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[–]twinpeakmayor 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I raally love my copper IUD. if she has bad periods it may not be best though.

[–]rad-sage-fem 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yup, I was going to recommend the copper IUD too. No hormones. I had heavy periods before and I haven't found them worse with it, personally. It can be tricky to find someone to insert them for women who haven't hard children, though, depending on where you're located.

Hormonal IUDs are great too, if you want to go for hormones but at a smaller dose. And stay away from the shot, which tends to be pushed on teens a lot (especially teens of colour if that applies to your daughter, OP). It's good for 3 months but there's no way to guarantee that the hormones are out of your system after 3 months, and no way to reverse it if she were to have side effects.

Finally, if your daughter wants to learn more about her cycle, you could get her Cycle Savvy by Toni Weschler (who wrote Taking Charge of your Fertility).

[–]Yayme[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't realize the copper IUD doesn't have hormones. Thanks!