I tried birth control pills for years and they have not worked for some of the problems I have regarding my menstrual cycle so I decided to try the iud for those reasons and better protection from pregnancy.

since I have gotten the iud I have been bloated and feeling like I have gotten bigger and bigger each day. I feel so insecure and have found myself not looking in mirrors, flinching when my boyfriend goes to touch me, hiding my body, and criticizing myself all the time.

I have brought this up to my boyfriend and even cried about it to him because it became too much to keep in my head and he was (as always) the sweetest and most supportive person.

I feel awful brining it up because I don’t want him to feel like I’m fishing for compliments. I do not expect him to tell me anything, I just want someone to talk to about it because I feel as though it will help get it out of my system. I am simply trying to get my feelings out instead of holding them in and letting them destroy my self esteem even further.

I don’t want to push him away because I know that I cannot go running to him every time I feel insecure because that’s obnoxious. even though I know he’s going to be there for me and let me do whatever I need to do.

I just want to feel better about myself and be the confident person I was before this thing got put inside me.

it’s hard for me to feel attractive and confident lately and I wasn’t sure what else I could do so I thought ranting/venting about it would help a bit since this is such a positive community that I feel comfortable talking in.