Contraception: The Poll

yeah i don't have a problem calling what RU-486 causes an abortion

Yeah I mean, I don't even really see how there is room for debate here. If a confirmed pregnant woman elects terminate a pregnancy by medical abortion rather than surgery that's still an abortion.

err should have read elects "to" terminate

yeah sorry john youre not making any sense

i think maybe you are confusing ru-486 (which is not called this anymore, it is called mifeprex and terminates or "aborts" a confirmed pregnancy) with the morning after pill?

also, medically, a miscarriage is an abortion. it is called a spontaneous abortion. a surgical abortion is a therapeutic abortion, and an abortion via mifeprex is a medical or nonsurgical abortion (ime)

yeah you guys're right, I'm just leery of describing the preventing of implantation as "abortion"

it doesnt prevent implantation john

sorry to call you by your real name, shit is not heated

implantation occurs with 72 hours. mifeprex can be used up to 7 weeks of pregnancy

it's ok rox this would not be the first time I am wrong about something!

what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no way

it is embarrassing tho to be wrong on medical stuff way back in the day it was the one thing I was usually never wrong about

we all make mistakes

(thread is full circle)

uh oh did you make a mistake a few days ago or

withdrawal (lol) - for reals

if you read one or two posts before "we all make mistakes" you will see that i am referring to john

withdrawal (lol) - for reals

Been there, totally. Jizzing all over someone else tends to lose its charm (what little it has, tbh) when you're doing so only for contraceptive purposes. There's an element of justifiable anxiety in every ejaculation.

Girlfriend says she was a 34B pre-Mirena (which she got a couple of months before we met), now a 34D - no other weight gain. Possibly the most awesome contraceptive side effect ever, aside from no babies.

anything is possible, I suppose, but since there's no estrogen in Mirena, this seems unlikely.

Yeah was thinking the same.

yes is your gf entering puberty or

lol

Third try was the charm! And I have a tilted uterus apparently.

Cramping SO HARD RIGHT NOW going to bed.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

:-)

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Been there, totally. Jizzing all over someone else redacted
― kenan, Friday, July 2, 2010 4:22 PM (2 months ago)

You wanna start some shit? Wait, don't answer that.

Aw man, you know I'm playin.

YAY LAUREL!!!

What kind did you get? If it's a ParaGard the cramps will be awful for the fist 6 months or so but it gets better. My advice is to invest in some maximum strength painkillers and stick with it! :D

Don't make me have to come back there and separate you two.

I don't know if I've posted this yet. but one of the other students had been using withdrawal as his only contraceptive method for the entire time he had been married--about two years. There was also someone who had been using the rhythm method as her only form of contraception for the five years she had been married. The rhythm method, not the basal temperature method. In 2009. Not for religious or medical reasons, but just because. (Both of these people were under 25, BTW.)

Aw man, you know I'm playin.

Of course! And I'm making poop jokes. The universe remains in balance.

Para! I never had cramps before, or not memorable ones, so I thought, how bad could a little cramping be? But they're still going....

Para! I never had cramps before, or not memorable ones, so I thought, how bad could a little cramping be? But they're still going....

Are you feeling any better now?

Better this morning! Not symptom-free, but better. :) Man, NO WONDER people don't like getting their periods if this is what it feels like!

Yeah, I have a Para too and rarely had cramps before insertion. The first couple days of each period for the six months following insertion were pretty awful. A lot of ppl get fed up during that time and get them removed but after six months it gets a lot better. Just make sure you are prepared and have your painkillers of choice on hand during those times. I've had mine for 4 + years now and my periods are like they were pre-IUD.

J. has a hot water bottle that she wraps up in blankets and whatnot and puts on her tum-tum, and that seems to help a good bit. So, maybe focused heat? I mean, I guess, maybe next time. She could tell you a lot more about cramps than I could, though.

Obviously.

There's disposable hot packs made for wearing on your lower belly for cramps, BTW. I've never gotten cramps, but I do get a mild backache.

"Tum tum" is a horrible thing to say.

It was meant as a compliment to "whatnot" more than anything else. I don't think I've ever said it out loud, and won't anytime in the foreseeable future.

Heat on my stomach makes me feel sick, it always has. I'd prefer an ice pack tbh but I think that makes muscle problems worse! Will prob just tough it out with painkillers, off to find some Advil....

The numbing effects of ice wouldn't penetrate far enough into your body to do any good.

It was meant as a compliment to "whatnot" more than anything else. I don't think I've ever said it out loud, and won't anytime in the foreseeable future.

I appreciate that.

maybe try naproxen (sp?) - the NZ equivalent is naprogesic, which i used to take and was the only thing that ever helped with my severe cramping (which on a couple of occasions was so bad i almost fainted). it's some kind of muscle relaxant.

nowadays i pretty much never get cramps but i get awful terrible lower back pain almost every time.

Naproxen is sold under the brand name Aleve here.

My pain is less of a pain and more of a presence--I feel two long ovals embedded on either side of my coccyx.

we love you Kenan, but "use a heating pad/hot pack" is menstruation 101.
I have a Mirena and no cramps.

lol Kate.

I never took menstruation 101! And Laurel said she'd never had cramps before.