Doctors can be maddening!!! Personally, I would never get an IUD either. When my doctor suggested that as an option, I shot it down on the spot. Especially when he said theres a risk it could perforate the uterus and they would have to surgically remove it. But oh, its rare..he said. I just couldn't go with that option at all... Our choices can be so awful......

Yeah no it also causes yeast and BV f that! Plus its MY Body my main argument tho is 1. he said I could get a hysterectomy- whats the effin difference? and 2. A man can get a vasectomy at 18 why cant I get a tubal? Both are reversible! I swear its because they think that we cant make rational decisions! I do NOT want babies-been saying this for years- nothing is gonna change that! The whole birth thing looks awful. Plus I already had a vestibulectomy for vulvodynia pregnancy will for sure ruin that and I'll never have sex again- thanks but my body is more important that a baby. I can always adopt gerrrr are you new here? I don't think I've seen your name?

Not new here, just added a picture...thinking about the beach makes me forget about my problems with endometriosis and life in general...I hear what you are saying. I've wanted to strangle a couple doctors myself!

hahha maybe it's the pic I don't remember seeing! Where are you from any beaches near you?

I wish I lived near a beach! I visit California once a year. The beach is my happy place where I forget that I have endometriosis. We all need an escape from this, you know?

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! do not get on Mirena. I've been on it since last year... worst mistake I've made!

Ceethebeauty - please don't say that...just because it didn't work for you doesn't mean it wont work for her.

why didn't you get it out? I don't want it anyway it sounds positively awful. I don't feel like its sanitary to put anything in your uterus for that long especially with all the stuff we go thru. And honestly, I am prone to infection which Mirena is said to make worse. Plus cramping no thanks. I am just mad.

Alana,
it sounds as if your endometriosis is managed simply by going off birth control. have you had a lap diagnosis, or was it diagnosed simply through symptoms?
i believe it's your choice to have children, but i would caution you to take such a drastic step, when you seem to be quite young still? things do change. what if you fall in love with someone that absolutely wants a family?
so just to summarize, your endo pain is managed, correct? you have no pain? so what you are really looking for is birth control that doesnt exasperate your endo again and make it flare up?
Why does an IUD sound disgusting to you? once it's in there you dont feel it, see it, know its there... i personally have a paragard right now, it is hormone free, i have had it for two years.
obviously these are personal choices, but i think if it is birth control you are looking for there are many options. what about an implant or a patch?

No birth control has ever worked. I'm getting a lap in August. I don't ever want to go on another one. I'm 28 and have never wanted to deal with children. I don't like them. I am with someone who is sterile so that's not even an option haha. And just because I cant have kids does not mean I can't adopt. And if I were with someone who really wanted a family, it would never work, that is not what I want. I hate when doctors say that it's like saying oh you'll change your mind when the guy wants something. No. I will not.

An IUD can cause many infections as stated in the brochures and online. Since coming off the pill I have had NO yeast, NO BV. When I was getting an infection every 2 weeks on the pill. Plus I don't want something I have no control over. What if my doctor decides not to take it out? With a pill I can say screw this I don't want to take it. But with that, no.

I do not have daily pain and only period pain not being on the pill. So a week of pain still sucks but it's better than the daily pain I was having while on the pill. And I have tried about 10-15 different pills at this point.

in that case i say more power to you in pushing for what is right for you! kids are not for everyone and good for you that you know what you want and don't want.
it is really odd that your doc would do a hysterectomy but not a tubal. i wonder if it would have to do with legal risk for him/her?
i would look for a second opinion.
and i agree, one week of pain stinks, but at least its not every day.
i said this earlier, but i think it is really up to us to get the care we want. pester your doctor till you get what you need. it may be that you feel like you're being annoying, but often thats the only way to get results. it's your health, nobody will care as much as you will and will fight for it like you will.

I went for a second opinion with a doc he recommended and he said it was fine. Tubals can be reversed sooooo... but yeah thank you im headed for a muscle relaxer hahaha but yeah ill take a week over 4 thank you :)

yea that sounds much better! good luck dearie!

Thanks!