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

[x-hypatia-x.livejournal.com]

I got Essure when I was...27, I think? And we did not have children. I called clinics within a four-hour radius until I found someone who did not have a specific policy like "No sterilization unless you're over 40 or have had three children," then scheduled an appointment and went in. I mean, if you'd prefer something long-term but temporary, then I'd probably go the same route in calling doctors' offices and asking about their policies with regard to Mirena.

Note: I dunno if there's a specific reason you're not considering vasectomy, but if there isn't, vasectomy is a hell of a lot cheaper usually and is a pretty fast-and-easy procedure, from what I've been told and witnessed. (I'm polyamorous and both of my partners have vasectomies and I had the Essure procedure.)

(Also, I noticed you apologized for the assumption everyone here is a woman; I'm sure you didn't/don't intend to offend anyone, and it's often more a question of acknowledging all of the members of VP than of offense, anyway. I was wondering, though, whether it'd be possible for you to edit your post to switch to "people" instead? Not a moderator or anything here, just wanted to suggest a possible way to avoid seeming to exclude people, however unintentionally.)

[jadenfox.livejournal.com]

Done! my comp was acting up and I couldnt edit for some reason, but its working now. I really never ment to be in any way shape or form to offend or mis identify or make anyone uncomfy...

[x-hypatia-x.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you didn't! I thought maybe it hadn't occurred to you to edit, so I was suggesting, but now it's all good.

And d'oh, I didn't realize Essure had nickel, or at least, I spaced out on it, even though they gave me a little card to give to health care providers if I have to get an MRI or something. Suck. While the procedure was not fun, I've otherwise been really happy with it. If you do want any info or want to discuss vasectomies, I'd be happy to share, even though it's not technically about vaginas. :) Otherwise, I'd still go with calling ob/gyns before scheduling an appointment to make sure they're not going to be hostile to the idea of providing a nulliparous woman an IUD; Planned Parenthood seems to be more willing than other providers to do that.

(Your dog is adorable!)