Hi,

I am in the process of getting approved for the sleeve, my surgeons and my primary care MD want me to be on some form of BC after surgery in order to lose the weight. They are concerned that once I begin to take a large amount of weight off my fertility will kick in. This would be great since we tried for two years with no luck getting pregnant, all the fertility meds just made me gain weight. The overall goal is for me to lose the weight in the post op period and then go back to trying once I am at my goal weight. So I have to find some form of birth control prior to surgery. Right now my husband and I are just using the calendar method, but I am afraid this will not be enough once I have surgery. So my options are either the nuvaring or the IUD. I am a bit concerned about the IUD since I don't have any children and the side effects from the IUD. Has anyone here used the nuvaring? or the IUD? and would be willing to share your thoughts with me?

Thank you so much!

Got pregnant with the patch and hate IUD stayed with pill very happy

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I've had both the copper IUD and the Mirena IUD. I would never ever recommend the Mirena to anyone. I had the worst side effects from it and the worst part is my doctors made keep it in for six months because "my body needed time to adjust". What a crock of ****.

BUT. Everyone is different. I can't say you will have all the side effects or none. Personally I would never recommend it to anyone.

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This is why I'm terrified of Mirena! It's hit or miss. So sorry you had a bad experience.

Am I the only one on the shot?! I'm not having any side effects from it that I can tell, except I do have a light discharge kinda period when it gets close to time for me to get another shot. Other then that It seems to be working, although I don't know how well its protecting me - since I uh haven't had sex since before my surgery cause I kinda cut off my um boytoy - he was getting too possessive and not willing to understand why I was living with a male roommate, and kept complaining for days that I didn't need the surgery, I could do it on my own.

I had another 'friend' but I kinda been ignoring him too cause I'm just not feeling it since surgery either.

Birth control is ESSENTIAL when you are looking weight. A 20% weight losses can trigger ovulation in most women. Case in point ? Me. I got pregnant at 46 (yes, fourth SIX) after working my butt of to loose 80 pounds. So mow I'm 62 with a 16 year old. If you want to become pregnant be sure you are taking folic acid to prevent neural tube defects.

Thanks I went with the Nuva ring. I knew it was important to give my body a chance to heal and lose the weight prior to getting pregnant. I also have been taking folic acid since I was 20 to make sure my levels were good!!! ????