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Damn you, Depo

Marsupial1022Marsupial1022
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I opted to take the Depo shot instead of the mini pill because I just didn't want to bother having to remember taking a pill every day while dealing with a newborn, plus I EBF. I've had the injection twice, and OMG...the weight gain! I am FOURTY pounds above my pre-pregnancy weight! Fourty freakin' pounds! I only gained twenty while pregnant! I have never been this big in my entire life, and no matter how much I work out or how well I eat, the weight just isn't going anywhere.

SO...FREAKIN'...FRUSTRATED...

Now that my husband has this new job and we have medical insurance, I think I'm going for a non-hormonal IUD. For those of you who took Depo, how long after stopping the injections did the weight start coming off? And any recommendations for a non-hormonal IUD?

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Re: Damn you, Depo

  • dan1rkdan1rk
    I just got the Paraguard. As far as I know, it's the only non-hormonal IUD.  Most docs will try to talk you into Mirena because it is a low dose of progesterone, but I wanted no hormones.  Anyway, it's great!
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  • thatgirl84thatgirl84

    I despised depo. It gave me a light all-month-long period, and approx. 5 lb gain every month. I didn't get the constant bleeding until the third shot, 'though. If I remember right the OBGYN said there would still be lingering hormones for about a month. I started losing weight right around when I would have been due for another 3 month shot. I immediately switched to ortho tricyclen lo.

    I got Mirena, so I no recs for a non-hormonal IUD :( 

    Good luck!

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  • WundervollWundervoll

    That sucks. I had the depo shot for years, but lost weight on it. I did get pregnant while on it though...

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  • LadyLissameLadyLissame member

    HATEHATEHATE Depo. I gained 30lbs in 6 months while on it. It took 6 months after I stopped to even start losing the weight. I was down to the final 10lbs when I got pregnant.

    Not to mention it changed my personality and made sex downright painful. I had absolutely NO sex drive. Zilch. Nada.

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  • Marsupial1022Marsupial1022
    imageLadyLissame:

    HATEHATEHATE Depo. I gained 30lbs in 6 months while on it. It took 6 months after I stopped to even start losing the weight. I was down to the final 10lbs when I got pregnant.

    Not to mention it changed my personality and made sex downright painful. I had absolutely NO sex drive. Zilch. Nada.

    That's another thing that I've noticed. ZERO sex drive. Some of that may be psychological because of the weight gain, but still...just yuck.

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