Can you get an IUD if never had a baby?

Can you get an IUD if never had a baby?

 

i've heard that it's much better to get one before you've had a baby.

 

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my girlfriend got an IUD about 6 months ago... that shit was painful for her. ended up having to run a few miles to the hospital when she collapsed in pain because of it, but in the end everything was fine.

it's real nice because we don't have to use condoms now... but her periods became rough after she got the IUD in (apparently they're supposed to get worse) i.e. more bleeding/more painful cramps.

she says she's happy that she went through with it, so maybe you should talk to your gyno-whatsit spelled about it.

 

IUD's, when having sex feel like a lil needle pressing against your uterous, from what i understand it can range from annoying pain to GET THIS OUTTA ME NOWWWW pain.

 

I got an IUD when I was 19, I am 22 now. I've never had a baby, and I've never been pregnant. It hurt like hell going in, but I had no pain after and my car broke down leaving the midwife's office and I had to walk a long way and it was fine. My periods are insane now though, very very heavy. My iron gets low during my period, but I don't have any more cramps than before.

I am going to have it removed this year because of how much I bleed, and also because I don't really need it. I use it as back up birth control rather than my main form and it seems a bit extreme for backup. I already chart and we use condoms so we're just going to do that, maybe get a diaphram.

 

Oh, and you don't feel it during sex at all. If you do, something is wrong! The strings are trimmed shortly after you have it inserted, but before they are trimmed your partner may feel it poke him. But that is easily remedied when you go to get the strings trimmed.

 

I had the Mirena put in. I have a kid though. my doctor said that most gyno's won't put one in a woman who hasn't had a child because aparently women who haven't had children are more promiscuous than those who have. She said that they'll usually only put one in someone without kids if they're sure that they're in a monogomous relationship.

the Mirena is AWESOME. I don't have cramps anymore. Sometimes I don't get my period for months at a time, then I'll get it two or three months, but they're not bad. usually only have to use a "regular" absorbancy tampon. Lasts for like 3-4 days. I still get bloated. And I get much more emotional at that time than I did before I had it.

Any partner I've had while I've had the Mirena have never even noticed I had it in. Only way they can tell is if during sex they go VERY deep .. then they can feel the little wire poke them, but it doesn't hurt them.

only way i figure you could get it is if you promise your doc. that you're in a monogomous relationship.

 

Wow, I really can't believe your doctor made such a judgment.

The only true reason they would not place one in a nulligravida is because women who have not had children sometimes have a smaller uterus.

 

Close, but not right. After pregnancy, the cervix remains in a slightly open position. This makes it easier to insert the IUD. Sometimes a nulligravida's cervix will be closed so tightly that it is impossible to insert the IUD. This is why a doctor wants a woman to have had a baby before getting an IUD. It has nothing to do with promiscuity, risk of infertility (another excuse I've heard), or uterine size. Just the cervix.

 

Well, the cervix of a woman who has had a baby changes shape, but it still has to be dilated with a sound when an IUD is put in. I am sure there are times when the cervix can not be dilated with a sound, but I've never heard that stated as a contraindication to an IUD. Never once in midwifery school was that mentioned, nor did I find it in my research though I've heard of personal incidences where it proved too painful (though likely not technically impossible).

The uterus of a woman who has had a children is never as small as the woman who has not, even though it obviously shrinks back. An IUD requires an uterus of at least 5 cm.

 

The sound is not used to dilate the cervix, it is used to measure the depth and position of the uterus. Check out this site and this one for comprehensive instructions geared towards healthcare providers for inserting IUDs. The cervix is not artificially or manually dilated at any time.

Upon further investigation, however, I have learned that the size of the uterus does have an effect on it, so that's another reason women who have never had children often can't get an IUD. I knew the cervix affected it, but I was unaware of the uterine size being a factor. I stand corrected on that point.

 

double posting

 

I think ultimately it just depends on the os, and where the woman is in her cycle and what other conditions apply. Women who have had children probably do not require the dilation that a woman who has not would. I wonder what the rates of expulsion are with the insertion procedure.

I know women who have had their iud expell during their period, and also a woman who had it inserted immediately after giving birth and it would not stay in.

Also, I want to add that it is truly wonderful to see another person in this forum who is offering sound advice. It seems a lot of the posters here, though they may mean well, are quite judgmental and spreading *very* false ideas around. Not in this thread, but in most of the ones here. It makes me sad to see such information being spread as it's so counter to healthy sexuality !