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How can I get birth control without my parents knowing?

My boyfriend and I are not sexually active yet, but I do see us becoming active in the future. I am a legal adult, however I still live at home and I'm still on my parent's insurance plan. I've looked at various types of birth control and I think that the one that would fit me best would be the Mirena IUD. My boyfriend and I would also be using condoms, but I am interested in getting on birth control as a secure back up. Does anyone know how much birth control costs? Has anyone ever had experience with the Mirena IUD before? And finally, is there a way that I can get on birth control without my parents ever knowing?
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  • You could go to a women's clinic, and it's possible to get it for free. My mother knew one woman who's son was born holding the IUD, and another woman recently gotten pregnant even though she had it. Being a legal adult, they actually can't release any information to your parents, so you wouldn't have to worry about them finding out about it if you didn't want them to.

  • Try the pill or something first. On my insurance plan, the pill I take is free. IUDs cost a lot and it's going to be harder to get. Why can't you tell your parents?

    • I'm afraid that they won't approve of me becoming sexually active at a young age.

    • Ask if they would disapprove of you getting pregnant at a young age. You can also lie and say your period has been super weird and irregular and you want to go on birth control to make it normal again. Don't let them come into the doctor's office with you and the doctor won't be able to tell them what you say if you're over 18. That would only be for the pill, though.

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  • Ask a friend to get it for you, or you could go with your friend and get it from one of the sexual health clinics. Don't know there but down here its free.

    • Where do you live?

    • UK

  • Well I know any appointment is suppose to be confidential, especially if you can afford to pay on your own. I know a couple of people that got an iud before, they liked it, made them feel very safe and secure. One of them said it hurt a little when puttin it in but over all happy. None of them got pregnant using them. I used depo, it had too many side effects, a big one was weight gain, I guess very common with that one more then others.

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  • Family Planning won't tell. And they have a sliding fee. If you have a county health department they might do it too. Call up and ask them.

  • have heard a lot of negatives about IUDs...

    • Like what?

    • infections, scars/cutting, dislodging, not working, partially working, irritation, scarring/cutting a guy if he is big, stuff like that...

  • you just go to your general doctor and make an appointment. tell them you want birth control. your visit to the doctor wont' appear on their medical insurance as a visit for it. but you will have to pay without insurance because that will appear on their insurance bill. so when they prescribe you (which they have to) go to the cheapest place they sell your prescription and tell them you can't use medical insurance.

  • Go to a woman's clinic

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