High blood preasure and birth control Posted: 01-25-08 19:15pm
Ok here is my story....my family has high
BP everywhere i look, my mother her mother
and father (my grandparents) and my father
and his father and mother (my other
grandparents) well last fri i went to the
doc for a pap, while i was there they
checked my BP and said it was really high
(156/9 so she told me to
go off of BC and to come back 4 days later
to retake it, well i went back and they
said it was fine making my doc think that
the cause of my high BP was because of my
BC.....so i went and made an app with my
gyno to talk to her about an IUD...i go
there 2day and on top of them telling me
that i cant get an IUD (which is no
biggie, i wasnt all about all that pain
after reading what other women said) but
my BP was back up to 148/92 so im like
caca what do i do!?! now the way that my
doc explained it to me is that the thing
in BC that makes you BP go up is
estrogen...so she wanted to put me on an
all progesterone pill...the only problem
with that is that i have a very big
decreased sex drive like mad!! for the
past like 3 yrs...isnt estrogen the thing
that will not suppress my sex drive
anymore meaning that progesterone will
decrease it?? i am so confussed i dont
even know if what i said was right, i just
need help cuz my sex drive is nonexistent
and i have high BP....ughhhh!!!!
HELPPP!!!!!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-25-08 20:34pm
Talk to your gyyyyynooooo! Sorry, it was
the first thing that popped in my head
after reading the title XD
Clearly you have done that. So are you on
progesterone-only birth control right now,
and that's why you have no libido right
now?
I really don't know what to say. I don't
understand why you can't get a copper
coild IUD as it contains zero hormones and
thus should not affect your libido OR your
blood pressure.
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scoots14
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Posted: 01-25-08 21:22pm
the gyno said that giving me an IUD would
not be a good idea cuz im not married (i
guess she didnt care that my bf and i are
together for 3 yrs now) and if i did end
up having sex with someone else (which i
plan on NOT doing) and tht person had an
std i would get a pelvic infection....also
i havnt had any children....so she said
that those are the main reasons that i
cant get an iud....rite now im on a
lo/ovral....whatever that mean
lol.....thank you tho!!!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-25-08 21:43pm
She's an old fashioned Gyno. Find a new
one. The fact that you have never had
children has NO say in whether you are a
candidate for an IUD.
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scoots14
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Posted: 01-26-08 14:38pm
ok thank you....i never had her b4 she was
a new one..but ill def be on the hunt for
a new one
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-26-08 17:31pm
Good luck!!!
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kari1978
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Posted: 02-09-08 21:51pm
I found out I have high blood pressure in
December when I went to get my annual
exam. My doctor inserted a paragaurd IUD
on the spot. I have no children. Its not
painful either. It felt cold. I felt
strange about 5 minutes later though. I
started seeing spots, my ears rang, got
very cold and started to sweat. I turned
white as a ghost too. You might want to
have someone drive you home. Also take
motrin before you go. Hope this helps.
so she told me to
go off of BC and to come back 4 days later
to retake it, well i went back and they
said it was fine making my doc think that
the cause of my high BP was because of my
BC.....so i went and made an app with my
gyno to talk to her about an IUD...i go
there 2day and on top of them telling me
that i cant get an IUD (which is no
biggie, i wasnt all about all that pain
after reading what other women said) but
my BP was back up to 148/92 so im like
caca what do i do!?! now the way that my
doc explained it to me is that the thing
in BC that makes you BP go up is
estrogen...so she wanted to put me on an
all progesterone pill...the only problem
with that is that i have a very big
decreased sex drive like mad!! for the
past like 3 yrs...isnt estrogen the thing
that will not suppress my sex drive
anymore meaning that progesterone will
decrease it?? i am so confussed i dont
even know if what i said was right, i just
need help cuz my sex drive is nonexistent
and i have high BP....ughhhh!!!!
HELPPP!!!!!
