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If you have T1D, do you use hormonal birth control (e.g., birth control pill, intravaginal ring, IUD that contains progestin, Depo shot, etc.)?
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It’s interesting that there isn’t an easy to detect option to say I’m a male! I could be in trouble if I were a specialist doctor
There are many trans men that are on birth control.
It is most appropriate to say that women’s health issues do not apply to you. After all you could be a trans male who still had gynecological issues.
There needs to be another option. Stopped taking it after my husband took care of things on his end. He wanted to get me off the extra medication as I already am on enough. As well, he didn’t want to risk unnecessary surgery for myself to get tubes tied. Stopping hormonal birth control was wonderful. Didn’t realize some of the side effects it was causing until I was off it!
I was on the pill for around 20 years, until I had my first CVA. No one was positive what caused it for 6 year’s, at which time I was diagnosed with Moyamoya Disease & could no longer use type of hormone BC.
I did use hormonal birth control pills for years and they did effect my bgs a lot.
I never used hormonal birth control.
I wonder if the demographics of survey participants normally skew this way and how closely they represent the demographics of the T1 population at large. Seem to be a disproportionate number of post menopausal women…?? Or is there something I am missing.
I did use first BCA then the mirena iud for birth control. Had early menopause, most likely genetic.
I am no longer of child-bearing age at 55, but had the Mirena IUD inserted when I was 50 (while peri-menopausal) to address heavy and nearly constant bleeding.
I chose the option that states I don’t use any hormonal birth control, but there should have been an option for surgeries N/A – I have T1D but I have had tubal ligation/ hysterectomy
I marked off childbearing Prudential but not v using birth control currently because my husband had a vasectomy. I did use birth control pills in my twenties, at first to control some mid cycle spotting. Since did affect my blood sugars more than others. Discontinued after about 5 years when one of my legs swelled up and the doctors were concerned I may be a blood clot risk.