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[hollowdoll]

So, due to having had to mention this to multiple younger women in the various CF communities to which I belong, I figured I would write one centrally-located help post for all of you out there fighting desperately to be sterilized. PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Link back or give credit as needed, but I really just want all the

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[jurassicsnark]

Great guide. I'm one of the lucky ones who was able to get sterilized at the ripe old age of 22, but I have two friends who are fighting to get sterilized, and they're not having any luck. I'll definitely be showing this to them.

Thank you for posting this. :)

[almightyspaz]

I will be sure to circulate this. As someone who wants to be sterilized, this was helpful.

[fluorescenta]

thank you very much. <3

slightly off-topic, i just wanted to say i enjoy your writing style very much

[il_mio_gufo]

Well written. It's just cRazy though, how you had to wait soooooooo long for any action. It sounds like that the norm, eh?

[frankemix]

I rather enjoyed reading this entire post, and intend to press a little more when it comes to my lack of desire for children when I head in to switch birth controls soon.

I do have a question, though! At first I thought it was just my GYN trying to scare me/talk me out of getting an IUD, but a close family friend had one in before she had her first child and she said it hurt/was uncomfortable. Those are the only two people to tell me it wasn't a good idea because I have not given birth. You, a commenter here, and several other people ~on the internet~ have not said anything about pain in regards to IUDs. Pardon my prying, but did it hurt at all?

[hollowdoll]

Yeah, it'll probably hurt. I won't lie. It's really not the most comfortable thing in the world at all. However, it's temporary & TOTALLY worth the trouble. Basically, you can expect three pains; there's a tool that's used to stabilize your cervix called a tenaculum (which looks a million times worse than it is, I promise), and that pinches your cervix so it's a pretty steady cramping pain for the duration of the procedure. Then there's the sounding, where another tool is used (just called a sound; it also looks worse than it is) to measure your uterus. It's a metal or plastic rod that's pushed through your cervix & will hit the back/top of your uterus, so you'll probably feel a sharp cramp then. Then the insertion device is pushed through your cervix, so you may get one more cramp, and then you're golden

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[nilejunior]

I have gotten 2 Paragards. The first one started coming out after 4 days and I got a replacement and it started coming out after 2 days. I had very painful cramps after insertion that hurt worse than the actual insertion to the point where I couldn't sleep. I am now on a mission to get sterilized. I am 23.

I'm really late to the party, but...

[annealysse]

Thank you so much for writing this! I'll definitely be bookmarking it and using it whenever I start petitioning for my own sterilization.

And as a few other people have said, you have a really awesome writing style! This was informative AND enjoyable to read. Very nice work. :D