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jeni_escobar
Joined: 27 Oct 2008
Location: Gwangmyeung
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 Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:07 am Post subject: Depo Provera |
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Depo is my BC of choice, so I moseyed on to the doctor to get a dose of it.. only to be told that the Depo in Korea only has one of the elements needed to be an effective BC. She said it was progestin-only and needed estrogen to be effective. We went around and around about this and I asked her why on earth it would be offered at all if it didn't prevent babies. She basically said it was used by women who didn't want to have a period every month. 
Now I just did a little search and found the wikipedia page on it, which claims that ALL Depo is progestin-only! Is my doctor smoking crack? She loaded me up with BC pills, which I HATE and which were costly as well. I'm very unhappy about this. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:32 am Post subject: |
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Actually......
I am not on depo provera but I am using mirena, which is an IUD and it is estrogen free.
I don't know about depo provera but I've always thought it WAS a type of BC. I think your doc in KOREA doesn't know what she's talking about.
ETA: progesterone is the hormone that your body produces when you are pregnant. If you are NOT pregnant, your body does not produce it, so by having a device (or a shot) that releases a small dose of progesterone, your body is constantly thinking that it is pregnant, thereby not producing any eggs. Any period you get is not exactly a period per se, but more like what they call a *breakthrough bleeding*.
This is everything I learned since I became pregnant and had my daughter just about 5 years ago! |
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Dazed and Confused
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like you need to find a new doc. I've got a good one in Incheon if you'd like his number. |
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KuroBara
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
Location: Goyang-Si with a bit of Paju mixed in
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| Do you get periods with Mirena? I don't want to lose Depo. Does the Korean version prevent pregnancy or not? Where can I get it anyway? I will be in Paju. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| KuroBara wrote: |
| Do you get periods with Mirena? |
Some people do.. I personally don't. |
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hwarangi
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Just a warning, I have an annecdote which makes more sense now. I had a friend who was using depo prov. in Korea and she fell pregnant. |
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KuroBara
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
Location: Goyang-Si with a bit of Paju mixed in
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll just stock up in America, I guess. Will that be a problem with customs? |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| hwarangi wrote: |
| Just a warning, I have an annecdote which makes more sense now. I had a friend who was using depo prov. in Korea and she fell pregnant. |
And a lot of people who are on the same BC pills became pregnant in Korea, too.
I don't want to sound bitchy but we all know that there isn't a BC method that is 100% fail-safe. And we all know what the only method to not get pregnant is.... |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| KuroBara wrote: |
| Do you get periods with Mirena? |
Some people do.. I personally don't. |
Get out.
Maybe I should try this one out... something has to work eventually right?  |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
| KuroBara wrote: |
| Do you get periods with Mirena? |
Some people do.. I personally don't. |
Get out.
Maybe I should try this one out... something has to work eventually right? |
Don't know if the fact that I've had a child affects this or not, Draz, but a couple of women who've had kids and are using Mirena tell me they have no periods either. |
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hwarangi
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| hwarangi wrote: |
| Just a warning, I have an annecdote which makes more sense now. I had a friend who was using depo prov. in Korea and she fell pregnant. |
And a lot of people who are on the same BC pills became pregnant in Korea, too.
I don't want to sound bitchy but we all know that there isn't a BC method that is 100% fail-safe. And we all know what the only method to not get pregnant is.... |
I was responding to the first post in which the OP was told it wasnt used as a BC in Korea. Said friend had used it for years in the US.
"And a lot of people who are on the same BC pills became pregnant in Korea, too."
Is that true? Why would that be? |
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