birth control questions

[jadenfox.livejournal.com]

Ok so my computer for some strange reason isnt letting me look through the links you fine people have provided, so I am asking my questions here.

I am 30...yep.  I am engaged to be married to a wonderful man whom I have been with for 7 years.  We use my hormonal birthcontrol pill as our only protection.  It is alesse 28 (also known as aviane/lutera).  I have been on this pill for 15 years. Never have had an issue, and we are both std free ect.

I may have had a chemical type pregnancy in my teens, but nothing else, and am a SA survivior. 

My questions are as follows:

first of all-- My hubby-to-be and I dont want children.  Not for us. We have dogs :)... so:

1.  I want mirena.  Having never had kids, is it even possible? 
2. about mirena, any advice on how to get it? Planned parenthood? trying to get my doc to agree?
3. Implanon- good? bad? ugly?

I am allergic to nickle, so no copper IUD, and no one is going to implant essure without me having kids, so I am looking for long term options that someone will give me!!

Thanks!!

*ETA changed my intro to be more appropriate, and to add that I never intended to offend, I honestly didnt even really think about it, but you all are right, and I need to be more careful! 

Comments

[archangelbeth]

1: As said, yes. Some doctors -- especially ones who are not experienced with insertion of IUDs -- think that your uterus will not be big enough if you haven't had a pregnancy to stretch it out. (Statistically, "parous" (have-been-pregnant) uteruses are more likely to be big enough. But plenty of nulliparous (no-pregnancies) uteruses are big enough as well.) It is possible that your uterus will be too small to have an additional IUD resident, but they can't really tell without "sounding" it with a special rod, generally just prior to insertion.

2: Start with your doctor, I'd say. IUDs have a low risk of complications if you have no vaginal infections (e.g., BV) during insertion, and if the doctor has a decent idea of what he/she is doing. If you get no joy from your doctor, consider finding another one -- but PP would be a good place to try while you're looking.

3: Like any hormonal birth control, this is great, okay, or lousy depending on your personal biochemistry and how it interacts with the synthetic hormones. (Same for Mirena, actually.)

4: Has your betrothed considered a vasectomy? Those are often much easier for penis-owners to get than permanent sterilization methods are for uterus-owners.

Good luck!

[archangelbeth]

(PS: one of your dogs in the icon? Such soulful eyes! Lovely markings, too.)

[jadenfox.livejournal.com]

yeah, thats my oldest boy Clyde. Hes a great dog (whippet)

[jadenfox.livejournal.com]

we are considering the vasectomy route too, he is 37 and most docs will do it at his age. I originally wanted mirena because the hormones will help with my horrible periods like my pill- but heard about essure and was all "heck yeah!"