Switching birth control methods can be daunting, especially when you’ve defaulted to the same one for over a decade. That was true for Morgan, a 31-year-old integrated marketing professional who spent 10 years on hormonal birth control before deciding to make the switch to the hormone-freeA few years ago, I decided to take a more holistic approach to my health and wellness for the first time.
When I returned for my appointment to get it placed, I was still a bit nervous; the only procedure I’d ever had at the gynecologist prior to that was a pap smear. But my doctor did a great job talking me through the process. She explained they’d essentially be placing a tool that looked like a straw, with the IUD at the end of it, through my cervix. Then the IUD would open up into my uterus. It ended up being a lot thinner than I thought it would be, and it was surprisingly flexible.
Afterwards, I felt brave and happy to have made a change I felt impacted me in a positive way. A heating pad helped with some of the immediate cramping once I got home, and I was soon able to log back into email and finish up my workday, like normal. It took about six months to really feel the changes of being off hormonal birth control. I wasn’t having regular cycles at first, and it took some time to finally feel like everything was in place.
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