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Girl Talk 8w

I got an IUD, but I still obsessively freak out convincing myself I am pregnant. I learned implantation bleeding was a thing and I haven’t known peace since.

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Anonymous 8w

Fun fact: while tons of consumer facing sources talk about implantation bleeding, it’s not actually a thing. No study has found evidence that implantation causes bleeding, and not for lack of researching it. The blastocyst is tiny and doesn’t disrupt enough endometrial cells to cause bleeding. Early pregnancy bleeding is caused by hormonal shifts, which means it will be accompanied by a positive test.

Anonymous 8w

implantation bleeding isn’t the same as a period though! it’s light spotting that only lasts a day or two

Anonymous

#1 8w

with my IUD my “periods” are 2-3 days and just brown discharge, so it is essentially exactly what implantation bleeding is described as. the only thing that calms my mind is that usually there are clots and that is not common in IB!

Anonymous

OP 8w

oh i see. were you less anxious about pregnancy when using condoms?

Anonymous

#1 8w

don’t know! since we used condoms before my IUD and I still had a constant fear of it unknowingly breaking or being the unlucky .9% or something like that. like, i still want to take a plan b afterwards every time (i know how unsafe that is. I want to to calm my anxiety) there wasn’t an overlap. besides, i got the IUD for several reasons — one of them being a possible solution to the (sounds bullshit, but isn’t) problem of my partner having inconsistent erections while using condoms

Anonymous

OP 8w

condoms are 98% effective if used perfectly, but the change of getting pregnant with an iud is less than 1%! you literally have the most effective form of birth control, so it really is just anxiety. if it would make you feel better, he could also pull out before he cums

Anonymous

#1 8w

I know it’s just anxiety — thank you for validating me and assisting too. I have thought about the pulling out strategy as well, but my mind insists on telling me that the precum still hold chances of implantation! besides, we both don’t think pulling out is in our book of interest. It’s a risky game for the current climate, but alas

Anonymous

OP 8w

yeah, hopefully with more time/more non-pregnancies the anxiety will fade

Anonymous

birthcontrolfairy 8w

I am planning on getting a massive bag of pregnancy test strips so I can always have some kind of reassurance without having to drop $16 on the plastic formal tests!

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Anonymous

OP 8w

Yessss! They’re the same FDA regulated tests as the whole plastic getup. I like the brand Pregmate.

Anonymous

birthcontrolfairy 8w

that’s the brand my club uses to hand out for free on campus 🙂‍↕️