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sethrakBack in September 2008, I had a Mirena IUD installed. It's due for replacement in September 2013.
Tom recently had a vasectomy, but I still want to be on additional birth control of my own when my current IUD is up for removal. I come from an annoyingly fertile female line, vasectomies occasionally recanalize, and if raped I'd rather reduce my chances of needing to decide about an abortion.
I've been torn between either getting a new IUD, and getting sterilized by the Essure method. My research indicates it's safe, effective, and if not precisely easy, no worse than IUD installation.
Unfortunately, the Essure website's "find a doctor" app seems broken.
I'll probably talk to my doctor about it when I go in on the 23rd, but I suspect Tricare doesn't have much truck with anything but tubal ligations, which I'd rather avoid, and I'd like to start planning this sooner rather than later. While I technically have over two years with my IUD, Tom's planning to do his year-long remote deployment to Korea in January 2013. I REALLY do not want to be undergoing a medical procedure that may call for having another adult present to drive me there and back, at a minimum, when he's in another country.
I emailed Essure's webservices contact email. All I can do now is wait, for either the website to work or my doctor appt. Sigh.
Tom recently had a vasectomy, but I still want to be on additional birth control of my own when my current IUD is up for removal. I come from an annoyingly fertile female line, vasectomies occasionally recanalize, and if raped I'd rather reduce my chances of needing to decide about an abortion.
I've been torn between either getting a new IUD, and getting sterilized by the Essure method. My research indicates it's safe, effective, and if not precisely easy, no worse than IUD installation.
Unfortunately, the Essure website's "find a doctor" app seems broken.
I'll probably talk to my doctor about it when I go in on the 23rd, but I suspect Tricare doesn't have much truck with anything but tubal ligations, which I'd rather avoid, and I'd like to start planning this sooner rather than later. While I technically have over two years with my IUD, Tom's planning to do his year-long remote deployment to Korea in January 2013. I REALLY do not want to be undergoing a medical procedure that may call for having another adult present to drive me there and back, at a minimum, when he's in another country.
I emailed Essure's webservices contact email. All I can do now is wait, for either the website to work or my doctor appt. Sigh.
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Date: 2012-02-11 04:35 am (UTC)