Blessed IUD

Haven't had a period in...oh...a couple years now, give or take a few spots here and there. Why? IUD, baby. Oh, and the only way you're allowed an IUD is if you've HAD a baby, so this is one of the very first times I can THANK my children for hanging out in my womb and stretching out my uterus. LOVE the IUD. Did I say LOVE? Because I meant LOVE. NO PERIODS. LOVE IT.

Speaking of periods and IUDs, gross story, so if you're easily grossed-out, skip this:

So, toward the end of my last post-preggers bleed, I wasn't even spotting after 4 weeks. I thought, "SWEET! THE BLEED IS OVER!!!" and started treating things like normal. No pads, no tamps (which we aren't supposed to use anyway, but come on, I had C-sections), nothin'. So one day we decide to take the fam to a nameless amusement park, and as we're on our way in, I feel it let go. Like, SERIOUSLY let go. The two weeks worth that had stored up. I had blood down to my KNEES. Spent a good 20 minutes in the bathroom blotting and soaking up and -- whanot. Oh, and washing down my legs with super-wet paper towels.

And here is the strength of woman: after drying out and cleaning up, Lord knows I couldn't possibly ask a baby (on its first trip to this particular park), a munchkin, and a husband to head home and fix things, (though to my hubby's GREAT credit and he now knowing how bad it'd been, outside of 20 minutes delay, he offered to head home,) I stuck it out.

And burned my clothes when I got home. (Okay, not quite, but they were doomed to destruction, I can tell you that much.)

Moral: If you're currently pregnant or get that way in the future and your 6 week bleed suddenly stops...it's not really over. Be prepared. No matter what. Because God has just that sort of sense of humor. Really.

But when the bleed is done...IUD ALL THE WAY!!! Break it down. $600 (it's actually less) and a doctor visit to put that puppy in equals five years of period-free, no-thought-required, non hormone-based protection with no ill effects when you suddenly decide to go for another baby. It comes out, you get pregnant, no crazy delays. Five years, 12 months in a year, for less than $600...that's like $10 a month for birth control! Tell me THAT doesn't ROCK?!

Anyway, love the IUD, beware the baby bleed, and sayonara for Saturday...Bad, Naughty Mommy