This is why women like me need Planned Parenthood. My IUD procedure (which was not covered under my "full coverage insurance") was half my yearly salary. Check out my out of pocket.

ecaward · 2012-05-26T13:02:27.281141+00:00

I sadly don't. Sorry! Last I heard from my GP it's January, but he may have been referring to my plan starting to cover it. Since it would be grandfathered in to mine, like you said, and therefore maybe a later date.

ecaward · 2012-05-25T20:49:51.482003-07:00

Here's my personal bit on the procedure.

If that's too wordy: With the right pre-op/post-op care, I'd say it's about a 3/10 right now, 10 being unbearable and 1 being nothing. Crampy, some bleeding but honestly not anything I'd moan about at this point. I had the procedure about 11 hours ago. Pain tolerance varies, but I think if you have someone to drive you home and take a fairly solid amount of pain medication 24-48 hours before, it really takes the edge off.

ecaward · 2012-05-26T03:40:35.083837+00:00

Girl, I'm in school. School is my man, and he'd better pay off eventually.

ecaward · 2012-05-26T03:35:32.925591+00:00

Well, assuming you're like most people and have had a tetanus shot before, i'd wager it was about like that, but in your lady bits. So yeah, pretty uncomfortable (I had my scrubs on from work in my mouth, and I bit them a little bit when the nurse sounded my uterus, but it was over even though she did it twice in about 20 seconds). So I'd say somewhere between a rough pap smear in terms of cramping, and a painful tetanus shot. I felt good enough to have a little conversation with the nurse while she did it, and honestly the sounding was the most uncomfortable part. I didn't feel the IUD go in so much as I felt the little arms go out, which was in short mostly just weird.

I'll qualify that and say I did literally everything the nurse told me to pre-op. 1000mg Ibuprofen 24 hours before, I sat at work yesterday and this morning with my heating pad to loosen up my muscles... Took the cervical softener and started pain meds early this morning, pre and post-op pain medication administration (Tylenol 3 one tablet, alternated with some ibuprofen right now), ate a filling and nutritious lunch. Right now the worst I'm feeling is some cramping I get with a regular period before I was on HBC (See: mild and obnoxious). I don't know if all that helped or if I just have a secretly high tolerance for pain, but it honestly wasn't bad. I don't think i have a secretly high tolerance for pain, because I cry when I stub my toe. So I think the above listed procedure is what helped the most.

ecaward · 2012-05-26T03:16:36.516643+00:00

PP will also ask for this money in full at the time of service if they don't cover you. So if they didn't cover me, I'd be out that $1,000. I could write them a check, but it would be so hot, steam would come off it.

ecaward · 1 day

Around, yeah. It's a newer job, and I take about 18 hours a semester on top of my time in clinic for my degree. I work around all that. I'm definitely excited for it to be covered under insurance though! It'll make me feel a lot less guilty next time if I can afford it out of pocket... :/

ecaward · 1 day

I lost 15 lbs myself on the pill(s) - and I started at 115. I got cramps so bad so often I couldn't eat properly, and it made my blood pressure skyrocket. After going through that for awhile, the procedure was cake.

ecaward · 1 day

I do, but I'm also in a degree program that requires weekly clinical observations, so I have to work around those during the semesters, and I'm only recently employed, so I haven't been offered many more hours. That said, I'll be working full-time more or less this summer to hopefully pay off some school for next year. And hopefully more hours in the fall as well.

ecaward · 1 day

I got the Paraguard as well. I considered Mirena but progestin* in the form of the mini pill gave me acne that ruptured and bled a lot, so I decided not to waste their money and time. I was incredibly surprised how lacking in pain the entire procedure was. I heard horror stories and it was at most uncomfortable like a pap with bad cramps. Scared for nothing! :)

ecaward · 1 day

A picture of my bill from PP. The procedure was over $1,000 but my out pocket was $0. Made a $50 donation though because I feel lucky and grateful for them seeing past me being 21 and childless to someone who just wants sex without babies right now.

ecaward · 1 day

Yeah, they ended up offering to just charge me for the device, but they still tried to talk me out of it and I couldn't afford $500 all at once.

