"But when our second child was born nine years ago, we weren't 100 percent sure we were done, so I got another IUD. We decided pretty quickly that two kids were enough, but we also decided there was no point in a vasectomy, because I already had a reliable form of birth control that would last until I was 47."
"But I have now learned that doctors recommend continuing birth control until your mid-50s unless you've gone 12 months without a period (I still have regular cycles). I feel super guilty asking my husband to get a procedure he is scared of when I'm at the point in my life when any period could be my last one. But I am so bummed at the thought of having to go through yet another IUD insertion."
A woman married for more than twenty years has used a copper IUD for most of her marriage. After a second child nine years ago she got another IUD because the couple were not certain they were finished having children. The couple later decided two children were enough and declined a vasectomy because the IUD provided reliable contraception projected through age 47. She learned medical guidance recommends contraception until the mid‑50s unless menstruation has ceased for a year and still has regular cycles. She feels guilt about asking her husband, who fears procedures, to get a vasectomy to avoid another IUD insertion. She dislikes hormonal methods and feels uncomfortable with condoms.
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