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Grex > Femme > #41: Problems with Norplant Birth Control | |
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popcorn
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Problems with Norplant Birth Control
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May 2 14:31 UTC 1995 |
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response 1 of 24:
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May 5 08:18 UTC 1995 |
seems most contents are not relevant to this conference :-)
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popcorn
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response 2 of 24:
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May 6 13:28 UTC 1995 |
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headdoc
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response 3 of 24:
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May 6 20:45 UTC 1995 |
I would very much appreciate it if responder #1 would explain why the content
of this item is *not* relevant to women's issues.
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mta
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response 4 of 24:
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May 7 17:43 UTC 1995 |
I've been hearing a number of reports that, while it's relatively easy to
find a Dr. to implant the Norplant capsules, it's a lot harder to find a
Dr. willing to remove them.
Oh, and the Norplant comes in 3 year and 5 year versions.
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simcha
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response 5 of 24:
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May 9 15:53 UTC 1995 |
Wow, this is all news to me! I wanted dthem but could not due to nursing
and now will postpone consideration fro another several years.
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miranda
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response 6 of 24:
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May 14 01:24 UTC 1995 |
If I had known about them earlier, I might have wanted them,, now,
I too, will have to postpone consideration. But you've got to
admit, the idea's pretty neat. What would really be great would
be some sort of injection that, like a vaccine, delivers an effective
contraceptive for x months.
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mta
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response 7 of 24:
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May 15 02:45 UTC 1995 |
There is an injection. It lasts 3 months. I almost got it from my
doctor, but she doesn't trust it because no matter what problems it
causes you're stuck with it for 6 months.
It's called depro-provera.
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simcha
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response 8 of 24:
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May 15 15:45 UTC 1995 |
Remember, too, that neither depro-provera nor norplants protects
against STDs for anyone who might be at risk...
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bruin
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response 9 of 24:
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May 16 01:44 UTC 1995 |
Janet, my significant other, is taking depro-provera, mainly as a
precaution against people who might take advantage of her disability.
However, I would still use a condom if we ever did go that far.
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miranda
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response 10 of 24:
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May 17 04:18 UTC 1995 |
If I may go off on a tangent. Does anyone know about how effective
the female condom is and whether there is a brand name I can look
for. It seems that I have heard about them for ages but there is
no sign of them on the shelves. By the way, I've asked about depro-
provera and my doctor does not seem to be overly concerned about side
effects, but in light of what was said earlier, I'm wondering about that.
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popcorn
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response 11 of 24:
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May 17 13:16 UTC 1995 |
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mta
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response 12 of 24:
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May 19 13:23 UTC 1995 |
It makes sense to me that it might be true, Valerie. Women have more to
lose from unprotected sex all around. There's always good old fashioned
pregnancy -- but women are also significantly more likely to catch STDs
from men in a single encounter than are men from women.
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miranda
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response 13 of 24:
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May 23 04:34 UTC 1995 |
I've found them. And guess what - you were right they were not in the
right section. When I asked a store clerk, he sort of turned red.
Condoms for women? Whatever will they think of next, he must have thought.
Where will they put the male contraceptive pill, I wonder.
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popcorn
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response 14 of 24:
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Aug 18 13:33 UTC 1995 |
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iggy
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response 15 of 24:
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Aug 20 20:12 UTC 1995 |
i tried that a few times several years ago. never really
liked the sponges much.
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popcorn
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response 16 of 24:
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Aug 21 11:27 UTC 1995 |
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mta
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response 17 of 24:
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Aug 24 06:28 UTC 1995 |
They hurt like hell, for me. I could wear them once a week for an
hour or so, but if I wore them a second time in a sevenday I was
guaranteed to start b
bleeding from my mucous membranes. Ick. (They hurt even that first time
but it was tolerable.) I gave 'em up and went with condoms
100%.
Much better.
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popcorn
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response 18 of 24:
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Aug 24 12:07 UTC 1995 |
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denise
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response 19 of 24:
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Sep 10 16:18 UTC 1995 |
I've been real sensitive to alot of the spermicides and such on
the market... Years ago when I got married, I went on
the pill, found out that it made me more regular and less painful,
so over the years, I've stuck with the pill for
those reasons.
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beeswing
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response 20 of 24:
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Sep 24 19:25 UTC 1995 |
Sadly, many doctors have been trained to insert Norplant, but weren't trained
to take them out. and Depo-Provera is an alternative, but if you have problems
with the Pill, you won't be able to take Depo-Provera. I've been pn the
mini-pill for over a year. I got the same benefits... regularity, less long,
less cramps.What scares me is that a lot of younger women (teens) have no clue
about birth control. No one tells them anything, and if they do get their
hands on birth control, they don't know how to use it. There is a story of
a woman who got pregnant after using the Pill... no wonder, since she had ben
inserting them. (no lies).
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popcorn
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response 21 of 24:
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Sep 24 22:55 UTC 1995 |
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lavender
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response 22 of 24:
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Oct 6 12:46 UTC 1998 |
At my school, we take sex ed at both the junior high and the highschool
levels. Still, one of my friends got pregnant earlier this year. She's
15, and prolife.
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valerie
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Oct 6 21:01 UTC 1998 |
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happyboy
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response 24 of 24:
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Jan 8 21:29 UTC 2004 |
passive aggressive.
*sigh*
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