Okay, so originally I had my mind set on getting an IUD because I just recently became sexually active this summer and I don’t want to worry as much about getting pregnant even though I’ll more than likely still use condoms after getting birth control.

So the day that I originally thought I was going to get the IUD, the doctor who wasn’t my normal doctor (she was a birth control / teen specialist) told me that I had to do a consultation first. Okay, no big deal. I did the consultation that day, I got lab work, I took a pregnancy test, the normal stuff...

We set up a procedure day which was exactly one week after my consultation. Meanwhile, during the time leading up to my IUD insertion, I kept hearing bad things about the IUD from friends, family, and even one of the nurses said “I would personally never get an IUD.” All of this information kind of alarmed me, but I was still going to get the IUD.

Fast forward to the insertion day, I get on the table, legs spread... the doctor measured my cervix, she feels around, she takes a sample with a q-tip... it was basically like a pap smear only it was the pretext for the IUD insertion.

Then the doctor tells the nurse to hand her the IUD and when she does, they realize that the IUD was DEFECTIVE. And to make matters even more worse, that was the last IUD they had in the office that day so I basically did all of that for nothing. The doctors and the nurse kept apologizing to me and whatnot, I was more so mad at the fact that my time was wasted, and my uterus was cramping up from her measuring my cervix.

So now I’m currently waiting on them to order some more and the doctor said that she’s going to make sure I’m on her priority list.

HERES WHERE I NEED ADVICE:

So after all of that, with the procedure going through unsuccessfully and with all of the negative feedback I’ve received from my friends and family, I don’t know if I should get an IUD anymore or just simply go on the pill.

I took the pill last year for acne because I wasn’t sexually active then, but I hated what the hormones did to my body and I don’t like having to remember to take the pill because that’s one more thing to worry about. However, both my mom and the nurse did say that it’s trial and error with the pill and I have to find the right brand for me, I just don’t really feel like going through that trial and error process...

I just don’t know what I should do. I did have my doubts with the IUD as well, like having to check for the string every month, the possibility of the IUD getting lost in my uterus or falling out, etc., and I don’t know if the failed insertion was a sign that I shouldn’t get it or what.

All I know is, I’m sexually active and I want to be protected! HELP lol