I would die if I couldn't have children... recently bf said he wouldn't be able to love a child that's not of his own. And so I teared a bit about how after hearing this I fear even more that I can't have kids because then I'm screwed (we could not adopt, because he wouldn't love the child so I don't want that) and would need to start breeding some kind of pets to fill out the void
though everything seems fine with me....

Hey hello!
Talking about this reminds me that I too wish I could just. Not have menstruation.

Hiii
Haha, yes, periods suck no matter what For me it's just life and no method of getting rid of it suits me so I'll just stick to the monthly suffering

Seems like most of us wish for that 'orz
A lot of women just don't want kids anymore I suppose.

I don't want children nor periods either but I wouldn't want a partial/full hysterectomy. These hormones keep me young and also what's left of my sex drive.

kids never entirely interested me

I've heard you can get a procedure done that stops periods, and doesn't stop the hormones. I forgot what it entailed..

I feel I have a weird sex drive. I think I know the cause....but that's incredibly personal (the possible cause) and I guess something I'd have to talk to Peter about.

It is an IUD, indeed.
It's not Mirena though. My doctor told me that that's the oldest hormone spiral existing, about 20 years. The newer one is called jaydiss I think and exists a few years now (5 I think?) and the one I got is called kyleena and is on the market since April this year.
Mirena is the biggest one and has about 56 mg of hormones in it. My doctor recommends this only for older women.
jaydiss has about 14 mg hormones and can stay for 3 years max.
kyleena has about 19 mg hormones and can stay for 5 years.
She recommends the other two for younger women. And I chose kyleena because I think that I won't have kids until I am 27 (which is the year it will be taken out). And it costs the same as jaydiss.

It's not copper, it's hormones though. Which is safer. And in my opinion ethically better.

I want children. A lot. But just not now.

So how does it work? Does it just kind of spread the hormones into your body?

Fire, you are travelling a lot, aren't you? That would be difficult with children, too..
And sounds good, you can indeed visit your friend who will have 7 children :D That sure is enough for a while 0o

I want children, but currently I am not in the situation to think about them: I am studying for at least 2 (rather 2 1/2) years from now on and I do not have a boyfriend. On top of that I want a secure job before having children and my partner has to have one, too of course. Only if those three things change, I am ready to become a Mommy. Before 30 would be great.

And true, whenever you want children they can take the spiral out. That's awesome.

10 years..? It's only 3-5 years here... Interesting!

Mem,
the hormones cause the mucomembranous in/before the cervix (dictionary olé) to thicken so that sperm cannot proceed into the uterus. That's all the magic. The hormones are only given locally so that you actually feel not different at all from your normal self :)
It hurt me only the first few hours yesterday, I am feeling totally fine by now, did 80 minutes of sports in the morning
*feels super sporty now*
*but also feels the stiffness coming*

Oh! best advantage: 50% of all the women on the hormone spiral do not get their period anymore because those hormones hinder the uterus to "thicken" inside
Oh darn I am so bad with this kind of vocab
/shame on me