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seems most contents are not relevant to this conference :-)

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I would very much appreciate it if responder #1 would explain why the content
of this item is *not* relevant to women's issues.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

Remember, too, that neither depro-provera nor norplants protects
against STDs for anyone who might be at risk...

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.

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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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.

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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i tried that a few times several years ago. never really
liked the sponges much.

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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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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.

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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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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passive aggressive.



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