Post by mrs.jacinthe on Apr 23, 2013 14:28:12 GMT -5
Went to the GYN this morning. Had my IUD pulled. We're officially TTC.
(Well, technically I'd say we're not preventing. I don't know that we're going to do the whole temping/CM/ovulation testing thing until we've tried for a year.)
Eek hooray! how was it having it taken out - I just had one put in and I was so freaked out but it wasn't too bad. Is getting it taken out any worse?
You will be fine - I promise. Just have fun, and don't take it too seriously. charting and temping takes a lot of the excitement and fun out of it, or at least it did for me. It has it's place definitely but there's nothing wrong with just "not preventing" for a while
You'll be fine! And the temping/charting isn't bad - it's easy. We're charting to avoid and have been for almost 1.5 years. I just use an app on my phone to track everything.
Good luck! Think of all the really dumb people out there who have kids and realize that you're smarter and more responsible, so surely it's something you can do too! That's about as comforting as I can be; babies scare the bejesus out of me.
Eek hooray! how was it having it taken out - I just had one put in and I was so freaked out but it wasn't too bad. Is getting it taken out any worse?
You will be fine - I promise. Just have fun, and don't take it too seriously. charting and temping takes a lot of the excitement and fun out of it, or at least it did for me. It has it's place definitely but there's nothing wrong with just "not preventing" for a while
It didn't hurt as bad as having it put in, but I didn't think getting it in was all that bad. The removal honestly felt like a PAP with one big cramp (when she pulled it out.) The "cramp" went away as soon as she pulled the speculum out (is that TMI? Sorry). No biggie.
Any chance you've seen every single Friends episode 92 times like we have? If so, you know the one where Rachel takes a second pregnancy test at Monica's wedding reception, and Phoebe lies and tells her it's negative, and Rachel is upset that it isn't positive after all? You might have that feeling when you get your period. It'll be an, "Oh. Ok. Well. I guess it's fine that it didn't happen." It doesn't mean you're not scared shitless, just that you were maybe ok with it happening after all. Or you could jump for joy and realize now's not the right time for yall after all lol.
Post by hbomdiggity on Apr 23, 2013 22:23:18 GMT -5
I also went this morning!
and yeah, we are technically just no longer preventing, not sure how much we will be "trying" (esp since DH is now saying that he won't be touching me either, lol).
i def let out a little yelp when she pulled it out, but it felt much better once the speculum was removed. i went back to work and didn't have any cramps (i def had cramps right after it was inserted).
Post by bunnymendelbaum on Apr 24, 2013 9:48:57 GMT -5
Exciting! It was always totally weird to be trying for me. You spend so much of your life preventing! I super puffy heart parenthood though. It's different in the best way.