photo by Liz Henry (laptop included for scale)

Our contributor Abby Spector, who is majoring in Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, confesses her love for her IUD:

1. No hormones!
2. But if you like hormones, they offer one with hormones.
3. I don’t need to remember take a pill, change a patch, get another shot, or visit the doctor.
4. Where will you be in 12-years? That’s how long the IUD can last. (No worries. You can get it removed any time).
5. I love Norway. Norwegians love the IUD, with 27% of their safe, sexually active women using an IUD.
6. IUDs are 99% effective. Woo!
7. The T-shape makes me think of a mini-cross lodged in my uterus. It’s like Jesus warding off sperm.
8. In the process of insertion, I learned that I have a tilted uterus. I feel unique, like there’s a mini slide in my va-jay.
9. My mom has one. I trust that lady and I love her uterus.
10. My bank account. It’s one of the most — if not THE most — inexpensive form of birth control: $500 to $1000 for up to 12 years. That’s less than 7 bucks a month, or less than 23 cents a day!

For more information, go to PlannedParenthood.com or talk to your gynecologist (and yes, you should have one).

— Abby Spector