I have been on the Depo-provera for 4 months so far and I have been experiencing a lot of side-effects: I have put on around 7lbs, I have been feeling depressed, sex has been really painful (especially the first couple of weeks after having the shot) and my libido has been petering out. I do not want to have another one!
I have tried lots of hormonal contraceptives (various types of pill and mini-pill) and all of them give me nasty side-effects or I am too rubbish at remembering to take them on time, so I am considering asking my doc for an IUD. He has repeatedly told me I am not a good candidate as I haven't had any children but I've done some googling and it appears this shouldn't stop you having an IUD, it just makes it a little more painful.
The problem is, I am going to be away travelling in China when my depo runs out. Can I get an IUD fitted before I go?
Does anyone have any experiences with either the IUD/depo that may help?
2007-04-23
10:02:44
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As for whether I'm going to be having sex in China... I'm going with my boyfriend! I wasn't planning on picking up random chinese men in bars, promise :)
2007-04-23
10:14:30 ·
update #1