Birth Control After Kids: IUDs and vasectomies and tubal ligation, oh my!
Feb 29, 2024
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Dr. Gillian Goddard, a women's health expert, discusses birth control post-reproductive years. Topics include hormones, IUDs, and surgeries. Explore risks, benefits, and trade-offs of contraception options in the long-term.
Menopause symptoms can surprise women in early 40s, raising need for awareness.
Long-term birth control options like IUDs and vasectomies provide effective solutions.
Vasectomies offer minimal pain, high success rate, and potential reversibility as a permanent contraceptive choice.
Deep dives
Emily Oster's Personal Experience with Perimenopause Symptoms
Emily Oster shares her experience waking up with breast pain, reminiscent of her pregnancy, leading her to seek a pregnancy test, which turned out negative. Her nipples continued to hurt, coupled with breast pain, prompting her to explore hormonal changes linked to her aging and perimenopause. This experience triggered her collaboration with Jillian Goddard to discuss perimenopause and menopause on Parent Data.
Discussion on Post-Reproductive Years and Hormonal Changes
Jillian Goddard defines the post-reproductive years as the late 30s to early 50s, highlighting the misconception surrounding hormonal changes and symptoms during this period. Issues such as hot flashes and hormonal imbalances can surprise women in their early 40s. Jillian emphasizes the need for awareness about hormonal shifts and challenges common misconceptions about menopause timelines.
Long-Term Birth Control Solutions and Considerations
The podcast explores long-term birth control methods with a focus on vasectomies, IUDs, tubal ligations, and birth control pills. Vasectomies provide a male contraceptive option and are reversible in some cases. IUDs, including progesterone-eluding and copper options, offer effective long-term solutions. The discussion addresses considerations like pain, effectiveness, risks, and benefits of each method.
Impact of Birth Control Options on Hormonal Health
The conversation delves into the effects of birth control on hormonal health, specifically birth control pills and IUDs. Birth control pills are noted for managing PMS symptoms and heavy periods. IUDs, like the Mirena, offer extended contraceptive benefits and relief from heavy periods. Considerations include cancer risks, side effects, and benefits related to hormonal balance.
Vasectomy as a Permanent Male Contraceptive Option
The merits of vasectomy as a permanent male contraceptive choice are highlighted, discussing the surgical procedure, recovery process, and potential reversibility. Vasectomies present minimal pain and downtime, with a high success rate in preventing sperm in semen. The conversation also touches on long-term pain, reversibility, and considerations in choosing vasectomy as a birth control option.
In January, ParentData launched a new newsletter — Hot Flash — authored by Dr. Gillian Goddard. Hot Flash covers women’s health in the post-reproductive years. Think perimenopause and menopause, but also the late reproductive years, when you’re done having children but still, technically, might be able to do so. This week in Hot Flash, Gillian wrote about birth control at this stage — how do you think about birth control when you know it’s forever?
Today on ParentData, Gillian joins us to walk through it all: from hormones to IUDs to surgeries. We talk about risks, benefits, trade-offs, and more.
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