. Being a bit older, and done having babies, I didn’t really seriously consider the pill as an option for myself. I didn’t want to be bothered by one more thing I had to add to my already jam-packed mommy schedule, even if it was just popping a tiny pill. And honestly, I am happy with my choice. This puppy can last me another four years and it is doing its job at keeping me from bleeding to death (or at least that’s what I imagined was happening to me last winter). Without this wonderful little contraction my life would not be the same. A partial hysterectomy was looming in my future. Now though, I see clear skiies and happy sailing ahead. No surgery necessary. Thank you IUD.
