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Let's talk birth control!!

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in July 2012 Moms

We have our "magic number two" now and that always meant that my DH and I were done...until I saw my little girl.  Now I'm not so sure.  LOL

The original plan was a vasectomy for him...but now...I plan to ask my OB at the 6 week appt:  "What is the most permanent form of birth control that my insurance will help cover?"  and go from there.  Seems a pretty straightforward question...right?  I do want the *ability* to change our minds and have another...but not for a very long time.  The five-year age gap is a good amount of time to me.  And we're still young, so why not?  What about you ladies? 

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Re: Let's talk birth control!!

  • electricdoctor83electricdoctor83 member

    We are 2 and done...partly by choice, mostly because I am too high risk and I can't imagine going for round 3.  Not to mention I'm terrified of having more miscarriages again and would like to avoid that. 

    DH and I are young still (26 and 28) but we are still planning on him getting a vasectomy done when this little one approaches 1 year old.  I want him to wait a little bit after she's born for the postpartum hormones to chill and we can talk it out and decide that it's 100% what we want to do. 

    Until then it'll have to be condoms,  I can't take oral hormonal BC because of a clotting disorder and I've heard of too many oops babies with a few of the different IUDs.

    So condoms it is and praying we don't get pregnant again.

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  • rak123rak123 member
    I'll be going on the pill until we start trying for baby #2, which will hopefully be in march, 2013. When #2 comes along, if I have a c-section, I'll probably just get my tubes tied then. Otherwise, H will be getting a vasectomy. 

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  • apple_greenapple_green member

    I can't vote because I haven't completely decided! I was thinking an IUD, but since we might want to try in as soon as a year, I don't think I want to do that anymore.

    Possibly the mini pill - but BFing is more important to me than BC so I hope that it would work with my body.

    Condoms are also an option, though if we went that route, sometimes it would likely turn into "if it happens, it happens" - I hate condoms! Like I said, we want #2 fairly close in age, so getting KO again wouldn't be the worst thing...

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  • uppereastgaluppereastgal
    I'm just going to stay pregnant. No need to worry about birth control. #overdueandbitter

    I'm getting an iud. I had one for two years (Paragard) before this sucker invaded my womb. I'll give myself a few weeks to recover before a plastic baby goes back up in there. They're much cheaper than real babies.
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  • apollonia10apollonia10 member
    PCOS makes my life horrible when I'm off BC - it makes me gain weight like crazy, have no ovulation or period, and if I do happen to get pregnant, it makes my progesterone too low to sustain pregnancy unless I take supplements. My OB is confident that the mini-pill won't hurt my BFing and will manage the PCOS.
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  • akbride25akbride25 member
    After our second child we said that we would take permanent precations if we had a third. There was no way we wanted more than three. Once we were pregnant with #3, we realized we weren't 100% sure we were done. I'll be getting an IUD. We figured that in 5 years we'll know if we are done, and then we'll take permanent measures.
                                                                             
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  • Mike_PattiMike_Patti member
    Don't be surprised if your doctor can't answer your question about what is covered by your insurance. It is possible that your doctor might know and might tell you. However, a lot of doctors are hesitant to promise that something is going to be covered by insurance because, well, imagine how mad you'd be at him/her if you get some IUD and then find out that it isn't covered and have to pay $700 out of pocket. I'd recommend contacting the insurance company yourself or your doctor's billing department as they may know better.
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  • zyaszyas member
    Oh boy, this is tough. I would love to have another but DH really only wants one child. If I let him, he would go get a vasectomy right now, however he's only 24 so I convinced him that he should really wait on that. I'm thinking of getting an IUD in the meantime. If we do have another I'd like to wait at least 2 or 3 years. 

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