Blogosaurus Vex

June 1st, 2009

Two things of note today.  One, I saw a bumper sticker that said this:

JESUSA: My faith, my loyalty.

That… kind of freaks me out.  I didn’t notice where the plates were from but wouldn’t it be weird if they were Canadian?

And two, I have consulted with my family doctor and I think I am going to get an IUD.  There’s a variant with progesterone which – I shit you not! – is more effective than a tubal ligation.  Srsly!  I am blown away.  But apparently this is because in addition to preventing implantation is actually prevents ovulation in the first place, so you are super secure from a babies perspective, yet it is totally reversible,  AND!  This is the best part: for most women, after three to six months, you stop menstruating all together.  (Should that be “altogether”?)

I have had this experience before.  Many years ago I was on an injectible birth control called depo-provera which was handy because you get the shot once every three months, but not handy in that I ballooned in weight and lost my interest in sex and would cry at the drop of a hat.  For example, the Royale toilet paper commercials?  With the fluffy white kittens?  Serious waterworks.  And long distance phone plan commercials… oh man.  I cried like a baby.  But no period.  Which was soooo awesome.  Turns out it wasn’t worth it.

Aside: at the time I had a number of women tell me they wouldn’t want to forgo their periods because it was an intrinsic part of being a woman, something distinctly female and a part of the woman-experience.  I… do not get this.  I can’t speak for anyone else but I really dislike the experience.  It’s uncomfortable ranging to painful, it’s gross, it requires expensive outlay for, um, management products… why on earth would I want to keep it?  Or, why would I be sad that a side effect of a treatment I want is cessation?  Frankly it’s the sort of thing you should throw a party over, not be sad about.  IMO.

So I have a referral to a gynecologist.  I am worried it will be painful to place.  Does anyone have experience with this?

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