Jaime, Sorry, not trying to be antagonistic, just raise questions. I live in LA, where I know people who script reality shows. Susan Boyle's performance on Britain's Got Talent is not a transparent event, but one carefully controlled and dosed (posted to Who Cares If Susan Boyle Got a Makeover?)
Damns. HALLELUJAH and major PROPS to the women who made this video. SO true. SO painful. SO alienating. So many of us are looking to join a powerful anti-capitalist global movement, but (in my experience) the contemporary anarchist movement is (posted to Anarcha-feminists speak out)
Cautious story: I had the Mirena for 2 years. I loved it - insertion was as minor as an ear piercing, my periods stopped, I didn't have the daily pill regimen to worry about. Then I had a major pelvic (posted to All about IUDs (and why your doctor may refuse you one) )
I hated hormones! I tried several different formulations of the pill, and they all affected me way too much. So, I switched to Paragard. Nobody recommended it to me, I just took the initiative, researched it, and asked for it. (posted to All about IUDs (and why your doctor may refuse you one) )
Wow, there are a ton of comments here, and I can only claim to have gotten halfway through... but I wanted to offer my story as well. I've found that every birth control method affects people differently. Like other women (posted to All about IUDs (and why your doctor may refuse you one) )
Although I am not a doctor or nurse, I have worked as a health educator doing contraception counseling at a university health center. My understanding is that yes -- the IUD will increase your risk of getting an STI for (posted to All about IUDs (and why your doctor may refuse you one) )
I love love LOVE my IUD! I try to preach the wonders of the "Magic T" as I call it to anyone who will listen. No pills, no worrying if I don't take it at exactly the same time every (posted to All about IUDs (and why your doctor may refuse you one) )
