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Originally Posted by Favorite Jeans
The progesterone IUD (marketed as Mirena where I live) is much easier than sterilization and has a lower failure rate (even sterilization isn't perfect.) All the paranoid sex education we get makes it seem like pregnancy is almost certain if you're having intercourse. But there are excellent methods of birth control out there. For example if your GF goes on the pill (or patch or ring) and you use condoms the risk of pregnancy approaches zero if you're both using those methods correctly.
Have fun. You sound organized and responsible. I think if you're conscientious about contraception you're extremely unlikely to get pregnant.
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True, and, even more so, the combination of Mirena and condoms is MORE effective than sterilization.
OP - I do see why you would want to get sterilized, but I do not see why she would. One of my relatives was an extreme premie - not only did she survive, but - had she lived to this day, she would have now been a proud grandmother of 4 (!) kids - she had two kids and each kid has two kids. And that was a truly extreme case - that she survived in infancy was a sheer miracle.