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Skywriter posted:ThePeacock, have you tried Planned Parenthood? The one in my city's phone number isn't in service, and nor is the website...I'll drive by next time I'm in that area, but I'm doubting it exists anymore. 
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Jul 27, 2011 01:19
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The Peacock posted:The one in my city's phone number isn't in service, and nor is the website...I'll drive by next time I'm in that area, but I'm doubting it exists anymore. Usually there are multiple PP locations within bigger cities. You might have to drive further, but it's worth calling them and seeing what they have to say. I'm assuming you put your zip into PP's locater thing on their official site? VV aw I was afraid of something like that. I don't know much about free clinic services outside of the US.
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Jul 27, 2011 03:31
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I live in Canada, and the next closest one for me would be in Toronto...I live about 300 km away at least.
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Jul 27, 2011 03:37
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The Peacock posted:I live in Canada, and the next closest one for me would be in Toronto...I live about 300 km away at least. 300K in which direction? If you live near Windsor, I can tell you which OB/GYN to ask for a referall to.
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Jul 27, 2011 03:54
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Fanky Malloons posted:300K in which direction? If you live near Windsor, I can tell you which OB/GYN to ask for a referall to. I'm actually in Windsor, please let me know which one! 
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Jul 27, 2011 13:04
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The Peacock posted:I'm actually in Windsor, please let me know which one! OMGGGG. That explains why the PP probably doesn't exist anymore - disappearing into thin air is how businesses roll here. Anyway, Dr. Bourke at South Walkerville Medical Centre did mine. Did you say that you don't have insurance? Because I'm pretty sure OHIP won't cover it, meaning you'll have to pay the 400-ish bucks for the IUD itself (if you go with the Mirena, I don't know how much the Paragard costs). I don't have PMs, but if you want to ask me anything about it I can give you my AIM or email or whatever
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Jul 27, 2011 14:11
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Yeah, I'll definitely take your email My BF is probably going to be getting insurance soon through his new job, so I'll be able to get coverage that way. Either way, I'll pay or not.
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Jul 27, 2011 14:18
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The Peacock posted:Yeah, I'll definitely take your email Cool, my email is edited out  - ask away!
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Jul 27, 2011 19:40
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Fanky Malloons posted:Did you say that you don't have insurance? Because I'm pretty sure OHIP won't cover it, meaning you'll have to pay the 400-ish bucks for the IUD itself (if you go with the Mirena, I don't know how much the Paragard costs). I have a copper IUD, but it's a Flexi-T (http://www.trimedic-inc.com/about_flexi-t_iud.html). I paid out of pocket for mine and it was $75. I'm in Nova Scotia so I can't see that making much of a difference in the cost!
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Jul 28, 2011 00:45
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I'm in Canada and I paid 60.00 for my Paraguard at the sexual health clinic. It was more for the Mirena (Somewhere around 200 I think), but I was trying to get away from hormones so it worked out for me just fine. I'm guessing that OHIP is willing to pay more for the Paraguard than the Mirena...?
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Jul 28, 2011 02:36
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I'm in New Brunswick and I paid $120 for my Nova-T copper IUD when I picked it up from the pharmacy. (Insertion at my family doctor was covered, it was just the IUD itself I had to pay for) I didn't ask about the hormonal IUD, so I don't know the price there.
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Jul 28, 2011 15:39
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SilverSliver posted:I'm guessing that OHIP is willing to pay more for the Paraguard than the Mirena...? Maybe, though I'm not sure why. I don't know how much OHIP would cover because I have insurance through school that covers 80% anyway, so I only ended up paying around $75 for my Mirena.
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Reporting in on getting my Paragard yesterday afternoon. The insertion went really well, and I'm happy so far with my decision (although I've had it for less than 24 hours). I'm 28, was on hormonal bc for 10 years, no pregnancies. I was on my period when it was inserted. The worst cramps came when she was measuring my uterus, but I think I only moaned once. I had taken 800 mg of ibuprofen about an hour before insertion, and I haven't taken anything since then. I had some mild cramping last night, which improved after I took a long walk. This morning I've had an occasional very mild cramp. I had some minor bleeding insertion, and seem to have returned to normal, light, birth-control-like bleeding. I hope everything continues to go so well.
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Jul 29, 2011 13:22
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Moms Stuffing posted:Forgive me if this has been covered, but this is a very huge thread. Do any of you have experience with Gianvi? I just started it, not for pregnancy prevention, but because I'm missing most of my pituitary gland and don't produce estrogen or ovulate, and I feel like garbage. I've only been on it for 2.5 weeks, but I already got my period, feel really fatigued all the time, have diarrhea and stomach cramping, mild nausea, and have been a loving crabby rear end bitch. This sucks. I know this is a few days late, but my ex-gf's doctor switched her from Yaz to Gianvi for price reasons, without asking her. Basically, it made her feel like poo poo, have cramps, and it made her pretty much hate me. She switched the next month back to Yaz, and it was all good. I've literally not read a single good review about Gianvi on the internet - they're all absolutely scathing and terrible, and, at least in my experience, they're absolutely right. SgtScruffy fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Jul 29, 2011 |
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Jul 29, 2011 14:07
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I've been doing a terrible job of taking my birth control pills on time, and I've gone through the patch and the NuvaRing. Implanon and the copper IUD both make me feel squeamish, but I'm thinking that my best birth control method involves one or the other. The only reason I've been hanging onto hormonal birth control is because it gets rid of acne for me. However, I know I could just suck it up and get a prescription for something actually specifically intended for acne. I'm more interested in the copper IUD (I can't do the hormonal one approved in the US due to my breast cancer family risk) than Implanon, but I'm single and never had any children and worried about it rejecting and all of that. Is there a good site about IUDs and overcoming my fears of having one stuffed into my cervix?
