Family planning :D
1 Jun
Hrmmm, how do I put this delicately?
This is a uterus. It’s barely the size of your palm.
# – A model of a womb.
And inside it, the T-shaped, green & red coloured object is an IUS, which stands for Intrauterine System. It is a contraceptive device. If you already know what an IUD is, then IUS is kind of like an IUD but with progestagen. But IUS is nothing like an IUD. You still following me?
Okay, basically, there’s IUD and there’s IUS. IUD, which is made with copper, works by irritating your uterus lining and transforming it into a hostile environment for sperms and eggs. IUS on the other hand, works by releasing progestagen to reduce ovulation. So while they look similar in appearance, they are both very different contraceptive devices.
Due to the progestagen releasing feature, the efficacy of an IUS is comparable to sterilisation but is completely reversible and poses lower risks as well as cost a lot less. Progestagen is also found to lower the risks of uterine cancer. Once inserted into a womb, an IUS can stay in there for 5 years, so you can imagine the amount of money saved from buying condoms and birth control pills.
Why on earth am I talking about contraceptives all of a sudden? Well, that’s because Red Mummy and I were invited to a workshop on IUS by Bayer Healthcare and what I learnt there was very eye-opening. The panel consisted of a group of consultant O&Gs and the females doctors are actual users of the device themselves.
# – The panel at the IUS workshop.
The benefits of IUS don’t just end at prevention of pregnancy. It’s also prescribed by doctors to reduce menstrual bleeding and in many cases, women have reported bleeding to be reduced to almost nothing within a year! So for vampire baits out there, maybe you could check out IUS as a solution. We’re always made to believe that expelling of menstruation blood is very important but actually it doesn’t matter. Why the need to expel what your body did not produce in the 1st place? When you bleed less, it also means your uterus muscle contract less and hence, less pain.
IUS is not the type of contraceptive available over the counter. It must be inserted and removed by a trained doctor so get a gynecologist to advise you on it.
# – Me and RM trying to insert a supersized IUS into each other. Do not EVER attempt this!
Like all contraceptives, IUS is not a be all and end all. Study and research carefully all methods and seek specialists’ advice before you embark on one ya.
# – Chewing gum, perhaps a way of the future. Hehe.
Happy not procreating!
Tags: birth control, Intrauterine system, iud vs ius, IUS, progestagen, progestagen birth control
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*lol* friend. Beware of pharmaceutical ‘facts’.
Those hormones yous speak of may reduce your ovarian cancer, but will increase your risks of breast cancer.
And my my.. Bayer…….. it’s Bayer we’re talking about here. Do some research on their background/history babe.
when i saw the title of this post on my RSS feed i was like OMFG WHAT HAPPENED
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repoman: I’m not very scientific or well read in this matter, but to my knowledge progestagen doesn’t increase breast cancer. Instead, estrogen has more evidence of doing so. So IUS works best with ppl on hormone replacement therapy as progestagen controls cell growth spurts caused by estrogen taken via HRT. Not going to speculate about Bayer’s background here as most if not all pharmaceutical companies have been embroiled in some kinda of scandal one way or another. My role is just to enlighten my readers on alternative methods. Ppl should research and study carefully what they want to use.
ahpau: not yet la…hahahahaha
repoman? probably another conspiracy theorist?
Omg looks freaking scary wei does it hurt getting it in wtf :S :S :S
Haha I still remember fondly how teacher showing an IUD to a class of guys during a biology class. This is a new tech – I must go and Wiki! Hahaha.
ky: heh
mell: docs said it hurts a little depending on the size of your cervix.
biopolymath: me too. was shocked ppl put things like that into their uterus lol