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09-23-2009, 11:14 AM #16"The gym is one of life's best arenas for building the toughest of men. Not because you learn to experience success, but because you've been forced to accept failure and identify your flaws."
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09-29-2009, 09:29 AM #17
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09-29-2009, 10:29 AM #18
What are you on that's zero hormone? I spoke with my doctor back in August during my last visit and explained my situation and Nuvaring was the best option out of the ones I qualified for. Apparently you have to have already had a child in order to get IUD, so it wasn't an option for me...
"The gym is one of life's best arenas for building the toughest of men. Not because you learn to experience success, but because you've been forced to accept failure and identify your flaws."
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09-29-2009, 11:53 AM #19
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09-29-2009, 12:41 PM #20
If you're younger , the general assumption is that youare still child-bearing years and IUDs are considered longer term "semi-permanent" B/C (not that they aren't reverseible - just intended for long term use-e.g 5 yrs).
I was 42 & single when I got my IUD - at that point don't really intend to have kids, but have never had a kid - got it. You might need to convince your OBGYN that you don't want kids or soemthing but its not like its a drop down dead MUST.
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09-29-2009, 01:00 PM #21
I was so confused and thought I was left out on some big secret or something, lol. Wow... okay, blonde moment. Thanks for clearing that up. I don't really want to take that route, so I guess I'm dwindling down my own options here.
Sass - Thank you for clarifying. She pretty much ruled it out as an option and went on to tell me about the other choices I had, so I never finished getting all the details."The gym is one of life's best arenas for building the toughest of men. Not because you learn to experience success, but because you've been forced to accept failure and identify your flaws."
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11-04-2009, 10:22 PM #22
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11-04-2009, 10:41 PM #23
my gf switch birth pill n her vagina was way lubricated !? im serious
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11-07-2009, 02:06 AM #24
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I just recently got back on birth control as well. I have used the same one for 8 years...the nuva ring...which supposedly is the lowest estrogen producing.
Anyways this last year was my first time to be off of it since I had begun using it. And once I started it back up, I have been SO EMOTIONAL. I am so sensitive...I am getting depressed if my friends dont call me or give me enough attention...its really bizarre.
Does all birth control do this? is it because of the excess estrogen?
And on top of the mood swings, my face started breaking out. grr
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11-07-2009, 02:06 AM #25
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11-07-2009, 02:22 AM #26
How long have you been on the new stuff? I was off my pills for about a year while I competed in 2005 and then went back on nuvaring because I kept forgetting to take the daily pills. I really had no problems w/ it, and never really had any issus w/ my pills, which I was on for about 15 yrs. All very low dose.
Two things are coming to mind - if you've only been on it < 2-3 months, it can take that long for your body to acclimate to an impact to your hormone levels. If its been a while that you've been on nuvaring, then it might just not be the best hormone dose & combination (estro / progest) for your body chemistry. Sometimes you need to just work w/ your OBGYN to get the right dose for you.
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11-07-2009, 02:23 AM #27
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11-07-2009, 02:32 AM #28
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11-07-2009, 03:27 PM #29
I guess because of my age and she assumed I want kids one day..? I mean, that's the furthest thing from my mind right now and I don't know if I ever want to reproduce, so that isn't a concern for me... but I didn't really argue and I'm happy with nuvaring for now, so I'll just roll with it.
"The gym is one of life's best arenas for building the toughest of men. Not because you learn to experience success, but because you've been forced to accept failure and identify your flaws."
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11-07-2009, 04:57 PM #30
OK as long as you're ok w/ it. I get that doctors want to give you their best recommendation, but I think for those of us coming from the fitness side of things where we have specific goals but are also pretty well aware of the types of things that impact our physiques (i.e. hormones), I never get the sense that anyone in the medical industry is aware of that. They are dealing w/ the general public, and I REALLY think they are the most ignorant of those things that are the most fundamental - nutrition and hormones.
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