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Holden Rodeo
Apr 2, 2008
Holy balls, that OP is comprehensive.

Morning-after pill trip report, two months afterward: Got it in November for $45 NZD. Bought a cold bottle of juice, sat down in a public park, took out the pill (it was just one) and thought, "Here goes." I felt fine the day of, but was warned of nausea and picked up candied ginger just in case. Luckily it went down just fine, I was more queasy going into the pharmacy than I was after taking it.

My first period afterward came two days early and was considerably lighter and shorter, but still obviously a period. Goddamn it came with killer PMS leading up to it though, I got the worst mood swings. My next period came a full week late (:aaa:) and came in heavy, but otherwise normal. Now it all seems to have leveled out more - still a bit early, but not as strong or light as before. Yay.

I'm just posting this because when I was freaking the gently caress out and searching for anecdotes online I would have liked to see how it worked out for people several weeks down the road, what kind of lasting effect it might have.

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Holden Rodeo
Apr 2, 2008
Hi, bc thread. I'm coming up on one year with my copper IUD, the Multiload (:haw:) and I wish I'd gotten one ages ago! The first few periods were rough, made me feel like I was tending after Dexter's kill room, but it calmed the hell down after six months or so. I swear my cramps have actually lessened. The total amount of bleeding is about the same as it was before, but with 2-3 days of augh gushing and the rest as spotting, rather than a more even distribution over 7 days.

Just wanted to join the chorus of pro-IUD voices, is all. I like not worrying about hormones and I REALLY LIKE having my period announce itself, but that's just my experience and others' good experiences with the Mirena are important too.

e: Mirena is government-subsidised in Australia and Multiload is not, although it was still only $150 out of pocket for me.

Holden Rodeo fucked around with this message at 05:05 on May 2, 2013

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