Contraception

I am torn between wanting another child but also am very happy with my two & the connection they have.

Soooo am tossing up an IUD again or the injection thing that lasts ages basically so I know there is no point in getting clucky.

My question is...did it hurt going in? I'm a wuss with needles & I build it up way too much.

Also, can I use it while I'm BFing? Actually what is it's name & I'll google the Fact sheet!



Edited by AandCsmum

Nope not the Mirena IUD. I'd get the cheapy Copper one

The injection/implant in your arm.

Kel do you mean the injection you need to get every 3 months or the implant that's in for (I think) 5years? Isn't that one Implanon?

I was on Depo (injection) for about a year while I was at uni. I put on about 10kg while I was on it which was a LOT for me at the time. Didn't take too long for AF to come back when I went off it.

the implant thing is called jadelle there is info on it here

i am also wanting one of these two options, i had the iud for a few years, the first one i had i got pregnant with so after that pregnancy ended i got another one put in. My periods were pretty heavy with it in and in the end they were getting quite sore so i had it removed and got pregnant 1 or 2 months after.

ETA: it says this on that site i linked to regarding breastfeeding
:JADELLE and Breast-feeding

If you are breast-feeding and want to use JADELLE implants, you should discuss this with your doctor. Small amounts of levonorgestrel (the hormone in JADELLE implants) will be excreted in breast milk. Studies have not shown any significant effects on the growth or other development of breast-fed babies whose mothers used other levonorgestrel implants from the sixth week after childbirth. There is no experience of the use of levonorgestrel in nursing mothers at an earlier stage during breast-feeding.:

Edited by GonnaBeAMum

lol trish we both posted that link at the same time

They don't always hurt - I didn't have any pain at all with the IUD going in, barely felt a thing.

I had an IUD put in 10 weeks post partum with no numbing (they didn't even mention it as an option) it was bit crampy as they need to open the cervix a little bit but on the whole it wasn't that much worse than a smear, just took a bit longer to do. I certainly wouldn't say it was painful to have it done.

Yeah I know that the IUD doesn't hurt, mine went in easy peasy at 6 weeks & then out again easy peasy at 12 weeks but I'm not sure if i want to go through all of that again.

Hmmm I think Tania linked what I'm thinking of but seeing that it does do that with BFing I might give that a miss.

Maybe I should just have a baby

So I guess I'm asking if anyone had the implant? Did it hurt? & I guess you are stuck with it for 5 years or can it be removed?

I didn't have anything cut when I had mine in (well not that I am aware of). I had mine put in under a general so didn't know what was going on. I know I had my cervix dilated a bit to have a good clean out again when I had mine put in.

No cutting here either!! It was a wee bit crampy when they dilated my cervix, but mainly because of the scar tissue I have from previous surgery on it. They say to get it when you have your AF, but of course after you have a baby there's no guaranteeing when it will turn up, so they just do it.