Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using

time.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

51–56 of 56 posts

Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using

#51

Post by colanderman »

tuxidomasx wrote: post #26

The IUD may be effective for an individual woman because it will be in place for 100% of her sexual partners. The IUD isn't ideal for an individual man because there's no guarantee that 100% of his sexual partners have it installed. For males, a better form of birth control would be a reversible vasectomy (like RISUG/Vasalgel) because it would be in place for 100% of his sexual partners. I think there is a version of…

Vasalgel (the US version of RISUG) is in clinical studies right now, run by the non-profit Parsemus Foundation. Donations to aid the studies are more than welcome: http://www.parsemusfoundation.org/vasalgel-home/

Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using

#52

Post by colanderman »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #35

What about implants for men? Why do women always have to be the responsible(ish) ones? Note: I say ish, because if people were responsible at all, we'd not have unplanned pregnancies. None 2: I'm a dude and I think it's horribly pathetic that men always expect women to 'deal' with this.

Check out Vasalgel. Reversible chemical vasectomy, coming soon to the US: http://www.parsemusfoundation.org/vasalgel-home/

Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using

#54

Post by knodi123 »

harshreality wrote: post #44
needacig wrote: post #38

Funny, on my FB feed just last week a woman posted an X-ray or some such image with the caption "perforated uterus due to IUD migration" and another woman commented on her photo that it had happened to her too. I don't know how rare it is but that possibility alone would be enough to make me turn and run the other way. At least condoms generally won't perforate your internal organs.

No matter how effective it is, who wants pointy plastic against muscle inside the body? Why can't IUDs be spheres or at least something a lot less pointy? Something spherical or much more rounded and with more surface contact with the uterus could have perforations in the surface and lots of copper inside to maximize surface area. The next problem is getting it through the cervix, but existing IUDs have to get the t-…

The shape is intentional. Do you think they made it like that for branding purposes?

Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using

#55

Post by DanBC »

elemeno wrote: post #18
solutionyogi wrote: post #7

One of the biggest plus point for condoms is that both the partners can be confident about whether it's being used or not. IUD may be verify effective but as a male, I have to trust my partner that she is using IUD. Of course, this is not important when couple already trusts each other and are committed. [Similar logic applies for vasectomy]

In non-committed relationships, or in the early days of a relationship, surely it's sensible to use condoms anyway - as much for protection against STDs as for having to trust that your partner isn't lying when she says she's using a contraceptive. I might be an outlier and I've also got the benefit of free health care and sexual health clinics being in the UK, but it seems like sensible practice to not stop using co…

Condoms do not protect against herpes.

But I agree, it's a good idea to use them until you've both had a screen.

Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using

#56

Post by nextw33k »

Wow, $900 for one!

Makes me think I am getting value for money from the NHS. Other half has used three in the last decade and the doctors send a reminder letter when its coming due for renewal.

Biggest thing that amazes me is that they can create a medicine that has a known decay rate of 3 years inside the human body.

Post reply on HN