The generic-Mirena at Planned Parenthood option is only viable if:
1. You actually have a Planned Parenthood in the area and not, like, 700 miles away. 1a. If your Planned Parenthood is not regularly patrolled by pro-forced-pregnancy protesters [note: I refuse to use the term "pro-life" anymore, they are pro-forced-pregnancy]
2. You can tolerate the side effects, and not everyone can. Almost everyone I personally know who's had a Mirena had to have it removed because of the side effects, and I don't mean 1-2 people, I mean more than that.
3. You don't have extreme trauma/dysphoria issues where you can't tolerate those kinds of procedures at all.
There is some contradictory information about the weight limit on Plan B:
tl;dr I don't know what to think about the weight limit thing, but I'd argue that Plan B is still better than nothing, and Ella is probably the safest bet for people of size if an IUD is not an option.
Anyway thank you for posting this. I meant to reply to this sooner and ADD brain went brrr.
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Date: 2022-05-09 07:58 pm (UTC)1. You actually have a Planned Parenthood in the area and not, like, 700 miles away.
1a. If your Planned Parenthood is not regularly patrolled by pro-forced-pregnancy protesters [note: I refuse to use the term "pro-life" anymore, they are pro-forced-pregnancy]
2. You can tolerate the side effects, and not everyone can. Almost everyone I personally know who's had a Mirena had to have it removed because of the side effects, and I don't mean 1-2 people, I mean more than that.
3. You don't have extreme trauma/dysphoria issues where you can't tolerate those kinds of procedures at all.
There is some contradictory information about the weight limit on Plan B:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/plan-b-weight-limit#research
https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/emergency-contraceptive/plan-b-in-overweight-women
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/09/123154/plan-b-weight-limit-warnings
tl;dr I don't know what to think about the weight limit thing, but I'd argue that Plan B is still better than nothing, and Ella is probably the safest bet for people of size if an IUD is not an option.
Anyway thank you for posting this. I meant to reply to this sooner and ADD brain went brrr.