ecaward · 1 day

Same. I get a yearly for eyes, physical and ob-GYN covered and then some script coverage. The rest is covered if I meet my deductible of I think like $1500. And I'm sadly too healthy to hit that most years.

ecaward · 1 day

I'd have to have it taken out at my annual visit time. I have one appt every year from my insurance for an annual and it's the only one that's covered. So hopefully I don't want it taken out randomly, because I'll be scuh-rewed.

ecaward · 1 day

I agree it's not a right to get an IUD and have them shell out money to me, which is part of the reason I donated what I could afford instead of just skipping out and taking the $0. But I think having affordable options for women when it comes to their health is fair at least. :) And I think a lot of men and women who cannot afford a private doctor even if they have insurance go there more for that than to see how much they can get for free.

ecaward · 1 day

Yeah, I'm actually in Oklahoma where "life begins at conception." I've never seen a 4 week old fetus survive outside the womb, or a fertilized egg for that matter, but it's I guess logical to them. Also, my small town health department turned me away the minute I said I'd never had children. They said I would pass out and bleed out too heavily and I'm too at risk for STDs as a 20-something. It was a nice, accepting environment that health department was. HUMPH.

ecaward · 1 day

Probably worth it to get a friend to drive you down there. At the least they can tell you a rough estimate for your out of pocket. Then they'll schedule you a follow up for the actual insertion. My PP was about 60 miles away as well. I just had my SO drive me.

ecaward · 1 day

If you can, and you could wait until January when all insurance companies are required to cover birth control. If I remember correctly about that starting in January. I totally feel your pain, though. At my Ob-GYN they wanted to charge me $3,000 for the procedure.

edit I should note they initially quoted me the $3,000, then I showed them my income and they dropped it to the low low price of $500 like I said above. Which in all wasn't much better.

ecaward · 1 day

Also very true. The NP that saw me said I was probably one of the last few to use the grant money they have for non-pill BC, because their grants are being discontinued here in a few months.

ecaward · 1 day

You just need proof of income, if any, and a valid driver's license. Also, just talk to them... I explained my situation and how I'd exhausted my resources where I lived and they worked with me. They may ask you to donate like $50, which is what I did without hesitation.

ecaward · 1 day

Yeah, I would have done it through insurance if possible. But they recently stopped covering any birth control that's not the pill, and the health department in my town turned me away. Additionally, my Ob-GYN (the only one in town who does IUDs) said it would cost $500. Small towns. :(

ecaward · 1 day

I'm a full-time student as well. Or I'd have more money... Haha.

isisis · 2 days

I work at a cat clinic... Cats truly are working you over if you think they're delicate bathers, cats with heart problems being the exception. They mostly just vocal bathers, and will tell you about how much they hate being wet. It's pointless to wash a cat daily - they're fairly clean animals. Once a month for a healthy indoor cat should suffice if they're dirty and it actually helps remove a lot of loose hair they would otherwise be ingesting, which I would say is a much more dangerous thing for cats than you bathing them once in awhile. I usually bathe my cats once a month in warm water, and wrap them in towels that have been in the dryer for a few minutes. They're used to it and as long as the water is warm, they don't mind going for a little swim and then being cuddled in a warm towel.

EDIT I say that having a 6 mo and a 2 year old pair... Small kittens honestly don't get that dirty, and they make flea treatment for all ages now. A warm washcloth works fine for this age OP has. :)

radbrad7 · 9 days

I work at a veterinary clinic specifically for cats. We're the same way when people say they feed their cat Special Kitty. Kidney disease, sarcoma, run over by a car... It will always be Special Kitty's fault.

K5rs2 · 9 days

I'm kind of in the same situation as you were. I just now have a 3.0 GPA. I had a 2.8/2.7 because I got sick, couldn't drop out due to loans, switched schools. I also have math dyslexia and I keep being forced to take undergrad maths.

I'm working through school carrying a lot of hours (clinical and work related) so my extracurriculars aren't great (NSSHLA is all I have). And my job isn't currently in my field. In your experience, is working through school as impressive to employers or grad schools as having a million extracurriculars? I'm just worried I'll be rejected because I can't focus through timed tests (anxiety), my GPA is meh, and I work way too much for extracurriculars.

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