With my postpartum check up right around the corner, birth control has been on my mind a lot lately. For one thing, if I got pregnant again in the near future, you might have to have me committed. I love my kids, but two of them is enough right now.
I started this post a couple of days ago, and I had my postpartum check up yesterday. I had decided to get an IUD which is great except my insurance won't pay for one.
I really was looking to get away from hormones because my mom had a blood clot in her early 30s.
This is where I get frustrated. My insurance will pay for the pill, pay for my stroke after I spend too much time on the pill, pay for me to have another baby, AND pay for me to be committed after I have another baby, but they won't just pay for me to have the dang IUD.
So ladies, if you've had an IUD, was it worth it? Tell me the truth, I can handle it!
For what it's worth, we're looking at leaving it in at least 3 but more like 4 years, so that averages to $20-$30/month.
I've been looking at getting an IUD too, but I just got off NuvaRing. It was different-- I liked the convenience of it, but husband didn't love it so much. Sometimes he didn't notice it, and sometimes he did. I've read you can remove it for up to 3 hours, if you want to, but I just always felt like it was so risky! Haha! I don't know if that's an option for you, but it was a good middle-man for me. A girl I went to school with just had her 2nd IUD--it moved and got stuck. She had to have it surgically removed, but she was okay. Just makes me nervous hearing things like that!
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♥Nicole
Thank you for your input. My insurance will only pay for oral contraceptives, which I don't feel like are a good choice for me right now. I would have to pay out of pocket for the nuvaring or an IUD so I'm really leaning towards the IUD. Thank you again for your input.
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