7 week pp check up / Birth Control

I just had my postpartum checkup, and my obgyn checked my C-section incision, asked me a few questions about my mood, and asked if I wanted to start birth control. My obgyn said I’m cleared.

Did any other C-section mamas have a similar experience, or did your doctor also do a pelvic exam?

Also, I'm trying to decide on birth control. Has anyone used the patch? I'd love to hear your experiences or recommendations!

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I used the patch last summer and I hated it 🥲 I had the worst headaches that wouldn’t go away I would say almost blinding. But that just my decision. I have my 6 week appt coming up and I opted to just get an IUD again because I don’t want to deal with anything

I’ve been curious about how the pp check is for a c section mom my ownself.. I go in like a week. When I went for my two week apt we discussed bc then. I thought I wanted it but I don’t think I do.

I had mine a few weeks ago and I got a pelvic exam as well as looking at my incision. That did cause me to bleed for the last two weeks though.

I got all of the above and I got a pap during my 6 wk appointment bc I hadn’t had one in YEARS. I’ve never gotten the patch and I have only had hormonal IUD and the nuvaring because I don’t want any systemic side effects other than the best side effect of no periods. I love the IUD I used it for 8 years before ttc and when I did take it out I was super fertile the first 2 weeks after removal. I plan on getting an IUD again because I don’t like digging around for the ring.

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my sex life consists of him saying “should we have sex now?”, then we kiss for maybe 30 secs before he wants me to give him head or ride him. that lasts 3 mins max and its over, i pretend to finish because at this point its almost awkward. we’ve been together 2 years but sex life changed so much after baby its not even funnyyy.

his drive is lower than mine too, so this is a couple mins every 3ish days when i would be every day if i could. so i look forward to nothing lol help

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Whats a normal amount of times to have sex with your partner ?

Am I wrong?

I’m 4 months pregnant. We went out to watch the game with his friends and he and I had plan at the end of the night to tell my parents about the pregnancy (don’t question this lol). He knew we had plans about this for the longest time.. he keeps pushing it and it’s so damn annoying. Then he got so drunk that day so I got annoyed. But then he got angry at me because I was annoyed at how he was drinking when he knew we had plans and I’m not going to let my bf talk to my
Parents while he’s drunk. Like no respect whatsoever. Then we got into a huge fight where he called me: “a fucking moron, a fucking bitch, cunt, a walking fucking idiot, and so on” the next day he explained why he understands I got disappointed but then went on about how he feels disappointed.. did not apologize for the way he spoke to me. I was super anxious, as we all know pregnancy is hard, the mood swings and emotions takes the best out of you. He yells and screams on the phone and I should’ve just left him. But I constantly called him because I was angry and wanted to solve things but he was a total prick about everything. Anyways he texted me this morning saying this, isn’t this just fucked up. Or am I wrong?

I will not clean his fucking place that’s for sure. Like wtf. I’m not your maid. You don’t treat me like a partner and you need this. I’m already going to be taking care of the kids so he’s just trying to be a jerk.

Embarrassed

FTM and post partum. I have only ever used tampons so unsure of how to dispose of pads. I am wrapping them in toilet roll & then the cover of the next pad. However, I feel like my bathroom just stinks. I can't take them to the outside bin everytime I change my pad cos I have a baby. I empty the bin at the end of each day.

any tips?