diaphragm

hermanmunster_3

peachyprice wrote: »

Good luck, hope it works for you. And remember, spermicide, spermicide and more spermicide!

:rotfl::rotfl: yep but always used to tell people not to put it all the way around the edge but leave a couple of bits dry as when you squeeze the edges to squash the spring it tends to become a frisbee and ping across the room.....

greenbee

peachyprice wrote: »

And don't even talk about the muck when you take it out the next day! _pale_ :rotfl:

I'd forgotten about that

peachyprice wrote: »

Yes, who'd have thought your cervix feels the same as the end of your nose or just how deep it is in there.

I can't even feel by mirena strings now, infact no-one can, they would have to have fingers as long edward scissor hands (but not sharp obvioulsy).

I can't feel mine either, and have been told by the nurse that I haven't a hope in hell of self-checking as my cervix is so high (and back, and left) so go back if I think there is a problem.

My body did put a LOT of work into trying to get rid of it in the first couple of weeks, so I know exactly where mine is, and get occasional twinges still after just under three months. I'm not worried about checking as I'm back in for my check-up in July and then the checkup will be annual after that, with a new mirena everything three years. As I have to have a general for my checkup I expect them to take advantage and change it then! hopefully I won't have the same reaction when it is changed.

cathy_j87

jojo_2012 wrote: »

Depo injection made me gain weight badly, I ended up with polycystic ovaries and fertility issues where I had none before but whether that's down to the injection or the weight gain it caused is anyone's guess.

Just as an aside - polycystic ovaries is a genetic condition so the injection wouldn't have caused it. Weight gain can heighten certain symptoms so I suppose the injection could have caused the weight gain which in turn made your symptoms more noticeable.

Mely

Gleek wrote: »

I did m'love and I had it fitted for the exact same reason as you. It was used to draw it down so it could be held in place and the coil inserted.

I had 2 co-codamols approx 2 hours before hand as obv you mostly have it fitted at the end of your period and I have serious period pains so was taking my meds (that, naproxen and Trans acid).

Felt some prodding around whilst measured and the attempted insertions etc but no pain. Just a bit of uncomfortable fiddling :rotfl: They can put anaesthetic gel on your cervix apparently, I didn't find out anything about pain relief until they were done (nurses and special family clinic doctor) as they told me I'd been really brave cos most people have the anaesthetic :eek: :rotfl: I just laid on the bed and waited for it to be done (with my fists under my hips to try help :rotfl: So dignified :rotfl: ) Was done and out in half hour and that includes questions from the doctor and the waiting time for them to call me through.

It it helps my experience is: period finished as normal. No pains that night other than period pains (ie - no worse than usual), minimal spotting for the first month, a faint ache around the bottom of my spine (not painful or debilitating, just well... there. I guess where the ovaries or whatever wasn't happy are :rotfl: ) periods are lighter and with my meds (same as the ones above) they are nothing. Without the meds they're well... normal with the occasionally heavy day but NOTHING like before. Best part is next to no period pains at all.

Apparently it takes 6 months or so to bed in and I had it done at the end of July so I'm now in my 7th month so we'll see what happens from here on in. Again though, just my experience, could be totally different for the next person. I don't regret having it done in the slightest and I'm glad it lasts 5 years

Thank you so much for your post, it has been really helpful for me x

VJsmum

Welshwoofs wrote: »

I hate a total nightmare with the coil. The first coil the GP tried to fit wouldn't sit properly and had to be withdrawn. Another one was tried but also wouldn't sit properly. It was incredibly painful, even with anaesthetic gel. Eventually, after about 40 minutes (during which the GP said she may have to call off the procedure) and a lot of bleeding the thing was in place - I was in such pain when I left that I could barely walk home and promptly threw up when I did get home from the shock. To add insult to injury, when I got my period 3 weeks later the coil came right back out and I've been told that if I wanted another it'd have to be done as an outpatients appointment in hospital using ultra-sound to ensure it gets fitted properly.

Never again...urggh.

That was exactly my experience. I don't even know how i did walk home. I was laid up on the sofa for the whole day and in some pain for a couple of days after. Mine didn't come out again though and is now totally fine. I shouldn't ever need a new one so at least i don't have to go through that again. The kids were so worried about me that day that I had to tell them what was wrong in case they were imagining worse. I am not sure what was worse for them - thinking i had a deadly disease or knowing that me and their dad still got up to "gross stuff" :rotfl:

peachyprice wrote: »

It gave me thrush too, and it took a while to find a spermicide that didn't irritate me.

Also, sorry to be crude , but your OH getting his face covered in spermicide during the premable is gross. Obvioulsy you may not partake in such activities so it may not bother you, but it certainly did me.

Prior to having the kids I used a diaphragm until, I too, couldn't find a spermicide that didn't irritate and that's when I had to give it up. Liking the idea of the preMABLE :rotfl:

Corelli

OP, I hope you find a method that suites you. I had a diaphragm years ago and we got on pretty well with it - easy to insert once I'd got the hang of it so it wasn't a rush off to the bathroom situation. Trouble was that the spermicide tasted pretty disgusting so that was a disadvantage.

Also, my husband always said he could feel it but not that it was really troubling him. He was aware of the threads from the coil I had later. Years and years later - 3 births, a couple of gynae ops later - I was told I had a tilted cervix and that was the reason for him feeling this stuff. If I'd known about the angle of my cervix it would also have made conception a bit easier me thinks. WHY did no health professional tell me this before?

eyelinerprincess

I've been on about everything going, apart from the diaphragm.

Pill - always forgot to take it, ended up having about 2 or 3 left at the end of the month, mainly took it because of irregular periods and period pain.
Depo - wasn't too bad but may have made PCOS worse, ended up in hospital twice with cysts, one of which had burst, although I don't know if it was because of or in spite of having the Depo.

Now on the implant which wasn't too bad to get in, but now on my first real period since having LO and it's been killing me for three days, so possibly have to go on the pill again.

piglet74

claire16c wrote: »

Also I think with depo you are only allowed to have it a few times now, and then change to something else , because of the risk of brittle bone disease later in life? I think Ive heard that anyway.

im on it 17 years now, with just 2 breaks of 1 year each

piglet74

Ames wrote: »

I put on six stone in a year with it.

i have put on a lot of weight in the 17 years i have been on it, but i cant totally blame the depo....cause i just lost almost 5 stone in 7 months at slimming world...and im still on the depo