On the same track as Cafeteria Catholics...

[okeydokey]

I just returned from my GYN visit for the year, and wanted to discuss getting off the pill and using a non-hormonal method. My doctor said he doesn't do IUDs or tubal ligations because he is Catholic and I can see another doctor for that. I understand that this is his position and will speak to another doctor, but I am confused because he wrote me a prescription for another year of birth control pills? Honestly, is the difference that great?

The nurse did talk to me a bit about her experience with the IUD when I told her the doctor wouldn't discuss it with me. I was really just looking for some information at this point. Struck me a sweird.

 

[Robmom]

I remember a friend of mine that wanted her tubes tied after giving birth to her 2nd child, but she was told she couldn't because it was a Catholic hospital.

 

[lil mermaid]

I don't get it either. I mean, it seems that if he felt that way he wouldn't give you a prescription for bc pills either. Maybe because an IUD or a tubal ligation requires HIM to do something, while bc pills don't? I mean, you give the pill to yourself?

I don't know

 

[JoyG]

I'm not catholic but I see a big difference btwn birth control pills and an IUD.

I have nothing against birth control b/c it stops conception from happening.
An IUD gets rid of the product of conception (I consider it the baby) after it has already been conceived.

 

[clarabelle]

The mechanism of how an IUD works is kind of a gray area. They used to say that it prevented the fertilized egg from implanting.
I think the thinking has moved away from that a bit however.
If you google it you will find lots of different theories.

 

[AKLRULZ]

Don't some b/c pills just prevent a fertilized egg from implanting?

Seems hypocritical to me. And since it was brought up - why do Catholics feel that sex was for procreation only? Where is that Biblically?

 

[JennyMominRI]

Don't some b/c pills just prevent a fertilized egg from implanting?

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Yes,that does happen...There are times when an egg gets fertilized and the pill prevents implantation.

 

[Heidict]

I'm not catholic but I see a big difference btwn birth control pills and an IUD.

I have nothing against birth control b/c it stops conception from happening.
An IUD gets rid of the product of conception (I consider it the baby) after it has already been conceived.

Not all birth control pills prevents pregnancy. Many of act in the same way that an IUD does. If conception accurs, then they prevent it from attatching to the wall. At least this is what I have always been told by MD's.

I'm not catholic either and I find it rather odd that he would even prescribe BCP. I can understand that all "medical" forms of birth control is against his belief and that he refuses to prescibe them, but why do one and not the other? Doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Pigeon]

Personally, I'd find another doctor ASAP.

 

[golfgal]

Maybe I am way out of it but I thought Birth Control pills prevented OVULATION and therefore prevents getting pregnant so if taken correctly, there never is an embryo to implant.

I had the twins at a Catholic hospital and they didn't allow tubals although if you were having a C-Section, the dr would do that then and bill the procedure from their office not as a hospital charge. I don't think you could just have a tubal done in the hospital though.

 

[beckmrk04]

I'm not catholic but I see a big difference btwn birth control pills and an IUD.

I have nothing against birth control b/c it stops conception from happening.
An IUD gets rid of the product of conception (I consider it the baby) after it has already been conceived.

That's not necessarily true. The newer IUDs are hormonal- not much different than pills, other than it's inserted and you don't have to worry about it for up to 5 years. (ETA- Mirena is one such brand)

The older IUDs prevented implantation of a fertilized egg.

 

[beckmrk04]

Maybe I am way out of it but I thought Birth Control pills prevented OVULATION and therefore prevents getting pregnant so if taken correctly, there never is an embryo to implant.

This is technically how BC pills work, but as with anything, they don't work 100% of the time, even if taken correctly.

 

[hlbtimes2]

If it were me, I would be finding a new dr. I'm not saying that is what you should do, but just what I would do. Its important that my dr and I see eye to eye on my care and treatment. I would not want their religion to play into it.

 

[Independent]

If it were me, I would be finding a new dr. I'm not saying that is what you should do, but just what I would do. Its important that my dr and I see eye to eye on my care and treatment. I would not want their religion to play into it.

I agree.
Although your doctor may be a very fine doctor medically, it is just as important for a doctor/patient partnership to be on the same page medically. If you want or need something done, you don't want to be blindsided that religion is going to prevent your doctor from performing the necessary procedure.

FYI (you did say you wanted info ) - I am on my third year of the non-progesterone 10 year IUD and it is the best thing I have ever done. No worries, never have to remember anything, never had any spotting or cramping. I kick myself that I didn't do this years ago.