ext_181522 ([identity profile] my-aerie.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] missroserose 2012-02-10 08:36 pm (UTC)

You ever put much thought into non-hormonal birth control--specifically Paragard?

I got tired of managing mood swings and emotional bullshit on birth control. So I said fuck it, and got rid of hormones entirely. I won't pretend I'm 100% sane because of it, but I feel a lot more level than I ever did with hormones. Partly because I've grown up and am more emotionally mature, sure. But also partly because I'm not fucking with the balance my body's pretty good at keeping on its own without me interfering. (If you do go with Paragard, you may have some trouble finding a doc willing to do it, given your lack of children, but it's not a hard requirement to have had a kid before getting it, and there's very little medical justification for that--only a slightly higher risk of it rejecting if you haven't had a kid, but mine's been no problem at all for me)

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