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Jul 30, 2011 06:50
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samizdat posted:(I can't do the hormonal one approved in the US due to my breast cancer family risk) This doesn't make sense. The only reason a Mirena is contraindicated with breast cancer is because of the hormones, which you are currently getting at MUCH higher doses from the pill. If you can have the pill there should not be anything preventing you from having the Mirena. Am I missing something here? If you want IUD info check out the IUD_divas group on livejournal.
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Jul 30, 2011 07:24
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Ceridwen is right, unless you currently have breast cancer or have had it, Mirena is still an option for you. The same holds true for every single other hormonal birth control too.
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Jul 30, 2011 13:29
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I have a family history of breast cancer and I'm happily on Implanon, for what it's worth. I think you should definitely consider it still. Insertion of the implant was quick, and relatively painless, and it's reduced my period to (cramp-free) light spotting that happens maybe every other month. I love it to bits
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Jul 30, 2011 18:21
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Implanon has given me whackadoo bleeding but I still love it to bits because I don't have to worry about anything for three years.
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Jul 30, 2011 23:25
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Trip report: Got my paragard removed yesterday and getting the speculum "opened" was more painful. The doctor told me I'd feel a cramp when she pulled it out but I didn't even feel that. I was all over in 1 minute and I went right back to work and was 100% fine. I'm still stunned at how easy/painless it was considering how horrific it was to get inserted.
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Jul 31, 2011 07:09
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My girlfriend started taking the Alesse contraceptive pill 8 days ago and has experienced crippling abdominal pain twice since taking it. She describes the pain as a "very bad stomach cramp/ache that doesn't go away for hours, only intensifies and gradually subdues". She took her first pill the night of getting the prescription at 8:55 PM. Roughly 24 hours later, as we were eating Thai food, she came down with a debilitating illness directly after taking the pill. She did not show signs of food poisoning, but more along the lines of severe bloating (at least that's what I think). Tonight, 7 days later, she has experienced the same symptoms as she did that night. I feel like her doctor, a Planned Parenthood physician, didn't properly express what side effects she could expect, and I believe that she is most likely inept in her line of work, or simply doesn't care. My girlfriend told the doctor that she smokes and drinks, yet the physician didn't seem too concerned about it even though those vices have crazy chances of inducing stroke/heart attack whilst on the pill. I've looked online, as well as read her prescription fine text several times, and have not noticed anything near as to what stomach symptoms she is feeling. I'm trying to convince her to stop taking the pill, but it seems like she wishes to continue due to me not liking condoms, which makes me feel insanely guilty. Is this a common side effect? Could it be damaging her? I am need of help here my dear Goons. Soggy Muffin fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Jul 31, 2011 |
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Jul 31, 2011 07:57
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Jul 31, 2011 08:01
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Hormonal birth control has quite a few more potential side effects than what's listed on their packet info and what most doctors will mention (they tend to only discuss those side effects that are also listed by manufacturers), though I've always thought abdominal pain was on the list. Personally, I would get the hell off an estrogen-containing pill just for the smoking factor alone. There are still several effective birth control methods that don't include estrogen.
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Jul 31, 2011 14:30
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Here's an interesting article I found about the history of IUDs. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_iud/ And as for what I decided to do, I will wait until my next period (November) to have the Mirena inserted. This way I will have more time to plan things out, especially if I'll need a day or two to rest.
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Jul 31, 2011 18:00
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I have a question: Does ovulation cause anyone pain? I'm asking because I think i'm probably ovulating for the first time in my life normally (the timing is right and the pain location is too).
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Jul 31, 2011 23:26
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Tigntink posted:I have a question: Does ovulation cause anyone pain? I'm asking because I think i'm probably ovulating for the first time in my life normally (the timing is right and the pain location is too). I personally don't, but apparently it's common enough to have a name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelschmerz
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Aug 1, 2011 00:45
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That article says it may cause "lower abdominal or pelvic pain" but sometimes I feel what I think is Mittelschmerz in my lower back, above a hipbone. Let's hope it's that and not some weird, intermittent kidney thing! 
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Aug 1, 2011 01:48
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Before I started the pill, I got horrible "middle pain", just as bad as cramps. And I would get it in my back and hips, too, as well as where one would expect. Basically, my pre-pill life was hell.
