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

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

1. Totally possible! I would bring it up with your primary care provider if you haven't yet -- they may be totally on board with it (mine was, even though I'm also nulliparous).

2. I would talk with your doctor. It seems like it's more and more common for health care providers to be aware that IUDs can be a good option for people who haven't given birth, so you may not even have to do any convincing! If they're not sold on the idea, Planned Parenthood is a good backup option. If you'll be using health insurance to cover some/all of the cost, I'd also call your insurance provider to make sure you've got all of that squared away too.

3. It varies so much that unfortunately it's pretty impossible to predict one person's experience with Implanon (or any contraceptive, really) based on others'. And unfortunately, the "try it and see!" approach, which works relatively well with oral contraceptives, is a little trickier with something like Implanon, where you can't stop taking it quite as easily.

And as others have said, Essure may still be an option for you -- it might be trickier to find a supportive health care provider, but they are out there. We have some tagged entries about members' experiences with Essure here (http://vaginapagina.livejournal.com/tag/essure-sterilization-procedure), if you're curious.

Also, I did just want to mention that not all of us here identify as women (http://vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=VaginaPagina_FAQ#Is_VP_for_women_only.3F), but that doesn't mean we're not all here to help, and in order to avoid making anyone feel left out or unwelcome, we've been trying to use more inclusive terms when referring to VPers as a whole. You can read more about that here (http://community.livejournal.com/contact_vp/tag/language).

And finally, this is mostly OT, but the dog in your icon is making me go all melty over here. What a sweet face!

[jadenfox.livejournal.com]

sorry my computer wouldnt let me edit until today!

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

No worries! Thank you for the edit, and happy new year! :)

[jadenfox.livejournal.com]

Thats my oldest cuddle dog. Hes a great little man!

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

He is so darn cute! He looks like he's about to hop into the lap of the person taking the picture.