Pregnant While Using the Copper Iud ( TWICE in 10 YEARS)

Thank you for the smile! I have what’s called a bicornuate uterus which is suppose to make it difficult to get pregnant-got pregnant while taking birth control the first time I had sex! Fast forward 15 years birth control and all it happened again. I now have 3 wonderful children who are destined for greatness! Congrats

You could sue. But you won't win. The fact that it is NOT 100% effective, gives them the upper hand in this. The only birth control that is 100% fool proof is abstaining. But as a married woman, thats not reasonable. If you don't want any more children, I would consider hubby getting a vasectomy or you getting a tubal ligation. Hope this helps and hang in there! FYI, two of my children were concieved even with 2 birth control methods that were used 100% of the time. Your baby is meant to be someone great!

M

Once a method of birth control fails I'd have moved on to something different. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...

Since you seem exceptionally fertile I'd probably go with the triple threat. A hormonal birth control as well as condoms and a spermicide. Absent that, you have five kids now so a tubal litigation shouldn't be off the table. That way you don't have to worry about any more birth control! My cousin had a C-section with her final birth and had her tubes tied at the same time. You just have to schedule it and they'll be happy to oblige.

As for suing... I think the lawyers would get more compensation than you would in the end. Also, as for being the 1% twice it's not impossible, only improbable. When you roll the dice, each time you roll them there's an equal amount of probability that you can get a Yahtzee for each roll. There's no law that says, once you Yahtzee, you can never get that lucky again!

Ask poor Roy Sullivan. The man who, over the course of his life was hit by lighting not once, not twice, but SEVEN times. Yeesh.

not sure why you continued to trust this BC method after you got pregnant the first time?
khairete
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No contraception is 100% effective, so I don't really think you have a case. The copper IUD never stops ovulation, it just attempts to prevent implantation of the growing embryo (baby) into the wall of the uterus by creating a hostile, inflammed environment in the lining of the uterus. Please choose a permanent method of contraception as this method obviously doesn't work for you. Best wishes with your upcoming birth! Nurse Midwife Mom.
PS: My husband always says: "The definition of insanity is when you do the same thing over and over and expect a different result." Time to make a change if you don't want more kids.

No, you cannot sue them. They publish the failure rates of their method, thereby not GUARANTEEING that you won't get pregnant. Unfrotunately, you're in the small percentage of women that this just doesn't work for.

I'm sorry you're going through this. I'd be devastated to find out I'm preggo again, now that we're "done".

I has Essure done a couple of weeks ago, and DH has had a vasectomy...just for double security. If you're done, I'd look into those options. While both are also not foolproof, they have higher success rates than other options out there, and when combined, I have to think we're pretty solid.

not sure why you chose to use the method twice?!?!? typically if a method fails for a woman once you don't really try it again...it didn't/doesn't work with your body

It doesn't matter who inserts the IUD so that information is not important at all...sry you find this to be such a burden...I guess God had other plans for you

My youngest sister is an IUD baby. The only thing that will prevent pregnancy 100% is abstinence, which I don’t see happening since you are married. Maybe consider a vasectomy for your hubby and you having your tubes tied.

Hi C., I saw your post on my post about suing IUD makers.
After my post I didn't really get anywhere, I have a happy, beautiful 5 month old boy now and can not imagine not having him, but at the time of my post I was not happy, and thought how can this be happening if it's only 1%..... If it happened again I would really be mad... He was my 4th..

I did not go back to the IUD after getting pregnant on it. This may sound funny, but we just went back to withdrawal / calendar thing. I've been doing that since I became sexually active almost 20 years ago, and it never failed me - only had kids when we wanted.... With the IUD got pregnant after 4 months.

None of the birth control methods are effective! I have heard of people getting pregnant after vasectomy, after tubal, after every single one out there!!!! Just google "pregnant with vasectomy, pregnant after tubal" etc.
Also read reviews for each method and you'll find lots of people with side affects or horror stories...

You could try double protection, like vasectomy for your husband and something for you, that might work best. For us, we didn't want to take the risks associated with the procedures. Yes they are considered safe, but all have possible risks and we need to stay healthy to be there for our kids!. Rather then going with the risks, we're just doing it naturally, as I said that never failed me and the minute I got an official birth control method, we got pregnant, so no more of that for me. I log my periods on this site -mymonthlycycles.com and it tells me when I will be ovulating and just need to be more careful around that time....

As far as suing them - don't know. Let me know if you're successful!
Someone had suggested to file a class action suit - but I never looked into it, and with the class action - only the lawyers make money.... I know that the 1% is B.S. If you do research online, you will find A LOT of people pregnant with the IUD, so the percentage has to be less..

Good luck and congratulations on your new baby....

It's a known risk of using that product and is in all of their literature, so you won't be able to sue successfully.

Mommy DD the natural method may work for you but if you have very irregular periods or ovulate at different times in your cycle it may not work either. My cycles run 26-33 days and I can ovulate on day 12 or day 17! Makes getting pregnant interesting to begin with. But back to the topic, unfortunately a lawsuit will not be won because they tell you in the literature that it is not 100% effective. The only 100% effective method is abstinence. But since we are all sexually active, it is time to look at surgery if you are done having children. I had Essure and an ablation done due to some other medical issues as I needed the ablation but it doesn't stop ovulation. Was done right in the doctor's office very safe (my doctor has not had any complications but she has to tell you what they are) It has been great no having a period (after 7-8 days a month and then 3 months of almost non-stop bleeding). Again not 100% effective but better to stop ovulation. Good luck!

Check into Natural Family Planning (NFP) or Fertility Awareness Method (FAM); there are internet sites where you can learn more about it for free, but it sounds like you're pretty fertile, so you may want to invest a little money into it, and take a class and/or buy a book called "Taking Charge of Your Fertility". Somebody below said that it doesn't work if your period is irregular, but I think that is misunderstanding what NFP and FAM are. It's not just taking an average of your cycle and figuring out when you're most likely going to be fertile; it's learning your body's symptoms when you're fertile, so that you *know* when you're (going to be) fertile, and avoid sex then. Your period starts about 14 days after you ovulate, so if you ovulate irregularly, you will have irregular periods. However, whenever you ovulate, you will have certain signs and symptoms, such as increased cervical mucus, and if you watch out for that, you should know when you're fertile, whether you ovulate, whether that's 10 days after the start of your period, 15 days, 20 days, or different every month.

Spread the word on tubal ligation and vasectomy!

What kind of "help" do you need? Sorry--unclear from your post.