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The Future has arrived
ackblom12:
IUDs have had a really bad rap for close to 30 years now because of a poorly done study in the 80's. It's been disproven several times over in the last 15 years, but there's still a lot of disinformation that's had a lot of trouble getting dislodged from the medical community which is why it's something that almost never brought up as an option to women.
nekowafer:
If you get the copper IUD it means no hormones which is really amazingly awesome. I only wish my insurance would have paid for it when I needed it.
Papersatan:
I think one of the reasons IUDs are not covered in sex ed classes, is that a part of the misinformation from the 80s is that they are only suitable for women who have had a baby.
My patient insert for my Merina still says that it is recommended for women who have had a previous pregnancy, but newer studies show that it is just as effective in women who have never been pregnant.
pwhodges:
I don't think it's anything to do with effectiveness, but that they are easier to fit if your cervix has previously been dilated - that's what's popping into my mind, anyway.
My first wife had one for a while; the thread that's left to help with removal used to tickle me sometimes.
nekowafer:
Dilation is the reason you're supposed to have it inserted during your period - so the opening is wide enough to insert it without much pain. But it is possible to dilate the cervix with drugs, temporarily, so that is not such a big issue.
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