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Ceridwen posted:This doesn't make sense. The only reason a Mirena is contraindicated with breast cancer is because of the hormones, which you are currently getting at MUCH higher doses from the pill. If you can have the pill there should not be anything preventing you from having the Mirena. Am I missing something here? Okay, cool. I just assumed that because I've always seen the Mirena with warnings re: breast cancer. It's good to know that it's okay for people with first-degree breast cancer in their family. I sort of forgot Livejournal existed but that group looks pretty active, thank you! BigGayLogan posted:Here's an interesting article I found about the history of IUDs. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_iud/ Reading that in WIRED the other day was what actually inspired me to reconsider the IUD! That first IUD just looks scary as hell. No wonder it put people off. samizdat fucked around with this message at 08:25 on Aug 1, 2011 |
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Aug 1, 2011 08:22
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Good news, everyone (in the US.. with insurance..) Birth Control Free for All: New Insurance Rules Affect Millions of Women quote:Beginning Aug. 1, 2012, all private insurance plans will be required to cover women's preventive services without a co-pay or deductible. The move is intended to help women have the chance to stop health problems before they start.
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Aug 1, 2011 19:46
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 No way no way. So next year my yearly gyno visit and my birth control will..be..free? I'll believe it when I see it, but wow, it's refreshing to see GOOD news in this area. e: "Many women who get pregnant are blasted out of their minds when they have sex, and they're not going to use birth control anyway," Fox News' Bill O'Reilly fuckyoufuckyufuckyou 
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Aug 1, 2011 19:52
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Also Plan B for free! I know plenty of insurance companies wont even cover it right now. Also Bill O'Reiley is a dickbag and I wish he wouldn't get any media attention.
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Aug 1, 2011 19:54
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This is what the Right needs to think about when they say they want to stop abortions. I know plenty of people who had to choose between eating for the month or buying their pill and I'm pretty sure they all chose eating. Price was 100% the reason I switched from my pill to Implanon, though I'm getting ready for a fight with the insurance company over that. I can't wait for this to go into effect, every day I read about states closing PlannedParenthoods and heartbeat laws and law suits about NY equality, this is a tiny glimmer of hope in the cloud of poo poo that we get every day.
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Aug 1, 2011 19:57
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Well shoot. I just got my paragard put in, but I'd much rather have stayed on Nuvaring if it was free. But who knows if I'll be able to hold onto my job and insurance. Guess it wasn't too bad of a choice.
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Aug 1, 2011 20:44
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"if you can afford a $5 frappucino at Starbucks, you can pay your $5 co-pay."  -Dana Perino,Fox NewsHa! I wish my gyno co-pay was $5, it's $30+birth control costs! Even though I'm insured, I go to a family planning clinic because I can get my nuva ring/check ups/pap smears/STD tests for free. I'm glad that starting next year, I'll be able to use my insurance and not have to spend 3 hours at the family planning clinic. I think I'll be getting an IUD next year.
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Aug 1, 2011 21:21
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HalfPricePimpSuit posted:"if you can afford a $5 frappucino at Starbucks, you can pay your $5 co-pay." Yah except my paragard with $160 a month insurance employer provided was $360. When I was on nuvaring it was $35 a month. Its a lot for a just out of college adult barely affording the premium. I'm so glad they are being required to cover it now. When I was growing up my dad's insurance would cover his little blue pill but not my medically necessary birth control.
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What loving insurance has a $5 co-pay 'cause poo poo, sign me the gently caress up! Mine's like $60 + the cost of medications. Even with insurance, Nuvaring cost me ~$80 a month.Abbeh posted:Good news, everyone (in the US.. with insurance..) This is such loving amazing news though, especially after how viciously women's reproductive and sexual rights have been attacked this year. Kerfuffle posted:"Many women who get pregnant are blasted out of their minds when they have sex, and they're not going to use birth control anyway," Fox News' Bill O'Reilly Hey Mr. O'Reilly in this country we call that "rape", hth.
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My yearly pap smears+the works checks are $25 copay, 1 Nuvaring is $10 with coupon. But this is on my parent's insurance, which I'll no longer have in a few years. At least I can use the coupons basically forever. Also I've never heard of $5 copay, for anything. I think nuvaring might be the most expensive birth control out there though. IUDs seem to be the best bang for your buck.
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Kerfuffle posted:My yearly pap smears+the works checks are $25 copay, 1 Nuvaring is $10 with coupon. But this is on my parent's insurance, which I'll no longer have in a few years. At least I can use the coupons basically forever. Yeah nuvaring is expensive as poo poo and I didn't like it because it gave me yeast infections like crazy, ugh. I'm gonna try and get Mirena in the next month or so. Your insurance lets you get yearly Pap smears? What the hell man, mine only does them every three years if you're under 40 unless there is a problem. And apparently missing your period for 5 months, constant vomiting, and losing 30 lbs is not a problem  In fact they told me as long as you have three a year, there is no reason to have it checked out. "cause you know, going to the lady doctor isn't traumatic enough without having to basically beg to be seen beforehand.Kaiser should be loving illegal. Triangulum fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Aug 2, 2011 |
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