A lot of my friends (mostly Expatriated Zulus, but that's another story) are members and enjoy being able to vent there.
I'd be childfree myself, but the condom broke and I thought my doctor was right (I have since learned better). In 15 years and 10 days, I'll finally get back to wishing I could be childfree without having one in the house to remind me I should have gotten my tubes tied instead of dating.
Yeah, I've started to get really edgy about just using condoms, and am going to head to Planned Parenthood soon. I was on Depo for 2.5 years, but monetary reasons took me off of it. I just found out how much cheaper the pill is (at least around here) and am going to look into going on it. And maybe someday when I have medical insurance, I'll get a tubal or essure...
I didn't know you read my journal. :) Did you start recently, after I started reading yours?
ooh, i just found out about essure from reading childfree. it seemed like a viable option. i'm scared of the major surgery involved in a tubal ligation, but essure doesn't seem like a big deal.
it's some kind of insert they put in your fallopian tubes, and it scars over, giving you pretty much the same effect as a tubal ligation, only with fewer side effects, and it's not as invasive. i think.
Yup. It's a screw-shaped insert, I think. And indeed non-invasive, which is happy for a lot of people.
There's a detailed post about it here (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=childfree&itemid=1196455), so that you don't have to waste your time/money searching for it. :)
Good luck on the contrception front. I'm currently covered by Tricare (military healthcare) and they refuse to authorize a tubal, let alone an essure, until I've either had three kids or have a medical condition that could be alleviated by having it. You can guess which angle I've been working on...
I've read you on and off but never commented, then I noticed you friended me so I added you back and started reading posts I'd missed between my occasional forays to your journal.
Gah, I was stupid and lost what I had written here. It was mostly sympathy for Tricare's rules... I wonder if they have ever calculated out the cost of a woman's lifetime of pills vs. a tubal/essure?
I've read your comments to Rachel and Nick mostly, and tried to figure out if I ever heard your name back in high school (when I dated Nick). Not that I'd remember, really, I have a horrible memory. And sometimes I'd read Rachel's friends page and read your posts there. I added you as an attempt to get as many people as I could onto my compatibility test, and just kept you after that. :)
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on 22 Jun 2003 19:05 (UTC)I'd be childfree myself, but the condom broke and I thought my doctor was right (I have since learned better). In 15 years and 10 days, I'll finally get back to wishing I could be childfree without having one in the house to remind me I should have gotten my tubes tied instead of dating.
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on 22 Jun 2003 23:36 (UTC)I didn't know you read my journal. :) Did you start recently, after I started reading yours?
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on 23 Jun 2003 12:23 (UTC)(i´d look it up, but paying by the minute and all...)
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on 23 Jun 2003 21:28 (UTC)Re:
on 24 Jun 2003 01:55 (UTC)There's a detailed post about it here (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=childfree&itemid=1196455), so that you don't have to waste your time/money searching for it. :)
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on 23 Jun 2003 23:37 (UTC)I've read you on and off but never commented, then I noticed you friended me so I added you back and started reading posts I'd missed between my occasional forays to your journal.
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on 24 Jun 2003 01:54 (UTC)Re:
on 24 Jun 2003 02:20 (UTC)I've read your comments to Rachel and Nick mostly, and tried to figure out if I ever heard your name back in high school (when I dated Nick). Not that I'd remember, really, I have a horrible memory. And sometimes I'd read Rachel's friends page and read your posts there. I added you as an attempt to get as many people as I could onto my compatibility test, and just kept you after that. :)