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Let's talk permanent birth control
Although dh and I are planning on not having anymore kids, we have done nothing to prevent pregnancy except for being careful. This has always been our form of bc since I have had issues taking the pill or wearing the patch. Dh has volunteered to get snipped which I am fine with, but a couple of my friends have gotten Essure and rave about it. My doctor suggested that I get one of the 5 year or 10 year bc (like Mirena) if neither one of us wants to have surgery/Essure. So, out of curiosity to those of you whose families are complete, what form of bc did you choose? Thanks!
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Re: Let's talk permanent birth control
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My husband had a vasectomy. The procedure literally took 20 minutes from start to finish and he was back on his feet in a day. He's had no complications and we got a complete clear from his doctor within two months after the surgery. He had it done in office and all we paid was the $15 co-pay. Seriously.
Doctor's instructions were 24-48 hours with feet up. No picking up kids within that window, and 7-10 days before he could get back to strenuous physical activity and "physical activity." The whole process was incredibly pain-free for me. Can't recommend it enough.
Isn't a tubal enough? Do you need to go on birth control too?
DD- 9
DS-6
c/p- April 2016
missed m/c- 6w5d; discovered 8w2d- September 2016
I had the paraguard IUD after Emma and while it was an effective form of bc I did have a lot of issues with my cycle; very irregular periods, heavy bleeding, painful cramps, etc. I don't think the IUD had anything to do with it, my periods are just bad.
I got the Mirena after Tess and once I stopped the initial spotting I don't have a period anymore except for maybe 1 day every year. Recently though I started looking into what I thought were totally unrelated symptoms and learned that it could be related to my Mirena.
Mine is due to come out soon anyway so I'm looking into options. Since I have history of bad cycles I'm hoping to find something to deal with that along with birth control.
For those of you that have husbands that did it. Do you have to wait a yr before it is 100 bc? Or before then? Did you use back up?
One of us will be getting "fixed" after the twins are born. If I end up with a c/s, they'll tie my tubes while they're in there... otherwise DH is getting a vasectomy.
I had the mirena for 2 years between Caroline and Smith, and I loved it. When I had it removed, I had a crazy long (like 6 week) period... but other than that, it was fine, and I'd probably get one again if we weren't getting permanent bc.
We used back-up until he got his "clear." We got the clear about two months after the procedure (which they said was typical). Your DH would go back about 6 weeks after the surgery for a sperm check and then every month after that. If he gets two clear samples in a row, you're good to go.