having a coil fitted

Hi doormouse, i hope i could still help you. The coil or the IUD (Intrauterine Device) is a good contraceptive and usually lasts longer than the pill. I our country we have this type that lasts for 12 years but this wont stop your menstruation. You can still have your menses regularly and it can become heavier. That is why we don't advise that to women with heavy bleeding. Its not true that you could feel the coil inside because it is inserted in the uterus. What you can experience is a slight dysmenorrhea 2 to 3 days after insertion but it will be gone once the uterus has adjusted to the thing inside her. If you don't want to have your menses, the injectable is more appropriate. This is injected every three months or every twelve weeks to be exact. Injectables contain progestin or progesterone which inhibits ovulation. You may experience spotting during the first 3 to 4 injections but your menstruation will stop eventually while in this contraceptive. You don't have to worry because once you stopped having this injection your menstruation will return but will be delayed for few months.

As I see it, the coil is like the old contraceptives that leaves the mouth of your uterus open to allow the egg to fall out, therefore not to get fertilized. If I were you, i'd forget the coil. In my opinion it is a foreign object in your body and could cause all kinds of infections not to mention bleeding forever. I don' t know about the injection but sounds much safer to me.

That is consistent information, to stop the pill since you smoke and your are over thirty. Since you have a problem with having a period, I would definitely go for the shot. It only has to be given every three months and does pretty effectively stop the periods for most women. I have never found the idea of an IUD to be appealing.

hi dormouse I had a friend that tried the coil but it hurt' she claimed so then went to a shot that worked fine for her as she wanted no more children and did not want to'have periods either as she got deathly ill from cramps each and every time. so she got the injection and it worked fine for her. I would advise getting the injection as all my friends swear by it.

i havent had it or known anyone that has but when i heard about them i always heard it didnt stop your periods but just blocked your tubes and make scar tissue which to me sounds painful!! maybe the doc knows of a different kind than we all know about.. but as far as i know it wont stop them

Hello doormouse, I have never even heard of the coil before but just the name sounds like it would hurt. I am not sure if i would do it if you haven't heard anything good about it. I had a hysterectomy a about two years ago so I know longer have a period but that is only because I had a lot of lady complications with bleeding, cervical cancer, endometriosis and was told that if i were to get pregnant again i would have many complications and more than likely not carry full term. I was on the depo provera shot and while I was on that it really did help with my period and there was time when I wouldn't bleed at all. I hear that that is what it does for most women..maybe you can try this? I am no doctor but I don't really know what birth control has to do with your depression, is there not a medicine out there that can handle your depression while you are taking a birth control?