Reply #5: I had an IUD for eight blissful years [View All]

[Warpy]

at the end of which I had a whopping case of PID from leaving it in too long, which kind of ended all discussion of fertility. Yes, I had periods, and yes, they were as erratic, heavy and miserable as they'd been without the IUD. But it was blissful not having to think or worry or obsess over fogetting a damn pill, something I couldn't take because it gave me nonstop migraines.

That they're only leaving IUDs in for five years is a good thing, and will cut way down on the complications. Most women I know who had trouble with them were WAY beyond that five year mark.

Planned Parenthood is really your best resource on this stuff, they know all the best information on the latest delivery methods of hormonal birth control and on the newer barrier and implanted devices.