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Jan 2010
11:06pm, 19 Jan 2010
1,164 posts
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mar
I'm on my 2nd Mirena coil now, and echo Chromy's view,,no periods for over 10 yrs now, no monthly mood swings, no achy boobies , and to top it all no additional kids over the ones we have 
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Jan 2010
11:24pm, 19 Jan 2010
10,870 posts
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Princess Purple Bubbles
Im currently on depot-no periods....not necessarily for anti-baby purposes but more to control mood swings/seizures however been on depot for about 5years without a break now...Im 30...would perhaps like kids.....can't take the pill (epilepsy meds!) however know it will take a while for body to kick back to normal should I want kids....just wondering what other options are open...considered the implant but would this kick back to normal more quickly then being on constant depot and would it help control some of the hormonal/mood/seizure issues as well as depot....
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Jan 2010
12:42am, 20 Jan 2010
386 posts
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More of a Tortoise
i can't answer your question PPB, but isn't it interesting that depo helps control your fits - do you know how that works? I'm intrigued
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Jan 2010
6:56am, 20 Jan 2010
265 posts
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smackie
PPB - I've no idea how the implant would affect mood issues or how it would interact with your epilepsy medicines, but levels of the hormones drop from the day it's taken out, so it would get back to normal much more quickly than depot - about the same length of time as taking the pill.
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Jan 2010
7:48am, 20 Jan 2010
3,193 posts
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Meglet
Think Mirena is a fairly rapid return to normal once it's removed. Several of my friends have got pregnant having had it removed.
I've had Mirena for 8 years, no periods since the last one before I was pregnant! And it's best fitted about 8weeks after birth and safe for breastfeeding. The worst thing was when it was changed. I imagine having it fitted could be painful if you haven't had a baby but didn't know day case was available.
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Mar 2010
1:55am, 13 Mar 2010
124 posts
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B-Lass
ive had the depo injection on off since i was 18! im now 22 and have refused to have it for the last year.. and im only just back to a regular monthly cycle... a friend of mine has been off it 3 years and is struggling to concieve child 2, when no problems with first... i personally cannot imagine a future without having kids of my own! so decided i didnt want to have anything that would mess with my fertility and decided a year ago or so that if i dont want kids, a) dont have sex or if i do, b) just use a condom and after that, whats meant to be will be. but everyonbe has different opinions.
When teaching in secondary school on a placement it angered me hearing 15yr old girls saying ooo im on the injection cos i dont like using condoms! just wanted to grab their heads and shake them!! a) your 15, b) its not an alternative... u should be using both! lol grrr i feel so old having this opinion but it angers me! how silly are they? and the government is apprently teaching sex ed in early primary school to better educate people! (birds and bees talk with year 3 was HORRID!!! - 7/8yrs old! )
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Mar 2010
1:55am, 13 Mar 2010
125 posts
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B-Lass
sorry for rant and a bit off topic! end up typing away and ranting and forgetting how off track ive gone!
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Mar 2010
8:12am, 13 Mar 2010
10,474 posts
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Velociraptor
It's important, though, and I doubt whether any of the teenage girls I talk to about double protection actually bother with the condoms. Especially the ones who are putting it about and are most at risk of infection.
My current challenge is an 18-year-old girl who doesn't want hormonal contraception or a coil, has a genetic reason not to have children and would be a rubbish mother anyway, and wants to find a gynaecologist who will tie her tubes.
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Mar 2010
8:23am, 13 Mar 2010
8,938 posts
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Chromey
Ooh tricky.
Bet she manages to find one though. My ex sister in law had it done ages 24 I can't believe she was able to talk someone into doing it not even a year after losing twins. Mind you, she'd have made a rubbish mother too, but her husband would have been a great Dad.
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Mar 2010
8:31am, 13 Mar 2010
10,475 posts
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Velociraptor
We're struggling. I used to know a gynaecologist who would sterilise anyone provided they accepted the implications of the op, and he had a personal spat with the inventor of the most commonly-used clips so he removed the entire tube. But he's worm-fodder now.
And TBH, I agree with the gynaecologists who have said no.
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